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Rights groups announce new project for children's mother tongue rights

Rights groups announce new project for children's mother tongue rights

The project aims to monitor children's access to the right to mother tongue education and cultural rights.

11 November 2022

Eighty years after Wealth Tax: 'Memories are silenced'

Eighty years after Wealth Tax: 'Memories are silenced'

Today 80 years after the Wealth Tax, academics Özgür Kaymak and Işıl Demirel describe what the non-Muslim minorities lived through: "The issues were pushed aside or locked away completely because they hurt."

11 November 2022 Ece Deniz

Prosecutor seeks prison sentence, ban from politics for İstanbul mayor

Prosecutor seeks prison sentence, ban from politics for İstanbul mayor

The court has adjourned the hearing to the next month, when it is expected to deliver a judgment.

11 November 2022

More anti-LGBTI+ rallies to take place across Türkiye

More anti-LGBTI+ rallies to take place across Türkiye

Poised to propose a Constitutional amendment "to protect the family," the government openly supports the rallies.

11 November 2022

Colleagues banned from visiting arrested journalists in Diyarbakır

Colleagues banned from visiting arrested journalists in Diyarbakır

The colleagues of the journalists were removed from the list of visitors. Their lawyer says this was a "second punishment."

11 November 2022

Türkiye's official unemployment rate surpasses 10 percent

Türkiye's official unemployment rate surpasses 10 percent

The unemployment rate according the broad definition of unemployment was 20.3 percent, the TurkStat figures showed.

11 November 2022

Five refugees from Afghanistan found stabbed to death in Ankara

Five refugees from Afghanistan found stabbed to death in Ankara

The police found the bodies in an apartment after receiving a report by the relatives of the five people. The motives of the killings are not yet clear.

10 November 2022

Sweden will 'do what is necessary for NATO membership,' says FM

Sweden will 'do what is necessary for NATO membership,' says FM

Prime Minister Kristersson's recent meeting with President Erdoğan showed there is a "wide area for dialogue" between the two countries, according to Minister Billström.

10 November 2022

Campaign against compulsory religion classes

Campaign against compulsory religion classes

Freedom of Belief Initiative in Türkiye started a campaign where they say "our lesson is not religion, but religions and beliefs."

10 November 2022

Detained after saying bread 'basic food for stupid societies,' union head remanded in custody

Detained after saying bread 'basic food for stupid societies,' union head remanded in custody

Cihan Kolivar had said, "Bread is basic food for stupid societies. Our society eats bread and therefore they have such rulers for as long as 20 years."

10 November 2022

Drinking coffee at coffee shops 'becomes luxury'

Drinking coffee at coffee shops 'becomes luxury'

Coffee lovers complain about sky-high coffee prices. "I have put myself a limit. Even when I drink coffee out, I will have only one," some say.

10 November 2022 Ece Deniz

Atatürk commemorated on 84th anniversary of passing away

Atatürk commemorated on 84th anniversary of passing away

Ceremonies were held across the country in the morning.

10 November 2022

Lawsuit against Demirtaş over 'chemical attack' tweet

Lawsuit against Demirtaş over 'chemical attack' tweet

The imprisoned politician is charged with "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" and "insulting the institutions and organs of the state."

10 November 2022

Citizens of Türkiye third among asylum applicants in Europe in August

Citizens of Türkiye third among asylum applicants in Europe in August

The EU Asylum Agency announced numbers of asylum and temporary protection applications in August, which were the highest since 2016.

10 November 2022

Many teachers detained protesting new law outside of top court

Many teachers detained protesting new law outside of top court

Representatives of two teachers unions, on 'Occupation Watch' in front of the Supreme Court were raided by police and many of them detained today in Ankara when the Court was to hear the case for repeal of the new "Occupational Law for Teachers."

9 November 2022

Journalists from Iran face rising threats in Türkiye along with tensions back home

Journalists from Iran face rising threats in Türkiye along with tensions back home

Iran's pressure on journalists inside and outside the country is not new. Yet with rising online harassment and recent attempts to kidnap dissidents living in Türkiye, dozens of journalists and activists taking refuge on this side of the border feel increasingly at risk.

9 November 2022 Şenol Balı

Türkiye sets up agency for unrecognized Alevi minority amid 'assimilation' criticism

Türkiye sets up agency for unrecognized Alevi minority amid 'assimilation' criticism

While the president says the move is part of their democratization efforts, Alevis oppose being considered a "cultural element" rather than a religious community.

