After yet another “trustee” was appointed to a Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) municipality, the HDP released a report on the replacement of its mayors with ministry-appointed “trustees” in the Kurdish majority eastern and southeastern provinces of Turkey.Read More
A new report by the Centre for Economic Policy Research and the World Economic Forum has concluded that countries that have been led by women have acted “systematically and significantly better” in terms of their responses towards the Covid-19 crisis.Read More
A Christian cemetery space which belongs to the Rum Orthodox Church in Samandağ district in Hatay city, Turkey, has been recategorised as a ‘green field’ site in the revised construction plan. This recategorisation has been approved by the Culture and Tourism Ministry of Turkey.Read More
Two earthquakes, measuring magnitudes of 6.8 and 6.9 respectively, struck Wednesday off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.Read More
The Jinen Tirejen Roje Initiative has stated that it has carried out several targeted actions to protest against the isolation conditions of the Kurdish Movement’s leader, Abdullah Öcalan, and political prisoners in İstanbul in Turkey.Read More
The Development Workshop has just published a report focusing upon the plight of “People who were left behind during the pandemic”. It is a participant observation based report that examines the extent to which seasonal (i.e., migrant) agricultural labourers and their children have suffered from discrimination in Turkey.Read More
As reported in The Guardian, an academic study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has arrived at some startling findings. It suggests that black babies in the USA have a greater chance of survival if the hospital doctor in charge of their care is also black.Read More
Eylül Deniz Yaşar / Istanbul ANKARA – Concerns over two Turkish lawyers who launched a hunger strike demanding a ‘fair trial’ grow after the much-debated decision of a court rejecting their release and ordering their hospitalization. Human rights defenders believe this is a threat of ‘forced medical intervention’.Read More
Twenty one years have passed since the Marmara Earthquake of 1999, which led to thousands of deaths. Commemorations have taken place in Istanbul, the provinces of Kocaeli and Sakarya and cities acrossTurkey. The Marmara Earthquake’s epicentre was located in Gölcük district of Kocaeli city. Huge destruction was experienced in Kocaeli, Sakarya, İstanbul, Düzce and around […]Read More
Gold is strategically important since it maintains its purchasing power in all circumstances. It is globally accepted as a reliable ‘value’, both in politically and economically unstable economies in countries.Read More
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