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Kaftancıoğlu to be reinvestigated for 'violating privacy of Erdoğan's communications director'

Kaftancıoğlu to be reinvestigated for 'violating privacy of Erdoğan's communications director'

The CHP's İstanbul chair is accused of having a party member take photographs of an allegedly illegal construction work by the communications director.

24 November 2020

Turkey summons envoys of EU, Italy, Germany over search of ship heading to Libya

Turkey summons envoys of EU, Italy, Germany over search of ship heading to Libya

The Operation Irini stated that it searched the vessel after not receiving response from Ankara ana did not find any illicit material.

24 November 2020

Only one out of 54 bills submitted to parliament in a month was about women's rights

WOMEN'S PLATFORM FOR EQUALITY

Only one out of 54 bills submitted to parliament in a month was about women's rights

The EŞİK organization has released its second parliament monitoring report about women's rights.

23 November 2020

Erdoğan's 'soothing' statements may not be enough to avoid EU sanctions, warns Le Drian

Erdoğan's 'soothing' statements may not be enough to avoid EU sanctions, warns Le Drian

France's foreign minister has responded to Erdoğan's call for stronger cooperation and dialogue with European countries.

23 November 2020

Turkey starts testing China's Covid-19 vaccine on volunteers

Turkey starts testing China's Covid-19 vaccine on volunteers

The vaccine had been initially tested on health workers since September 15, according to the minister of health.

23 November 2020

Erdoğan's U-turn on EU because of failing economy, says Babacan

Erdoğan's U-turn on EU because of failing economy, says Babacan

The president has recently changed his stance toward Europe and promised legal and economic reforms.

23 November 2020

Turkey reports highest daily Covid-19 fatalities, official death toll tops 12,000

Turkey reports highest daily Covid-19 fatalities, official death toll tops 12,000

The Health Ministry registered 141 deaths and 5,103 "patients" over the past 24 hours.

20 November 2020

Turkish Medical Association: Turkey's daily Covid-19 cases exceed 47,000

Turkish Medical Association: Turkey's daily Covid-19 cases exceed 47,000

As the Ministry of Health does not disclose the number of total coronavirus cases in Turkey, the association has published its estimates based on a survey among family healthcare centers.

20 November 2020

Journalists jailed after reporting torture of citizens apply to Constitutional Court

Journalists jailed after reporting torture of citizens apply to Constitutional Court

Three journalists have been remanded in custody since October 9 after their reports revealed that two citizens were tortured by soldiers in the Kurdish-majority Van province.

20 November 2020

Interest rate hike 'a bitter recipe' to reduce inflation, says Erdoğan

Interest rate hike 'a bitter recipe' to reduce inflation, says Erdoğan

"It is essential for us to get Turkey out of the spiral of interest rates, inflation, exchange rates," the President has said.

20 November 2020

Police raid lawyer Aytaç Ünsal's home as he receives treatment after death fast

Police raid lawyer Aytaç Ünsal's home as he receives treatment after death fast

Police officers just scattered the home and left, according to the lawyer.

20 November 2020

'Nearly 60,000 children abused in Turkey in three years'

WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY

'Nearly 60,000 children abused in Turkey in three years'

MP Tanrıkulu has shared statistics about children's rights in the country.

20 November 2020

Merkel: A decision will be made at EU summit about Turkey's Eastern Mediterranean activities

Merkel: A decision will be made at EU summit about Turkey's Eastern Mediterranean activities

Germany's chancellor has said, "Things haven't developed the way we would have wished," as Turkey continues exploration activities in the disputed waters.

20 November 2020

Social Security Institution refuses to recognize Covid-19 as occupational disease for doctors

Social Security Institution refuses to recognize Covid-19 as occupational disease for doctors

The SGK stated that Covid-19 was not included in the "List of Occupational Infectious Diseases" and rejected the application that was made after a doctor's death.

20 November 2020

Seventeen lawyers detained during house raids in Diyarbakır

OPERATIONS AGAINST DTK

Seventeen lawyers detained during house raids in Diyarbakır

The detentions have been made as part of an investigation against the Democratic Society Congress, many members of which have been detained and sent behind bars over the past few months in the Kurdish-majority provinces.

20 November 2020

Hamilton 'minds his own business,' equals Schumacher's record of world titles in İstanbul

THE STORY OF THE TURKISH GP

Hamilton 'minds his own business,' equals Schumacher's record of world titles in İstanbul

When the Mercedes driver complained about the slippery new surface of İstanbul Park, a district mayor told him to "mind his own business," which he did to win the race and clinch his seventh world championship.

15 November 2020 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Judicial overseeing body to examine decisions about Osman Kavala's imprisonment

Judicial overseeing body to examine decisions about Osman Kavala's imprisonment

After the document was published on social media, the Council released a statement, saying that it was "a routine practice."

