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Tiny houses sprout on Turkey's agricultural fields

Tiny houses sprout on Turkey's agricultural fields

Turkey sees a post-pandemic surge in tiny house usage, raising questions about their environmental impact, threat to agriculture, and the resulting economic speculation.

13 December 2025 Dicle Baştürk

David R. Mellor

This vast culture of Turkey: lights camera action

This vast culture of Turkey: lights camera action

Nobody behaves like this, I scream at the TV every time.

13 December 2025 David R. Mellor

LGBTI+ youth association in İzmir shut down over 'obscenity' claims

LGBTI+ youth association in İzmir shut down over 'obscenity' claims

"This decision can neither erase our existence nor weaken our determination to fight," the group said in response to the ruling.

12 December 2025

Serap Cömertoğlu-İşcan

Quartz sand mining project in Tekirdağ canceled over water, farming risks

Quartz sand mining project in Tekirdağ canceled over water, farming risks

The environmental impact assessment process for the project planned for the Seymen Pasture was terminated due to the negative opinions of official institutions.

12 December 2025 Serap Cömertoğlu İşcan

16-year-old worker dies in İstanbul factory fire

16-year-old worker dies in İstanbul factory fire

Alperen Karaçengel has become 87th child to be killed on the job this year.

12 December 2025

Parliament intern recounts abuse: 'You will tell no one'

Parliament intern recounts abuse: 'You will tell no one'

The child subjected to abuse by a staff member while interning in the parliament said that she was threatened and intimidated into not sharing the issue with her family.

11 December 2025 Nalin Öztekin

Fire in İstanbul home kills three children, one injured

Fire in İstanbul home kills three children, one injured

Four children were rescued from an apartment; three later died.

11 December 2025

A homecoming: Yaman’s journey of belonging between İstanbul and Aleppo

A homecoming: Yaman’s journey of belonging between İstanbul and Aleppo

Yaman, a 31-year-old who has lived in Lebanon and Turkey since 2012, is one of the many Syrians contemplating returning home a year after the regime change.

10 December 2025 Tara Milutis

TV anchor Mehmet Akif Ersoy detained in drug probe

TV anchor Mehmet Akif Ersoy detained in drug probe

Ersoy's detention comes days after similar incidents involving other TV anchors.

10 December 2025

news

Atölye BİA hosts workshop on 'International right to information access and tools'

Atölye BİA hosts workshop on 'International right to information access and tools'

The workshop addressed how national freedom of information laws can be effectively utilized by journalists in investigative reporting.

10 December 2025

Investigation launched into alleged abuse of student interns at Turkey's parliament

Investigation launched into alleged abuse of student interns at Turkey's parliament

One staff member has been suspended from duty as a family accuses parliament staff of "systematic abuse."

10 December 2025

'Terrorism' trial begins for journalists over freelance work for pro-Kurdish media

'Terrorism' trial begins for journalists over freelance work for pro-Kurdish media

“In a period when peace discussions are back on the agenda in the country, I am being accused of ‘aiding’ and ‘being a member’ of an organization that dissolved itself and laid down arms. Isn't this a clear irony?” bianet editor Tuğçe Yılmaz said in her defense.

9 December 2025 Hikmet Adal

Court drops charges against Serap Avcı, who defended herself against violence from spouse

Court drops charges against Serap Avcı, who defended herself against violence from spouse

The court has concluded that Avcı acted out of necessity to defend her life and dropped the charge of "intentional killing."

9 December 2025

Folk singer Pınar Aydınlar sentenced to over 6 years in prison on 'terrorism' charges

Folk singer Pınar Aydınlar sentenced to over 6 years in prison on 'terrorism' charges

"As an artist who has sung the songs of oppressed peoples for years, I have faced an unacceptable result. We do not accept it, and we will appeal," Aydınlar said after her trial.

9 December 2025 Hikmet Adal

İzmir municipality workers stage work stoppage over incomplete payments

İzmir municipality workers stage work stoppage over incomplete payments

Some 23,000 workers were paid only their bare wage for November and say their social rights payments haven't been made for four months.

9 December 2025

Yekta Armanc Hatipoğlu

Diyarbakır villagers protest planned pumice mine threatening water and graves

Diyarbakır villagers protest planned pumice mine threatening water and graves

The project are for the mine overlaps with parts of the Hûsika village, its water reservoir and cemetery.

9 December 2025 Yekta Armanc Hatipoğlu

Hepsiburada couriers suspend work, demanding better conditions

Hepsiburada couriers suspend work, demanding better conditions

Twenty-two couriers demand the removal of the Sunday work obligation and improvements in wages and working conditions.

8 December 2025 Vecih Cuzdan

Police violence against state media journalists covering officer's suicide in Adıyaman

Police violence against state media journalists covering officer's suicide in Adıyaman

AA journalists reportedly attempted to show their press cards to officers but were "harshly removed" from the scene.

8 December 2025

Court releases justification for 'probable intent' verdict in deadly Bolu ski resort fire

Court releases justification for 'probable intent' verdict in deadly Bolu ski resort fire

Eleven defendants, including the owner of the hotel, were sentenced to life in prison over the fire that claimed 78 lives. The court found that the defendants knowingly disregarded critical fire safety shortcomings.

8 December 2025

Turkey dismisses claims of planned Erdoğan meeting with SDF commander

Turkey dismisses claims of planned Erdoğan meeting with SDF commander

While Ankara said the president has no plans to meet Mazloum Abdi, the Kurdish leader previously expressed a desire to contribute to the peace process in Turkey.

8 December 2025

Police officer, suspect killed in İstanbul drug operation

Police officer, suspect killed in İstanbul drug operation

Suspects opened fire on the police during a raid on their apartment.

8 December 2025

children's library

IPS Communication Foundation/bianet continues its rights-based journalism with the "BİA Children's Library" with the aim of giving more space to and disseminating the voices of children and youth.

about bianet

The IPS Communication Foundation was established in 1993 with the goal of "implementing and supporting projects in the field of communication and development." The foundation carries out its activities through projects funded by local and international grants and donations.