9 November 2022

bianet staff visits Mezopotamya Agency and JINNEWS for solidarity

bianet staff visits Mezopotamya Agency and JINNEWS for solidarity

Twenty-six journalists with the two Kurdish news agencies have been sent behind bars since June.

9 November 2022

Eight children and mother of six, all from Syria, die in fire in Bursa

Eight children and mother of six, all from Syria, die in fire in Bursa

The children aged between one and 11 and mother aged 31 lost their lives in the fire caused by heater at their house. The family was making their living collecting paper on streets, neighbors said.

9 November 2022

EU extends eastern Mediterranean sanctions on Türkiye

EU extends eastern Mediterranean sanctions on Türkiye

The sanctions because of Türkiye's drilling activities have been in place since October 2019.

9 November 2022

UN experts call for urgent release of Prof. Korur-Fincancı

UN experts call for urgent release of Prof. Korur-Fincancı

Korur-Fincancı, head of the Turkish Medical Association and a professor of forensic medicine, was detained on October 27 because of her comments about the chemical weapon use allegations against Türkiye.

9 November 2022

Are employees carrying whole tax burden in Türkiye?

Are employees carrying whole tax burden in Türkiye?

Net monthly average salary an employee with gross wage of 20,000 Turkish lira receives is 13,650 lira in Türkiye. Difference is so high because such an employee is working for two months a year only for taxes.

9 November 2022 Hikmet Adal

Sweden's PM meets Erdoğan, vows to fulfill promises to Türkiye for NATO membership

Sweden's PM meets Erdoğan, vows to fulfill promises to Türkiye for NATO membership

Kristersson has said that his government will fully implement a memorandum signed to address Türkiye's objections to the NATO membership of Sweden and Finland.

9 November 2022

Bread Producers Union chair detained for saying 'bread is basic food for stupid societies'

Bread Producers Union chair detained for saying 'bread is basic food for stupid societies'

Cihan Kolivar has been charged with "degrading the Turkish nation, state and institutions" because of his remarks during a TV program.

8 November 2022

Students complain about further restrictions at state dormitories

Students complain about further restrictions at state dormitories

The annual leave of students staying in the dormitories has been reduced from 75 to 30 days.

8 November 2022 Merve Usludil

ECtHR: Arrest of 13 HDP deputies was 'politically motivated'

ECtHR: Arrest of 13 HDP deputies was 'politically motivated'

Twelve of the politicians were arrested in 2016. A lawyer for the MPs has said that they should be released immediately.

8 November 2022 Ayça Söylemez

Iran, always very near

Iran, always very near

Most practical way to understand the socio-economic structure of Iran will be to compare the situation in Iran with data from Türkiye. Evaluating both similarities and differences may make it easier for us to understand Iran.

8 November 2022 Bülent Danışoğlu

Keeping up with the Kobanî trial

Keeping up with the Kobanî trial

Over 100 HDP members are facing aggravated sentences in the case filed seven years after the deadly Kobanî protests in 2014. In the latest hearing, Demirtaş made his defense in Kurdish for the first time and two defendants were released on the condition of judicial control.

8 November 2022 Wouter Massink

Medical Association of Germany calling for release of Turkish Medical Association chair

Medical Association of Germany calling for release of Turkish Medical Association chair

Medical Association of Germany and the medical unions in Berlin, Hessen and Hamburg, the medical peace organization (IPPNW), the Democratic Doctors Association and the union of medical students in Germany have requested that Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur-Fincancı be released.

8 November 2022

Ex-police intelligence chief 'fabricated evidence by replacing DVD with CD'

PROGRESSIVE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION CASE

Ex-police intelligence chief 'fabricated evidence by replacing DVD with CD'

Objection to digital evidence in the ÇHD case: "The digital materials former police intelligence chief Ramazan Akyürek sent to prosecution is not the DVD that came from abroad as claimed. One DVD was replaced with a CD."

8 November 2022 Ayça Söylemez

Pentagon delegation arrives in Ankara to hold talks

Pentagon delegation arrives in Ankara to hold talks

The Türkiye-US High Level Defense Group convened at the Ministry of National Defense, following last year's meeting at the Pentagon.

7 November 2022

Summary of proceedings against MP Tanrıkulu over 'chemical attack' statement

Summary of proceedings against MP Tanrıkulu over 'chemical attack' statement

The MP had said he would file a parliamentary question about the allegations that Türkiye had used chemical weapons against the PKK.

7 November 2022