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'This is censorship': Ekşi Sözlük CEO slams access ban, vows to take legal action
'This is censorship': Ekşi Sözlük CEO slams access ban, vows to take legal action
One of the most popular websites in Türkiye, Ekşi Sözlük was banned after the earthquakes. The reason for the ban is still not clear.
27 February 2023
Demolition of Diyarbakır residential complex begins despite pets trapped inside buildings
FEBRUARY 6 EARTHQUAKES
Demolition of Diyarbakır residential complex begins despite pets trapped inside buildings
At least 14 pets are trapped inside a residential complex that was left severely damaged after the double earthquake.
22 February 2023
Authorities seize aid intended for earthquake victims in epicenter area
FEBRUARY 6 EARTHQUAKES
Authorities seize aid intended for earthquake victims in epicenter area
The authorities in Pazarcık reportedly emptied a truck full of aid materials, including propane cylinders. The relief efforts were organized by a local association and the HDP.
16 February 2023
Ecology Movements Conference meets in İstanbul
Ecology Movements Conference meets in İstanbul
The conference where forty-eight ecology and environment movements throughout Türkiye met called not to vote for any politician or any political party that has a role in ecological destruction.
23 January 2023
Refugee from Uganda kept at removal center for nearly two months
Refugee from Uganda kept at removal center for nearly two months
While waiting on his deportation case, Wahab Kenyatta is held in administrative detention at a removal center in Ankara.
28 December 2022
Addressing thousands in İstanbul, opposition leaders, mayor vow to fight injustice
İSTANBUL MAYOR'S CONVICTION
Addressing thousands in İstanbul, opposition leaders, mayor vow to fight injustice
Mayor İmamoğlu was yesterday given a prison sentence and a political ban for "insulting public officials." The verdict is subject to appeal.
15 December 2022
Çanakkale environmental organizations: Joint struggle necessary
Çanakkale environmental organizations: Joint struggle necessary
IPS Communication Foundation/bianet organized Ecology Journalism Project meeting in Çanakkale.
2 December 2022
Over 100 women detained in İstanbul, two fainted after being beaten by police
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Over 100 women detained in İstanbul, two fainted after being beaten by police
Defying a demonstration ban, hundreds of women gathered in Beyoğlu to mark November 25. Detainees include a journalist.
25 November 2022
Subletting surges in İstanbul amid housing crisis
Subletting surges in İstanbul amid housing crisis
Renting their rooms or entire apartments for short periods of time is profitable but psychologically demanding, tenants say.
17 November 2022
Environmental groups in Mersin: National press doesn't hear our voice
ECOLOGY JOURNALISM/MERSİN
Environmental groups in Mersin: National press doesn't hear our voice
At the "Ecology Journalism Project" meeting organized by the IPS Communication Foundation/bianet in Mersin, environmental groups and NGOs in the city conveyed their experiences.
2 November 2022
Construction of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant remains troubled, workers demand safety
Construction of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant remains troubled, workers demand safety
We spoke with the workers about working conditions, occupational safety and wages.
1 November 2022
Court to hear witnesses cited by LGBTI+ groups in 2008 homophobic murder case
Court to hear witnesses cited by LGBTI+ groups in 2008 homophobic murder case
Ahmet Yıldız was killed by his father after coming out as gay. At the 36th hearing, the court accepted for the first time the LGBTI+ groups' requests about witnesses.
6 October 2022
Dog starves to death in apartment after prosecutor refuses to allow forced entry
Dog starves to death in apartment after prosecutor refuses to allow forced entry
The dog starved for days. An animal rights defender had applied for a forced entry into the apartment but got rejected.
23 September 2022
Thousands gather at anti-LGBTI+ rally in İstanbul
Thousands gather at anti-LGBTI+ rally in İstanbul
"The Great Family Meeting" was held in the Saraçhane Park in the Fatih district.
19 September 2022
Türkiye requests new report from Brazil for aircraft carrier to be dismantled in İzmir
Türkiye requests new report from Brazil for aircraft carrier to be dismantled in İzmir
A decommissioned aircraft carrier is set to be dismantled in Türkiye. After environmental groups' campaigns, the Ministry of Environment has requested a new hazardous substance report from Brazil.
24 August 2022
Zarakolu: Nothing will change, decisions are taken by courts here, not by government
POLITICAL EXILES IN SWEDEN
Zarakolu: Nothing will change, decisions are taken by courts here, not by government
Writer and publisher Zarakolu, exiled in Sweden, has spoken to bianet about the expectation that the country will “send back the people Turkey wants to have extradited” following the signing of a memorandum on the NATO bids of Sweden and Finland.
30 June 2022
Police attack Pride Parade and detain 373 people
30TH İSTANBUL PRIDE WEEK
Police attack Pride Parade and detain 373 people
Hundreds of LGBTI+ activists have been detained at İstanbul's Pride Parade, 30 of them were under the age of 18. The Pride Parade has been banned in the city since 2015.
27 June 2022
Locals attack refugee waste workers, set depots on fire in İstanbul's Ataşehir
Locals attack refugee waste workers, set depots on fire in İstanbul's Ataşehir
After the attack, waste workers gathered at the depots to state that they will struggle against racist attacks.
