NEWS - Bianet

NEWS

Page 109

‘Farmers have lost 80 percent of their crops, food crisis is imminent in Turkey’

‘Farmers have lost 80 percent of their crops, food crisis is imminent in Turkey’

HDP Agriculture Commission Spokesperson Turan says that farmers’ debt to public institutions and Agricultural Credit Cooperatives has topped 150 billion lira.

Erdoğan: Turkey to start Canal İstanbul project this month, may reduce interest rates in July

Erdoğan: Turkey to start Canal İstanbul project this month, may reduce interest rates in July

The president has said that the opposition shouldn't ask about how the Central Bank's foreign currency reserves of 128 billion dollars were spent.

Social media user fined 5,300 lira for calling MHP's Bahçeli a 'dotard'

Social media user fined 5,300 lira for calling MHP's Bahçeli a 'dotard'

The defendant has been fined for insulting a public official because of his duty. The court has deferred the pronouncement of the verdict.

2 June 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Erdoğan opens 10 new faculties by a Presidential decision

Erdoğan opens 10 new faculties by a Presidential decision

According to the Presidential decision published in the Official Gazette, 10 new faculties have been opened at eight universities while one faculty and two vocational schools of three universities have been closed.

Investigation into journalist Kutlu Adalı's killing after confessions of mob boss

Investigation into journalist Kutlu Adalı's killing after confessions of mob boss

In his YouTube videos targeting current and former government officials, Peker explained how he and his brother had been involved in a failed attempt to assassinate the journalist from Cyprus.

‘Newspapers targeted by Interior Minister Soylu’

‘Newspapers targeted by Interior Minister Soylu’

The monthly press freedom report of main opposition CHP MP Çakırözer is marked by the obstructions faced by journalists during news follow up and the targeting remarks of Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu in May.

HDP closure case: Indictment ‘being prepared again’

HDP closure case: Indictment ‘being prepared again’

Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation Bekir Şahin has said that they are preparing the indictment against the HDP again. The indictment was previously returned to the Court of Cassation by the Constitutional Court.

With his two positions ‘handed over’ to others, vice rector appointed as a dean

With his two positions ‘handed over’ to others, vice rector appointed as a dean

The Council of Higher Education (YÖK) has appointed Vice Rector Prof. Fazıl Önder Sönmez as the acting dean of Boğaziçi University Faculty of Engineering.

Laborer Mürtezim Oltulu, 42, died in Taksim

Laborer Mürtezim Oltulu, 42, died in Taksim

Mürtezim Oltulu's nephews, Recep Oltulu and Yüksel Oltulu, spoke of how, after completing primary school, their uncle followed his older brother to Halkalı in Istanbul, and of how they struggled to find the 4000 lira needed to claim his body. There are no photographs of Mürtezim Oltulu.

2 June 2021 Tuğçe Yılmaz

‘Perpetrators of murders are not unknown, their aftermath is’

‘Perpetrators of murders are not unknown, their aftermath is’

Commenting on Interior Minister Soylu’s statements, HDP Co-Chair Sancar says, “The murders committed during his term in office are not unidentified; the perpetrators are obvious, but they are not put on trial.”

CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu reiterates his call for a snap election

CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu reiterates his call for a snap election

Main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said, “This government is a government that places serious burdens on our shoulders. For this reason, we have to hold snap elections as soon as possible.”

Doors of Boğaziçi University locked again, students enter the campus

Doors of Boğaziçi University locked again, students enter the campus

Going to Boğaziçi University to protest the appointed rector Melih Bulu, students were not admitted to the campus. The police and private security guards once again locked the doors of the university.

MHP Chair Bahçeli: Snap election is not on Turkey’s agenda

MHP Chair Bahçeli: Snap election is not on Turkey’s agenda

Accusing main opposition CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu of “dancing to the tune of Biden and getting on his bloody boat”, MHP leader Bahçeli has said that “CHP’s demand for a snap election reflects its master’s voice.”

A brief history of the insistence on a mosque in Taksim Square

A brief history of the insistence on a mosque in Taksim Square

Taksim Mosque, which has been Erdoğan's "favorite project" since he was the Mayor of İstanbul, was built on a much larger area than it was originally planned during his prime ministry.

Musicians accuse government of trying to destroy nightlife

Musicians accuse government of trying to destroy nightlife

Bars, nightclubs, concert halls and similar venues will continue to remain closed in June, according to the new coronavirus reopening schedule.

‘They said to me, “You will rot in prison”’

‘They said to me, “You will rot in prison”’

“I lost 25 kilos in torture. 898 wounds-marks were found in my body. The wounds in my body have healed, but the wounds inside me won’t heal until this injustice is eliminated. Join your voice with mine,” says Ayten Öztürk from her letter from prison.

