Turkish lira hits new record low despite Central Bank interventions Bianet :: English The lira plunged to as low as 14.61 to the US dollar and 16.47 to the Euro in the first half of the day. In Turkey, bread lines grow longer as inflation soars AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Growing bread lines in Istanbul bear … Read more
Why TikTok is a hit with Turkey’s working class Inside Turkey by Emel Altay Last year, 36-year-old construction worker Müjdat Uğur posted a Tik Tok video of him and his co-workers staging a catwalk show on a building site in the central Anatolian province of Yozgat. The post went viral with seven million views. Uğur, who … Read more
Dear Metin Cihan is the best representative of citizen journalism at the moment in Turkey. He is releasing leaked documents from the Turkish Youth Foundation, TÜGVA, an Istanbul-based youth and student foundation. Bilal Erdoğan, son of President of the Republic of Turkey leads the foundation. Mr. Cihan was careful to take care of private personal … Read more
Freedom House report: Turkey is not free on the net Bianet :: English Turkey is the country with the fastest decline in internet freedom, according to Gürkan Özturan, the rapporteur for Turkey. The report here Committee of Ministers of Council of Europe: Release Demirtaş and Kavala Bianet :: English The Committee of Ministers of the Council of … Read more
Yes, in prime time, a group of pro-AKP journalists discussed why one of them was not verified by Twitter. via
President Erdoğan’s job approval at lowest level in six years, poll shows Bianet :: English The president’s job approval rating dropped by nine percent in a month, according to the Metropoll survey.
Strong women are hard to take for Turkey’s Islamists and this team is making the headlines on a daily basis… Women’s volleyball team advance in European Championship Hurriyet Daily News Turkey on Aug. 31 defeated Poland 3-0 to advance to the semifinals of the 2021 CEV Women’s European Volleyball Championship. 3-0! Dörtlü finaldeyiz. İyi ki varsınız, … Read more
The taxi lobby maybe powerful than any other political lobbies (!) in İstanbul. They managed to restrict Uber’s operations, and the municipality’s move to increase the number of taxis was prevented and now Istanbulians have to live with the current taxi drivers. There are of course exceptions but most of them are not kind people … Read more
Some got angry on social media with the artist’s interpretation and called them “poop art”. Prominent artist describes controversial sculptures as ‘Turkish pop art’ Hurriyet Daily News A prominent Turkish artist has defended the much-debated sculptures and statues that mostly stand at the entrances of various provinces depicting things those provinces are known for, saying that … Read more
Things are definitely complicated and a new wave of Afghan refugees paved the way to an organized anti-refugee outcry. However, this does not hide the fact that some are explicitly racist. Bolu mayor is from the CHP and the main opposition party seems not to provide a clear-cut response to this racist mayor… Bolu Mayor ‘won’t … Read more
Türkiye Turizm Tanıtım ve Geliştirme Ajansının yeni filmi: “İstanbul” pic.twitter.com/ncoSMD4Shq — T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı (@TCKulturTurizm) July 26, 2021 The video represents a life ministry’s own party intends to destroy. Well, they need tourism profits… So here it is. We, locals, do not have the same “cool” here.
Turkey’s labourers take to TikTok to show millions their harsh work conditions – video World news: Turkey Workers in Turkish factories, construction sites and fields have become the unlikely stars of TikTok, revealing harsh and dangerous conditions in posts with millions of views. Turkey, ranked among the ’10 worst countries in the world for workers’, is … Read more
Journalists as targets of hate Bianet :: English An online event to explore the impact of hate campaigns on journalists’ safety and independence… Homophobic attack in İstanbul: ‘It was like a life-and-death situation’ Bianet :: English LGBTI+s were faced with attempted lynching in İstanbul’s Tophane neighbourhood; police told them, “Don’t exaggerate.” They have received a medical report … Read more
İstanbul Governor Office bans LGBTI+ Pride March again Bianet :: English As the Pride March has been banned for the seventh consecutive year, LGBTI+s say they will define the ban and “find one another on the streets. In Turkey, Pride Picnic draws police violence Global Voices Online by Arzu Geybullayeva In Istanbul, police intervenes to prevent Pride … Read more
Mafia boss Peker warns against a possible attack on Alevis Bianet :: English Shady groups are plotting attacks on Alevis to create chaos in the country, Peker has claimed. Sedat Peker’s videos put military contractor close to Erdoğan in spotlight again Bianet :: English e The organized crime boss claimed yesterday that SADAT had used his convoys … Read more