Yesterday people shared what Erdoğan’s promised to LGBTI community more than a decade ago. Now the climate changed. In the last couple of years, Turkey’s political leadership and its civil apparatus went off an all-out hate campaign against LGBTI citizens. Just 4-5 years ago, Istanbul Pride March was a significant, colorful, crowded event. Now it … Read more
I was busy with some other stuff and I could not post this on time. Nowadays AKP leadership decided that they may be losing popularity and they are trying to reach out to the younger generations. Erdoğan had a live Youtube session just before the national university entrance examination, whose date has been changed several … Read more
Yes, they do it every year. Hypocrisy at its best. Gov’t shouldn’t use Hagia Sophia as political leverage: Former PM Davutoğlu Duvar English Erdoğan slams description of Istanbul’s conquest as ‘occupation’ a week after minister calls it as such Future Party leader and former prime minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has criticized the ruling Justice and Development Party … Read more
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Minneapolis PD officer Derek Chauvin killed a man in handcuffs yesterday. His name was George Floyd. by u/StillbornFleshlight_ in pics Turkish police ‘killed 403 people for disobeying stop warnings since 2007’ Duvar English Police brutality on the rise amid coronavirus curfews across Turkey Duvar English Incidents of police brutality have been on the rise across Turkey during … Read more
Hawkish security establishment, which went back to its ultranationalist roots, has been aiming at the radical leftist music band, Grup Yorum, for a while. It is ironic, among many others AKP ironies has, that a decade ago Grup Yorum had massive concerts in the very urban centers. Now, it is one of the objects of … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtu_8L-7NWY Available for free for two months. Jazz in Turkey Directed by Batu Akyol, “Jazz in Turkey” was premiered in 2013, with the 20th Istanbul Jazz Festival. The documentary investigates the evolutionary phases, interactions and key figures of jazz music in Turkey, taking the social history of the country as its backdrop. Featuring archival footage … Read more
The UNESCO Site That Never Was SAPIENS by Durrie Bouscaren The people of Hasankeyf, Turkey, have long enjoyed the nearby Tigris River, seen here in 2019. Recently, the creation of the Ilisu Dam has submerged their town. Burak Kara/Getty Images In some of Zeynep Ahunbay’s earliest memories of southeastern Turkey, birds fly high above the town of … Read more
Historic Beypazarı district enters UNESCO list Hurriyet Daily News Ankara’s historic Beypazaro district on April 18 entered the tentative list of UNESCO with its thousands of years old history. Valley in Central Turkey becomes tentative UNESCO World Heritage site Duvar English Koramaz Valley in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri was added to the tentative list … Read more
Health Minister Koca: One Person Diagnosed with Covid-19 in Turkey Bianet :: English Confirming the first case of the novel coronavirus, Minister of Health Koca has announced that “a male citizen has tested positive and been isolated,” without sharing any further information about his age, identity or province. Turkish stock market hit after coronavirus announcement | Ahval … Read more
Turkish police use tear gas in Istanbul to disperse Women’s Day crowd Reuters – Emin Caliskan – Mar 8, 11:19 AM ISTANBULISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police used tear gas to disperse a few dozen women who were still in central Istanbul after trying to march on Sunday evening to celebrate International Women’s Day. Reuters reporters saw … Read more
American couple kills two mountain goats, considered sacred, in eastern Turkey Duvar Englishby Azra Ceylan / A married couple of American tourists in the southeastern province of Adıyaman hunted two mountain goats, animals that are considered sacred in the Alevi faith, which majority of the local population adhere to. Turkey’s Natural Preservation and National Parks Directorate gives … Read more
Oh look, a random tanker grounding in the Bosphorus just as Turkish govt is trying to convince public to support Kanal Istanbul! https://t.co/KlraCbkMYc — Vanessa H. Larson (@vanessahlarson) December 27, 2019 Kanal Istanbul: A debate to end all debates! Duvar English by Can Selçuki Turkey is locked into a single issue and it is not the … Read more
The ministry is using some cheap social media marketing tactic to raise hype for the 27 December launch of the domestic car brand. Staunchly pro-AKP daily, Yeni Şafak had announced about a local car brand for 71 times so far… An evergreen promise that is always just around the corner – a Turkish domestic car … Read more
Male Violence Discussed in Ankara Governor’s Office Without a Single Woman Bianet :: English A meeting is held at Ankara Governorship to ensure that the “2020-2021 Coordination Plan for Struggle against Violence against Turkey Ranks 130th in WEF Gender Gap Index Bianet :: English A woman in Turkey has to wait for 167 years for the … Read more