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CHP: No new bar associations to be found in İstanbul, Ankara due to insufficient number of signatures

MULTIPLE BAR ASSOCIATIONS LAW

CHP: No new bar associations to be found in İstanbul, Ankara due to insufficient number of signatures

In July, the parliament passed a bill allowing multiple bar associations in larger cities.

21 September 2020

FinCEN files: Turkey-based businessperson used UK bank in scheme to evade Iran sanctions

FinCEN files: Turkey-based businessperson used UK bank in scheme to evade Iran sanctions

Reza Zarrab, a businessperson with a dual citizenship of Turkey and Iran, had pleaded guilty in a US court to helping evade Iran sanctions through Turkey's state-owned Halkbank.

21 September 2020

First-graders, preschoolers return to schools amid pandemic

First-graders, preschoolers return to schools amid pandemic

Schools in Turkey were closed on March 16 and resumed online on August 31.

21 September 2020

Kurdish Journalist Musa Anter commemorated on 28th anniversary of his assassination

Kurdish Journalist Musa Anter commemorated on 28th anniversary of his assassination

Anter lost his life in an armed attack in Diyarbakır in 1992.

21 September 2020

Magnitude 5.1 earthquake in Niğde

Magnitude 5.1 earthquake in Niğde

While no casualties have been reported so far, some buildings have been damaged.

21 September 2020

Turkey summons Greece's envoy over newspaper headline about Erdoğan

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN ROUND-UP

Turkey summons Greece's envoy over newspaper headline about Erdoğan

Defense Minister Akar gave an interview to the UK's Channel 4 News, Turkey issued a new Navtex alert for exploration activities near Cyprus.

18 September 2020

Turkey's coronavirus tally nears 300,000 cases with 1,771 new infections

Turkey's coronavirus tally nears 300,000 cases with 1,771 new infections

The country's death toll has risen to 7,377 as 62 people lost their lives over the past 24 hours.

18 September 2020

Minister says Turkey among world's top countries in distance education while millions lack internet access

Minister says Turkey among world's top countries in distance education while millions lack internet access

Students' lack of internet access has been a concern as distance education is becoming an essential part of education in the pandemic time.

18 September 2020

Support for Turkish Medical Association after Erdoğan ally targets doctors

Support for Turkish Medical Association after Erdoğan ally targets doctors

The Nationalist Movement Party chair called the government to shut down the association over its protest of the Ministry of Health.

18 September 2020

Erdoğan says Turkey to tighten Covid measures, he is open to meetings with Greece, Egypt

Erdoğan says Turkey to tighten Covid measures, he is open to meetings with Greece, Egypt

Following the Friday prayer, the President has made remarks on the increase in coronavirus cases and the Eastern Mediterranean crisis.

18 September 2020

'Local courts ignore Constitutional Court decisions against blocking access to news sites'

'Local courts ignore Constitutional Court decisions against blocking access to news sites'

The access block on Sendika.org has not been lifted by the local court despite two decisions by the Constitutional Court.

18 September 2020 Hikmet Adal

Covid-19 in Turkey: Health Minister warns of 'exacerbation' as 13,000 to take part in vaccine trial

Covid-19 in Turkey: Health Minister warns of 'exacerbation' as 13,000 to take part in vaccine trial

Some 13,000 candidates, with 1,200 of them being health workers, will take part in Phase 3 trials for a novel coronavirus vaccine produced in China.

18 September 2020

Hundreds support Peace Declaration by women from Turkey, Greece

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CRISIS

Hundreds support Peace Declaration by women from Turkey, Greece

"As the global women's movement resists the patriarchal system, the initiative we started with women of our neighbor has become a hope for the future," says women's rights activist Gülseren Onanç.

18 September 2020

'150 million additional children plunged into poverty due to pandemic'

UNICEF AND SAVE THE CHILDREN

'150 million additional children plunged into poverty due to pandemic'

"This pandemic has already caused the biggest global education emergency in history, and the increase in poverty will make it very hard for the most vulnerable children and their families to make up for the loss", says the Save the Children CEO.

18 September 2020

Ill prisoner Semire Direkçi: Are you waiting for me to die?

Ill prisoner Semire Direkçi: Are you waiting for me to die?

As doctors don't perform a surgery "because of the pandemic," prisoner Semire Direkçi is living with her intestines out of her body.

18 September 2020 Evrim Kepenek

Suspicious death of 11-year-old Rabia Naz: Family applies to Constitutional Court

Suspicious death of 11-year-old Rabia Naz: Family applies to Constitutional Court

Rabia Naz Vatan died suspiciously in April 2018. The incident was recorded as a suicide.

