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Malatya province municipality implemented a new regulation to rename the city's 2,400 streets to commemorate its notable artists and writers - including Malatya-born assassinated journalist Hrant ...»
ntvmsnbc said Turkish government is soon to conclude its efforts to draft new judicial reforms, publicly known as 4th Judicial Package. ...»
Turkey's Greek Patriarchate pledged its former orphanage building in Büyükada to be transformed into an environmental institute which will aim to foster interfaith dialogue. ...»
Women demonstrators gathered in Viranşehir district to support Kurdish people in Syria, a demonstration intervened by police with tear gas bombs and water canons which allegedly ...»
Established in 2009, Turkey's multilingual Nor Radio has announced to broadcast in its eighth language, Georgian. ...»
According to a report released by Worker Health and Work Security Assembly, at least 68 workers were reported killed at work in January ...»
Tolga İslam, an activist from Soldier Rights Initiative, expressed his concerns on Turkish Army's amended discipline act, saying that there are more practices to be removed ...»
A suicide bomber suspected to be a militant from DHKP-C organization blew himself up at the US embassy in Ankara this morning, leaving 2 people dead. ...»
Contemporary Journalists Association of Turkey honored bianet with its annual Best News Website Award, acknowledging bianet's long-lasting work on Turkey's media. ...»
Contemporary Journalists Association of Turkey honored bianet with its annual Best News Website Award, acknowledging bianet's long-lasting work on Turkey's media. ...»
An Alevi association annual report reveals at least 60 right abuses including board-marking of apartments with Alevi residents, discrimination of Alevis' funerals were committed in 2012. ...»
Union of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK), a Kurdish organization founded by Abdullah Öcalan, denied allegations on Turkish media regarding the withdrawal of PKK's militia to Northern ...»
ECHR found Turkey guilty for suspending the publication and distribution of 9 newspapers and magazines between 2008 and 2009, ordering the Turkish state to pay applicants ...»
"At least 2 uncontracted Syrian workers were either dead or wounded after an explosion at a galvanizing factory in Antep today. Turkey has a bad record ...»
Şemdinlihaber, a local news website, launched a fundraising campaign to rebuild a ruined secondary school building after two consecutive arson incidents in the past year. ...»
A non-commissioned army officer has been hospitalized after a failed attempt to shoot himself in his Tatvan district apartment this morning. ...»
Human right advocate Ahmet Kahveci told bianet on the mobbing cases that Turkish Military's contracted civilian staff faced including disciplinary penalties, being forced to athletic trainings ...»
PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan has filed a lawsuit to Turkey's constitutional court, complaining that his book entitled "Kurdish people's Manifesto" had previously been declined for publishing. ...»
Greenpeace and a local environmental platform warned that the massive blaze in a fiber storage facility in Yalova province has caused the release of hazardous gas ...»
68 journalists and 27 publishers entered 2013 behind bars in Turkey due to charges related to "being an illegal organization member". 78 out 97 jailed media ...»

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