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
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
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
In a recent ‘Opinion’ piece for The Guardian, Simon Tisdall cautioned that “Turkey’s aggression towards its rivals and allies alike is posing a threat to regional stability, yet nobody is prepared to act”.Read More
Ferhat Yaşar (Translated from Gazeteduvar) Beginning with the slogan, ‘Every Kurd is naturally a member of the Kurdish Language Movement’, Hareketa Zimanê Kurdî (Kurdish Language Movement), or HezKurd, will take a position outside of politics, voicing demands for Kurdish language through democratic channels, without ideology or violence. Barış Celali, one of the leaders of the […]Read More
Since the first confirmed case of coronavirus in Turkey, on 11 March, the total number of cases, as of 14 August, had reached 246,861. The Health Ministry announced that 1,226 new cases had been recorded that day. The total number of tests done by Turkey has reached 6 million, and the official death toll stands […]Read More
Democratic Party presidental nominee, Joe Biden’s, comments on Turkey and President Erdoğan have become top tweet in Turkey. Biden says on video that he is very concerned about Erdoğan’s approach to the Kurds.Read More
A 35-year-old women was left injured after a shark attack at Port Macquarie in Australia.Read More
Turkey was the first country to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (popularly referred to as the ‘Istanbul Convention’). It aims to prevent violence, provide victim protection and to end the impunity of perpetratorsRead More
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