It seems the nationalist alliance is just too hard to break… who is hostage by whom, hard to know… Sedat Peker reveals more evidence of his ties to interior minister Bianet :: English While Minister Soylu denies any acquaintance with the mafia leader, he releases recordings of video calls with Erdoğan dismisses allegations of gang leader, … Read more
Bu arada İkizdere'de. pic.twitter.com/10NW8iNI9q — Özcan Yüksek (@ozcanyuksek) May 23, 2021 NEWS / IMPRESSIONS FROM İKİZDERE: Women resisting in İkizdere: Cengiz, take your dozer and go! Bianet :: English Women in İkizdere have said, “We are determined, we will resist” and added: “Our President should come and see our situation. We do not do politics, we … Read more
Sedat Peker‘s Youtube account here. ‘DEEP STATE’ DEBATE: Sedat Peker’s new video targets Interior Minister Soylu Bianet :: English Accused of leading a criminal organization, Peker has shared his fourth ‘deep state’ video. Minister Soylu has responded on social media, “challenging” the opposition, newspapers and Mehmet Ağar, a former Director of Security and Interior Minister. ISTANBUL BLOG: … Read more
The ad is already deleted. In recent days, Turkish authorities’ social media failures increased. A Twitter used collected 4 deletion cases. Quoted tweets below explain the situation (some are in English) Turks furious over video boasting of ‘vaccinated staff’ for tourists | Ahval A development initiative by Turkey’s Tourism Ministry published a video on Thursday evening … Read more
Turkey: Crypto exchange CEO flees country as probe is launched AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Remaining assets of active users on now-shuttered Thodex exchange ‘irretrievable’, says lawyer. Turkish crypto founder flees with reported $2 bln Hurriyet Daily News Turkish prosecutors on April 22 opened an investigation after the Istanbul-based founder of a cryptocurrency exchange platform shut down … Read more
US report: Freedoms restricted, rule of law compromised in Turkey Bianet :: English The State Department of the United States (US) has released its 2020 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Turkey. US Department of State has released its 2020 country report on human rights practices in Turkey, listing a series of violations of rights including … Read more
Turkish municipalities show ‘love’ for president after ‘Stop Erdoğan’ ad in NY | Ahval A number of municipalities in Turkey have placed billboard advertising in town centres reading “ The "Love Erdogan" campaign, put together in response to a Gulenist group buying a billboard in New York saying "Stop Erdogan", has come to train stations. … Read more
One of the major victims of the pandemic is the coffeehouses. I always found them as a place of refuge. I had spent so much time when I was younger when I was continuously depressive. That’s where I would lose some of the despair by playing cards or other games with my few close friends. … Read more
An author committed suicide last night after his harassing messages were revealed. Some publishers stopped working with several authors who were accused of harassment… ‘Me too’ movement in Turkey’s literature: ‘May they lose sleep’ Bianet :: English After women exposed the harassment of writer Hasan Ali Toptaş, women have started compiling lists of “male … Read more
Workers tell Erdoğan about their severe economic problems in the midst of a years-long crisis. “We can’t bring bread home.” His response: “You’re exaggerating…Drink some tea,” throwing a sac of tea at them. https://t.co/PLpBcvOTCw — Nick Ashdown (@Nick_Ashdown) October 25, 2020
Turkey has only been publishing symptomatic coronavirus cases – minister Reuters – Reuters Editorial – Sep 30, 11:59 AM ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s health minister on Wednesday appeared to acknowledge that the government did not publish the full number of daily positive COVID-19 cases but only those who are symptomatic, while refuting a claim that the … Read more
Turkey records over 70 daily coronavirus deaths for first time since May Turkey on Sept. 23 reported 72 daily coronavirus deaths — its highest since the beginning of May. The country had registered 78 fatalities from the virus on May 2, and since then daily virus deaths had remained below 70 – i.e. until Sept. … Read more
Media in Turkey: 5 thousand 515 instances of hate speech in a year Bianet :: English Hrant Dink Foundation has released its “Hate Speech and Discriminatory Discourse in Media 2019 Report” in Turkish. The report has shown that 80 different groups were targeted by 5 thousand 515 hate speech items last year. Political prisoner says Turkey … Read more
Turkey’s TV watchdog scraps Netflix film ‘Cuties’ following backlash | Ahval Turkey’s state broadcasting regulator has removed a controversial Netflix movie “Cuties’’ from the… Turkey’s media authority asks Netflix to block ‘Cuties’ film Bianet :: English Netflix might have its license in Turkey suspended if it does not remove the movie it will air on September 9. … Read more
In recent years, the Turkish state operatives’ involvement became obvious. but as usual, there was no public reconciliation. No self-critique etc… September 6, 1955: The Violent Istanbul Pogrom Against Greeks Greek Reporter At the time Istanbul, and Turkey as a whole, was not as prosperous as the Greeks, while the nationalist fever was rising, as the Greek Cypriots … … Read more