13 November 2020

Nearly 40 percent of İstanbulites say they wouldn't move from unsound buildings

EARTHQUAKE SURVEY

Nearly 40 percent of İstanbulites say they wouldn't move from unsound buildings

Only 28 percent of the participants said that they had an earthquake emergency kit, according to a survey by the municipality.

13 November 2020

Selahattin Demirtaş's book cited as evidence of 'membership in a terrorist organization'

Selahattin Demirtaş's book cited as evidence of 'membership in a terrorist organization'

"It is a legal scandal that a storybook, which has sold hundreds of thousands, is cited as evidence for the charge of membership in a [terrorist] organization," the defendant's attorney has said.

13 November 2020

Journalists on trial for 'marking counterterrorism officer as a target for outlawed leftist group'

MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE WEEKLY ROUND-UP

Journalists on trial for 'marking counterterrorism officer as a target for outlawed leftist group'

Having spent 155 days on remand, a journalist was released after her first hearing while a lawsuit against three journalists over their reports on the killing of Berkin Elvan, 15, during the Gezi Park protests continued.

13 November 2020 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Lavrov: Turkey's peacekeeping troops won't enter Nagorno-Karabakh

Lavrov: Turkey's peacekeeping troops won't enter Nagorno-Karabakh

The activity of Turkey's forces will be limited to the premises of a joint monitoring center with Russia that will be established in Azerbaijan, Russia's foreign minister has said.

12 November 2020

Governor extends demonstration ban in Mardin

Governor extends demonstration ban in Mardin

All demonstrations and events have been banned in the Kurdish-majority province ince 2019.

12 November 2020

Prof. Betül Kacar to lead NASA astrobiology research team

Prof. Betül Kacar to lead NASA astrobiology research team

NASA has launched the Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research (ICAR) program as part of efforts to find extraterrestrial life.

12 November 2020

Defense minister says Turkey to use S-400s, open to address US concerns

Defense minister says Turkey to use S-400s, open to address US concerns

The two countries can set up a joint working group on the compatibility of the S-400 system and F-35 stealth fighter jets, according to Minister Akar.

12 November 2020

Prosecutors investigate 'PKK symbols' in new layout of recreational park in İstanbul

Prosecutors investigate 'PKK symbols' in new layout of recreational park in İstanbul

After a park was renewed by the district municipality, the authorities concluded that the star shapes in the children's playground resembled PKK symbols.

12 November 2020

Columnist Yılmaz Özdil handed prison sentence for insulting defense minister

Columnist Yılmaz Özdil handed prison sentence for insulting defense minister

Özdil had said, "I wouldn't even go out with Hulusi Akar, let alone going into war."

12 November 2020

Medical organizations urge lockdown, transparency as pandemic 'gets out of control'

Medical organizations urge lockdown, transparency as pandemic 'gets out of control'

The Turkish Medical Association and the Turkish Thoracic Society have released monthly reports on the pandemic as it's been eight months since Turkey reported the first case.

12 November 2020

Erdoğan: Turkey, Russia to jointly monitor Nagorno-Karabakh deal

Erdoğan: Turkey, Russia to jointly monitor Nagorno-Karabakh deal

The President has made remarks on the trilateral deal on the Karabakh crisis and the resignation of Berat Balbayrak as the minister of treasury and finance.

11 November 2020

'Prosecutor stalled investigation into Ortakaya's killing in border area after intelligence note'

'Prosecutor stalled investigation into Ortakaya's killing in border area after intelligence note'

The family of Kader Ortakaya, who was killed in 2014 when trying to cross into Syria's Kurdish town of Kobanê, has applied to the Constitutional Court due to the lack of an effective investigation into the incident.

11 November 2020

Opposition parties on Albayrak's departure: 'You can't save the king by sacrificing the queen'

Opposition parties on Albayrak's departure: 'You can't save the king by sacrificing the queen'

CHP and HDP leaders have pointed out that President Erdoğan is who is really responsible for the economic problems of Turkey.

11 November 2020

Journalist Çağlar Tekin briefly detained over tweet on 'ISIS militants using TSK vehicles'

Journalist Çağlar Tekin briefly detained over tweet on 'ISIS militants using TSK vehicles'

The state-run news agency firshad published and later deleted the photos showing ISIS militants using captured TSK vehicles during a 2016 operation into Syria.

11 November 2020

Prosecutor says seven-year-old child 'culpable' for choking on chocolate tube cap

'SYRINGE CHOCOLATE' DEATHS

Prosecutor says seven-year-old child 'culpable' for choking on chocolate tube cap

Two children lost their lives last year after choking on caps of "syringe-shaped" chocolate tubes sold in school canteens.

11 November 2020