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Aggressor of Paris attack out of psychiatry clinic, detained again

Aggressor of Paris attack out of psychiatry clinic, detained again

Also having attacked a migrant camp in Paris in 2021 with a sword and being charged with attempted murder, it is not known why he was released a year after this murder attempt; only 11 days before last attack killing three.

25 December 2022

Turkish Medical Association Chair Korur-Fincancı to remain under arrest

Turkish Medical Association Chair Korur-Fincancı to remain under arrest

The first hearing of the case where the Turkish Medical Association head is facing "terror propaganda" charges was held in İstanbul. Korur-Fincancı has been remanded in custody since late October.

23 December 2022 Ruken Tuncel

Turkish Medical Association Chair Korur-Fincancı to remain under arrest

Turkish Medical Association Chair Korur-Fincancı to remain under arrest

The first hearing of the case where the Turkish Medical Association head is facing "terror propaganda" charges was held in İstanbul. Korur-Fincancı has been remanded in custody since late October.

23 December 2022 Ruken Tuncel

Semra Güzel of HDP stripped of MP status

Semra Güzel of HDP stripped of MP status

Güzel was remanded in custody on September 4 in a trial she is standing. She was stripped of her MP status with 330 votes in the parliament for "absenteeism."

22 December 2022

'Erdoğan and employers determined minimum wage'

'Erdoğan and employers determined minimum wage'

Workers' representatives and the Minimum Wage Determination Commission members were not present at the press conference where the president announced next year's minimum wage.

22 December 2022

Foreign Policy of Türkiye in light of what 2022 brought

Foreign Policy of Türkiye in light of what 2022 brought

TÜSİAD Global Politics Forum discussed the foreign policy of Türkiye in 2022 from the perspective of the last 20 years. Topics of discussion were "track change in the foreign policy of Türkiye," "dissymmetry in relations with and dependency on Russia," "continuity-disengagement discussions for last 20 years," and "closing of the Arab Spring period in foreign policy."

22 December 2022 Selay Dalaklı

Automatic Lawyer Appointment system closed down by bars for 24 hours

Automatic Lawyer Appointment system closed down by bars for 24 hours

Sixty-five bar associations calling for the close-down are demanding that CMK fees should be raised to an appropriate level and value-added tax rate be lowered to one percent.

21 December 2022

Composer and songwriter of 1st of May march passes away

Composer and songwriter of 1st of May march passes away

Written in 1974, the march was banned at the time, and became very popular on the 1st of May of 1977.

20 December 2022

Restaurant run by Somalian refugee closed after months of harassment

Restaurant run by Somalian refugee closed after months of harassment

In May this year, police asked the manager to take down its signboard. With a new signboard placed, the police objected to its colors this time; red, green, and yellow. The signboard had to be painted white except for the name of the restaurant in June.

20 December 2022

Conference for Life Against War met in İstanbul

Conference for Life Against War met in İstanbul

Final declaration of conference signed by 76 organizations called for a peaceful and democratic solution to the Kurdish question should be reached by way of implementing universal rights such as local democracy, life in the mother tongue, and equal citizenship.

20 December 2022

Access blocks to 'Sedat Peker reports' about President Erdoğan's son-in-law's brother challanged

Access blocks to 'Sedat Peker reports' about President Erdoğan's son-in-law's brother challanged

Lawyers of Yeni Yaşam daily argued that access blocks brought upon Serhat Albayrak's complaint constitute violation of freedom of expression and press.

20 December 2022

New Book: Kirmanckî-Zazaki with Kesa/Turtle

New Book: Kirmanckî-Zazaki with Kesa/Turtle

The book promises to be an alternative for those who wish to learn the language with the Zazaki grammar in simple tables, sample sentences for the words, and summary texts on important issues.

19 December 2022

'Operation Back to Life was a crime against humanity, but perpetrators are given impunity'

22ND ANNIVERSARY

'Operation Back to Life was a crime against humanity, but perpetrators are given impunity'

Human Rights Association said in a statement 22 years after the operation, "No effective investigation was carried out about the perpetrators of the massacre or about those responsible for it, they were even protected, and promoted. Ali Suat Ertosun, the General Director of Prisons of the time was awarded the Order of Merit in 2004 for his role in this massacre."

19 December 2022

Documentary filmmaker Sibel Tekin arrested for 'filming police car'

Documentary filmmaker Sibel Tekin arrested for 'filming police car'

Colleagues are calling for immediate release of documentary Tekin, whom they describe as "the memory of Ankara."

19 December 2022

Employer will pay compensation for 'unpaid leave' during pandemic

Employer will pay compensation for 'unpaid leave' during pandemic

Appeals court in İstanbul ruled that workers are right in their request for compensation from the employer for violating the freedom to unionize.

16 December 2022 Hikmet Adal

Journalists of Kurdish media outlets: Behind bars for 6 months without indictment

Journalists of Kurdish media outlets: Behind bars for 6 months without indictment

Journalists in Diyarbakır called for justice for their colleagues: "Our friends are taken hostage since June 16 and still there is no indictment prepared. This is because there is no crime and there is no accusation to be made."

