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Turkey's own independent gazette. Covers articles on Women, the Economy, Politics, Human Rights, Education, and more.
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Multiple education workers’ unions in Turkey have announced strikes and protests to demand safe work environments after a high school student shot and killed their principal in Istanbul. ..read more
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A FedEx Airlines Boeing cargo plane has landed at Istanbul Airport without its front landing gear. There were no casualties in the incident, and Turkish authorities have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the landing gear failure ..read more
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Turkish authorities banned the concert of the famous Turkish band Dolu Kadahi Ters Tu in Gaziantep province after the Islamist far-right New Welfare Party’s smear campaign against the band for “supporting LGBTI ..read more
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The Turkish Parliament’s ad hoc commission on the İliç Gold Mine disaster arrived at the mine site three months after the accident. The committee observed and heard from experts regarding the malpractices that led to the collapse of the heap leach. ..read more
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Twenty-eight public employees, previously untried in connection with the mining disaster that killed 301 workers in Manisa province's Soma district a decade ago, appeared before a judge for the first time ..read more
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A delegation from the Financial Action Task Force, an international anti-money laundering and terrorism financing watchdog created by G-7, met with Turkish officials last week in anticipation of the agency's forthcoming report on Turkey's progress. Turkey has been on the watchdog's "grey list" since 2021 ..read more
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The Istanbul Medical Chamber has shared images of a public hospital doctor’s appointment schedule. showing 2.5-minute examination windows. The overload of the public health sector would have detrimental effects on patients and physicians alike, warned the chamber. ..read more
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Mustafa Bozbey, mayor of the Bursa province in Turkey’s Marmara region from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has decided not to appoint his nephew from the board chair position of the municipality’s construction subsidiary upon criticisms of nepotism ..read more
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Turkey’s main opposition CHP leader Özgür Özel met with the government’s far-right ally MHP’s chair Devlet Bahçeli after seven years in a closed meeting in the parliament ..read more
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Demirören News Agency reporter Rojda Altıntaş has revealed that she was pressured by her employer to postpone and censor the news article on the fatal car crash that shook Turkey, due to the reported involvement of Demirören’s son in the accident. ..read more