18 September 2020

Two soldiers killed in Northern Iraq

Two soldiers killed in Northern Iraq

The Turkish Armed Forces launched the "Operation Claw-Eagle" in Iraq's Kurdistan Region on June 17.

18 September 2020

HRW: Arrest of lawyers undermines the right to a legal defense

HRW: Arrest of lawyers undermines the right to a legal defense

Forty-one lawyers were detained during police raids on September 11.

17 September 2020

Greece's former FM: Powerplay between Ankara, Athens making things worse

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN?

Greece's former FM: Powerplay between Ankara, Athens making things worse

bianet is discussing the Eastern Mediterranean crisis with people from both sides. Georgios Katrougalos, who served as the foreign minister of Greece during Syriza's tenure, says that Erdoğan failed to use the opportunity presented by Tsipras to solve the dispute.

17 September 2020 Pınar Tarcan

Journalists appear before court over reports on Berkin Elvan's death during Gezi protests

Journalists appear before court over reports on Berkin Elvan's death during Gezi protests

Three journalists are charged with "targeting a public official who took part in the fight against terrorism."

17 September 2020

In response to parliamentary question, Finance Minister sends link to Erdoğan's speech

In response to parliamentary question, Finance Minister sends link to Erdoğan's speech

HDP deputy Gergerlioğlu had asked a question to Albayrak about Covid-19 loans for people with a low income.

17 September 2020

69 percent of workers don't have enough money to make ends meet for more than one month

COVID-19 SURVEY

69 percent of workers don't have enough money to make ends meet for more than one month

The DİSK Genel-İş union has surveyed its members about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

17 September 2020

Report: Most refugee workers lost jobs, unable to benefit from social assistance during pandemic

Report: Most refugee workers lost jobs, unable to benefit from social assistance during pandemic

"We were completely forgotten in the pandemic time. We were presented with two options: Starving to death or getting a disease," says a refugee worker.

16 September 2020

Turkish Medical Association: No epidemic can be prevented with individual efforts

Turkish Medical Association: No epidemic can be prevented with individual efforts

The association has launched a campaign titled, "You can't manage, we are burning out," calling on the government to increase measures amid a new coronavirus surge.

16 September 2020

Infected health workers called back to work amid Covid-19 spike in Ankara, says union

Infected health workers called back to work amid Covid-19 spike in Ankara, says union

Health workers are not considered as "Covid-19 contacts" and those who are infected but don't show symptoms are called back to work amid the coronavirus surge in the capital, according to the SES union.

16 September 2020

Constitutional Court member to Interior Minister: No one can give orders to judges

Constitutional Court member to Interior Minister: No one can give orders to judges

Minister Soylu targeted the top court after a decision annulling a law article that allowed the ministry to prohibit demonstrations and protest marches on intercity roads.

16 September 2020

Covid-19: Turkey reports 1,671 new cases, 56 deaths

Covid-19: Turkey reports 1,671 new cases, 56 deaths

The country's death toll has reached 6,951 with more than 288,000 cases.

11 September 2020

Main opposition CHP shuts down headquarters following coronavirus spike in Ankara

Main opposition CHP shuts down headquarters following coronavirus spike in Ankara

The CHP has questioned the official Covid-19 figures as Turkey's capital has become a new center of the outbreak.

11 September 2020

Aggravated life sentence convict Didem Akman pauses death fast on 207th day

Aggravated life sentence convict Didem Akman pauses death fast on 207th day

Akman has been on a death fast, demanding conditions of execution be improved in such a way to adapt to humane conditions.

11 September 2020

HDP deputy Remziye Tosun handed 10-year prison sentence on terrorism charges

HDP deputy Remziye Tosun handed 10-year prison sentence on terrorism charges

The court has sentenced Tosun for "membership of an armed terrorist organization."

11 September 2020

Turkey's richest 20 percent has 46 percent of total income, İstanbul has highest inequality

Turkey's richest 20 percent has 46 percent of total income, İstanbul has highest inequality

The share of the poorest 20 percent slightly increased while Gini coefficient stood at 0.395, according to a TurkStat survey.

11 September 2020

Ministry: People violating Covid-19 home quarantine will be forced to stay in dorms

Ministry: People violating Covid-19 home quarantine will be forced to stay in dorms

Personnel, security, and healthcare workers will be appointed to the dormitories and hostels by the governors and no visitors will be accepted, according to news steps announced by the government amid a new surge in coronavirus cases all across Turkey.

11 September 2020