16 December 2022

Money transfers of relatives to prisoners examined in investigation

Money transfers of relatives to prisoners examined in investigation

Recent police operation against relatives of prisoners resulted in twenty-six detentions. Sending money or clothes to prisoners is included among the issues investigated.

16 December 2022 Ayça Söylemez

Eight police officers, one civilian injured in Diyarbakır roadside explosion

Eight police officers, one civilian injured in Diyarbakır roadside explosion

A bus carrying officers was toppled after the explosion. Seven of the injured have been discharged from hospital, and two others are not in serious condition. Five suspects have been taken into custody.

16 December 2022

Erdoğan: Türkiye wants to work with Assad, Russia in Syria

Erdoğan: Türkiye wants to work with Assad, Russia in Syria

About a possible meeting with Assad, Erdoğan said, "it will again be our national interest that will guide the steps we will take about Syria."

15 December 2022

Bulgaria will extradite Hablemitoğlu murder suspect to Türkiye

Bulgaria will extradite Hablemitoğlu murder suspect to Türkiye

Bulgaria rejected the political asylum application of retired colonel Levent Göktaş, a fugitive suspect in the Necip Hablemitoğlu assassination case.

15 December 2022

Two suspects detained in the 'marriage at the age of six' case

Two suspects detained in the 'marriage at the age of six' case

There was strong criticism that the suspects who are to face trial were not being arrested and that the Ministry of Family did not start any legal proceedings despite being informed about the case two years before.

15 December 2022

TTB to Iran Medical Council: 'Death Sentence should be abolished'

TTB to Iran Medical Council: 'Death Sentence should be abolished'

Medical Association of Türkiye has sent a letter to the chairperson of Iran Medical Council Raishzahed and called for execution of doctor Hamid Qarahasanlou to be stopped.

14 December 2022

HDP office vandalized in Ankara

HDP office vandalized in Ankara

There have been many similar attacks on this party district building in Ankara in the past with no result obtained from criminal complaints made.

14 December 2022

220 million Euro package to improve border control at Türkiye's eastern border

220 million Euro package to improve border control at Türkiye's eastern border

Commissioner Varhelyi stressed that EU was "looking forward to continuing this important work with Turkiye in line with the March 2016 Statement, including increased efforts to stop irregular migration flows, increase the number of resettlements, and resume returns from the Greek islands."

14 December 2022

Kurdish censored on TV channel

Kurdish censored on TV channel

In the popular daytime reality TV program of Esra Erol on ATV, the channel turned the volume down while a woman was expressing her feelings in Kurdish.

13 December 2022

Human bones coming ashore in river in eastern Türkiye where thousands killed in 1930

Human bones coming ashore in river in eastern Türkiye where thousands killed in 1930

With the lowering of water in Koçköprü dam reservoir after the hydroelectric power plant started to operate in 2020, human bones are reportedly reappearing on the shores of Zilan river in Erciş, Van.

13 December 2022

How did media report 2021 forest fires in Türkiye?

How did media report 2021 forest fires in Türkiye?

Covering forest fires of summer of 2021, bianet made most references to climate change, included suggestions for solutions, warned journalists and readers against false news regarding involvement of "terrorists", and showed local people strong and in solidarity.

13 December 2022 Selay Dalaklı

'Muftis' authorization to solemnize marriages paved the way for child abuse'

'Muftis' authorization to solemnize marriages paved the way for child abuse'

Lawyer Özkan on what should have been done in the last widely discussed case of H.G.K. and which legal amendments paved the way to early marriages becoming more widespread.

13 December 2022 Evrim Kepenek

Constitutional journey of Türkiye: 1921, 1924, 1961, 1982

Constitutional journey of Türkiye: 1921, 1924, 1961, 1982

A new constitution or constitutional amendments are on the agenda of both government and opposition. Heading to the "critical" 2023 elections, we have taken a look at the 101 years of the country's constitutional journey.

12 December 2022 Ayça Söylemez

Journalist goes to top court once again after local court refuses to recognize its ruling

Journalist goes to top court once again after local court refuses to recognize its ruling

Hacı Boğatekin wrote a column in his newspaper in 2011 criticizing Mehmet Metiner, recently elected MP from the ruling party, asking him if he was "a renegade or a cow" and he was sentenced to compensation by the local court for insulting the politician.

12 December 2022 Hikmet Adal

Top appeals court overturns 'terror' conviction over yellow-red-green necklace

Top appeals court overturns 'terror' conviction over yellow-red-green necklace

A necklace he was wearing while participating in Saturday Mothers demonstration five years ago was grounds for allegations of terrorist propaganda against Yavuz Baki. The local court had associated the colors of the necklace with the PKK.

9 December 2022 Ayça Söylemez

HDP deputy throws headscarf in protest of cross-border military operations

HDP deputy throws headscarf in protest of cross-border military operations

"I am throwing my muslin here where all decisions of war are taken so that the fighting will stop, so that isolation system is abolished and so that an honorable peace is reached in this geography," Remziye Tosun said at the parliament.

9 December 2022

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