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New regulations ‘threaten Turkey’s local winemakers’

New regulations ‘threaten Turkey’s local winemakers’

As the number of local winemakers is already dwindling in Turkey's northwestern region of Thrace, a recent regulation mandating guarantees for winemakers could add to their existing challenges, warns a local vintner.

21 December 2023 Yakup Önal

Wildfires continue to ravage Turkey amid heatwave

Wildfires continue to ravage Turkey amid heatwave

As a scorching heatwave sweeps across the country, wildfires are erupting from the northwest to the southeast. Fires in Çanakkale and Diyarbakır have yet to be contained.

Four detained in raids in Tekirdağ

Four detained in raids in Tekirdağ

The suspects are reportedly facing "terror propaganda" charges.

Prosecutors dismiss investigation into attack on journalist in Tekirdağ

Prosecutors dismiss investigation into attack on journalist in Tekirdağ

A journalist was reportedly punched and threatened by the brother of a district mayor. Prosecutors did not carry out an effective investigation into the incident, says the owner of his newspaper.

29 November 2022 Hikmet Adal

Stray dogs sedated, left in countryside in Tekirdağ

Stray dogs sedated, left in countryside in Tekirdağ

A neighborhood head found 18 dogs after being notified of the incident.

Unknown perpetrators caused death of four million honey bees in northwestern Turkey

Unknown perpetrators caused death of four million honey bees in northwestern Turkey

Hives in the project site have become unusable and "disease-resistant" bees have been stolen.

Miners protest in Thrace: ‘I cannot even buy shoes’

Miners protest in Thrace: ‘I cannot even buy shoes’

With their wages not paid for six months, mine workers have been protesting in Tekirdağ province: “No one knows what we are going through or how I am. I cannot even buy shoes for my feet on this winter day. They should be ashamed.”

25 November 2021

Nearly 200 refugees prevented from crossing into Greece on fishing boat

Nearly 200 refugees prevented from crossing into Greece on fishing boat

After receiving a tip-off, police intercepted the boat off the coast of Tekirdağ province.

19 November 2021 Yakup Önal

Ministry approves organized industrial zone on agricultural fields in Thrace

Ministry approves organized industrial zone on agricultural fields in Thrace

Cancelled by the court and planned to be located on agricultural fields in Ergene in northwestern Turkey, the plastic industrial zone is granted a “positive Environmental Impact Assessment” report by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization.

20 September 2021

Sub-Governor has a restraining order issued against local journalist

Sub-Governor has a restraining order issued against local journalist

Şenol Kaya, the Sub-Governor of Şarköy district in Tekirdağ province, has a restraining order issued against local journalist Nuri Çağlar for a period of 1 month following the news that he reported.

15 July 2021 Yakup Önal

Six people lose their lives due to bootleg alcohol in Tekirdağ

Six people lose their lives due to bootleg alcohol in Tekirdağ

While six people have died of bootleg alcohol in Tekirdağ’s Çorlu district, 11 others are still in treatment, five in critical condition.

AKP Tekirdağ chair hands out school reports, going from door to door

HE SAYS 'NO POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS'

AKP Tekirdağ chair hands out school reports, going from door to door

After the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year came to an end, a ruling AKP provincial chair in northwestern Turkey handed out school reports by going to children’s homes, which has sparked harsh criticism, especially about the privacy of students.

25 January 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Investigation into Police Intervention for ‘Violating Coronavirus Curfew’

Investigation into Police Intervention for ‘Violating Coronavirus Curfew’

While two people were detained in Tekirdağ during a police intervention for allegedly violating the curfew, the officers who battered them while taking into custody have been suspended from duty and an investigation has been launched against them.

Local Journalist Given House Arrest in Tekirdağ

REPORTED BY YAKUP ÖNAL

Local Journalist Given House Arrest in Tekirdağ

Ferhat Akgün, a local journalist from Tekirdağ province, has been put under house arrest on the ground that “he violated the inviolability of a workplace” by entering Tekirdağ State Hospital, a pandemic hospital, without permission.

4 May 2020 Yakup Önal

Sentenced to Prison for ‘Sexual Assault’, Academic Suspended from University

SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE ACADEMIA

Sentenced to Prison for ‘Sexual Assault’, Academic Suspended from University

Sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison for sexually assaulting another academic from the same faculty, Assoc. Prof. M.N.M. has been suspended from Namık Kemal University's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine for three months.

2 July 2019 Evrim Kepenek