15 June 2022
Police prevent gathering for Pride Month in İstanbul, detain 11 people
Police prevent gathering for Pride Month in İstanbul, detain 11 people
A group of LGBTI+ activists wanted to read out a statemet for the press in Kadıköy. Hundreds of police officers were deployed to prevent the gathering.
6 June 2022
'Methamphetamine is becoming a gateway drug in Turkey'
'Methamphetamine is becoming a gateway drug in Turkey'
Cheap prices and ease of access are the two reasons that the use of methamphetamine has become more common in Turkey, says psychiatrist Bulut.
26 May 2022
'The endless suffering': What is happening in Hagia Sophia?
'The endless suffering': What is happening in Hagia Sophia?
Shattered windows, shoes put on historical stones, a historical millstone used as a garbage bin, and covered mosaics. What is going on in Hagia Sophia? Let's take a look at it.
13 May 2022
Huge waste pond of gold mine near Euphrates river 'poisoning region,' locals say
Huge waste pond of gold mine near Euphrates river 'poisoning region,' locals say
"We were shocked after seeing the pond. What we saw was a huge cyanide pond the size of 192 football fields and a depth of 1,280 meters and it was all crimson," said a local.
29 April 2022
‘We will protect the trees in İzmir as well as in Kurdistan’
HDP’S MURAT ÇEPNİ
‘We will protect the trees in İzmir as well as in Kurdistan’
Peoples’ Democratic Party İzmir MP Çepni has spoken to bianet about why the struggles for peace and ecology cannot be considered separately and talked about the intersectionality of the two struggles.
20 April 2022
‘Not identity-based, but class-based tensions are now at the forefront in Turkey’
DECEMBER 10 HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
‘Not identity-based, but class-based tensions are now at the forefront in Turkey’
Commenting on the report shedding light on rights violations and discrimination in Turkey, KONDA's Ağırdır says, “As unemployment, poverty and inequalities have increased, class tensions have come to the forefront again.”
10 December 2021
The untried court years of 1 May 1977
1 MAY 1977 AND IMPUNITY/TUĞÇE YILMAZ
The untried court years of 1 May 1977
The trial of 98 people, including leaders of DİSK (Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey), mentioned in the 1 May 1977 indictment prepared by the Istanbul Public Prosecutor's Office, began at the 2nd High Criminal Court, but...
17 June 2021
Finding the traces of a 43-year-old massacre
1 MAY 1977/TUĞÇE YILMAZ
Finding the traces of a 43-year-old massacre
How did I get started on this? How did I manage to contact the friends and relatives of those who lost their lives in Taksim 43 years ago? My connections, 27 lives, my age, doors not knocked upon... Impunity, lost files, unanswered applications, autopsy reports...
15 June 2021
'The perpetrators of the 1 May 1977 massacre got away with it'
1 MAY 1977 AND IMPUNITY/ SÜLEYMAN ÇELEBİ
'The perpetrators of the 1 May 1977 massacre got away with it'
Süleyman Çelebi, the former Chair of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK), speaks of his attempts to have 1 May 1977 investigated while he was an MP, but says that each of his proposals was rejected.
10 June 2021
'If you can’t find the killers, you can’t remove the stain'
1 MAY 1977 AND IMPUNITY/ KANİ BEKO
'If you can’t find the killers, you can’t remove the stain'
Kani Beko, the former Chair of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK), speaks about the need to try the perpetrators of the 1 May 1977, saying that the stain of these incidents needs to be removed and the killers need to be found.
9 June 2021
'The state is implicated in this crime, perpetrators must be put on trial'
1 MAY 1977 AND IMPUNITY/ FEHMİ IŞIKLAR
'The state is implicated in this crime, perpetrators must be put on trial'
Fehmi Işıklar, one of the organizers and directors of the 1 May 1977 rally, talks first about demonstrators’ enthusiasm, then the sounds of gunfire and the stampede that followed. He says that the state must find a way to absolve itself of this shame.
8 June 2021
Laborer Diran Nigiz, 34, died in Taksim
1 MAY '77: VOICES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES
Laborer Diran Nigiz, 34, died in Taksim
Antranik Yontan spoke of how his relative, Diran Nigiz, who he called his ‘abi’, or big brother, had a limp and was crushed in the panic, that he had a good sense of humour, and that he had migrated from Derik to Istanbul. There are no photographs of Diran.
7 June 2021
Student Sibel Açıkalın, 18, died in Taksim
1 MAY '77: VOICES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES
Student Sibel Açıkalın, 18, died in Taksim
Cihat Açıkalın tells us about how his cousin, Sibel Açıkalın, was actively engaged in the struggle for student and labor rights and that she was the one who fostered in him his love of reading. "It still makes our hearts bleed to know that, despite the many years that have passed, the perpetrators have not been held accountable for their crimes," he says.
4 June 2021
Teacher Mustafa Elmas, 33, died in Taksim
1 MAY '77: VOICES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES
Teacher Mustafa Elmas, 33, died in Taksim
Mustafa Elmas's wife, Selme Elmas, says "We were in love when we got married, very much in love." She then adds, "He said he was going out to buy a paper, but he never came back." Journalist Faruk Eren wrote about his middle-school teacher in a book about the political atmosphere of the 1970s.
3 June 2021
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