1 June 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Murder of Ozan Ulu: ‘He was first pushed to crime, then killed’

Murder of Ozan Ulu: ‘He was first pushed to crime, then killed’

Ozan Ulu’s family says that the Prosecutor of Siirt “doesn’t give information because there is a confidentiality order on the file” and adds: “Please, help us."

1 June 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Factory Worker Ziya Baki, 30, died in Taksim

Factory Worker Ziya Baki, 30, died in Taksim

Workers from the Uzel factory and union leaders Mehmet Ali Kılıç and Rıza Durak tell us about their friend Ziya, how fearless he was, and how they weren't able to attend his funeral. Murat Tokmak had also given information about the three workers from the Uzel factory who lost their lives in an interview with the newspaper Radikal.

1 June 2021 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Mob boss Peker's confessions put military contractor close to Erdoğan in spotlight again

Mob boss Peker's confessions put military contractor close to Erdoğan in spotlight again

Sedat Peker claimed yesterday that SADAT had used his convoys to deliver weapons to armed groups in Syria.

31 May 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Metin Lokumcu case: Request for recusal rejected

Metin Lokumcu case: Request for recusal rejected

The court has rejected the request for recusal of the family of Metin Lokumcu, a retired teacher who was affected by pepper gas and had a heart attack during the police intervention into a protest before Erdoğan’s rally in Hopa.

31 May 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Erdoğan advisor says mob boss Peker serves anti-Turkey 'alliance of evil'

Erdoğan advisor says mob boss Peker serves anti-Turkey 'alliance of evil'

In his latest video, Peker claimed that the president's aides were organizing illicit oil trade and sending weapons to al-Qaeda affiliates in Syria.

Survey: Turkey's youth feel 'weary and lonely' because of the pandemic

Survey: Turkey's youth feel 'weary and lonely' because of the pandemic

More than 80 percent of the people are worried about not being able to pay their bills, according to the Ipsos survey.

İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu faces up to 4 years in prison

İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu faces up to 4 years in prison

On the grounds that he allegedly insulted the members of the Supreme Election Council (YSK) after the İstanbul elections had been cancelled, a lawsuit has been filed against İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu.

8th anniversary of Gezi: We remember the deceased with a demand for justice

8th anniversary of Gezi: We remember the deceased with a demand for justice

In the lawsuits filed into the killing of eight people during the Gezi resistance of 2013, the defendants were given “judicial fines”, they were “acquitted” or given “good conduct times.” No lawsuit has been filed into the death of Ahmet Atakan.

31 May 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Appointed vice rector of Boğaziçi doesn’t approve Feyzi Erçin’s course

Appointed vice rector of Boğaziçi doesn’t approve Feyzi Erçin’s course

Having accepted his appointment as a vice rector while his two students were arrested and appointed as the acting director of two institutes, Prof. İnci has cancelled a course of lawyer-academic Erçin, who was giving classes at Boğaziçi for 8 years.

31 May 2021 Dilek Şen

Security Guard Mehmet Ali Genç, 60, died in Taksim

Security Guard Mehmet Ali Genç, 60, died in Taksim

Şükrü Genç tells us that his father died on his way home from work after his shift at the Maksim Gazinosu nightclub, that he had moved to Istanbul to find work, and how, as they were claiming his body to take back to their village, they were given the belongings of a child.

31 May 2021 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Sedat Peker claims Erdoğan aides organize illicit oil trade, arms delivery to 'terror' groups in Syria

Sedat Peker claims Erdoğan aides organize illicit oil trade, arms delivery to 'terror' groups in Syria

In his new YouTube video on mafia-state relations, the crime boss implicated the SADAT military firm and a senior official at the Presidency. He also said he would talk about President Erdoğan in his next video.

Erdoğan opens Taksim Mosque to worship: ‘A dream of 150 years’

Erdoğan opens Taksim Mosque to worship: ‘A dream of 150 years’

Ruling AKP Chair and President Erdoğan has addressed the crowd at the opening ceremony of Taksim Mosque in İstanbul. Speaking at the ceremony, he has targeted the citizens who joined the Gezi Resistance in 2013.

Selahattin Demirtaş sentenced to prison for ‘targeting a prosecutor’

Selahattin Demirtaş sentenced to prison for ‘targeting a prosecutor’

On the grounds of his remarks about former Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor Yüksel Kocaman, jailed politician Demirtaş has been sentenced to 2 years, 6 months in prison on charge of “turning a counterterrorism official into a target.”

HDP’s Günay: This issue is far beyond Peker, Soylu and Ağar

HDP’s Günay: This issue is far beyond Peker, Soylu and Ağar

HDP Spokesperson Ebru Günay has talked in the wake of Sedat Peker's statements: “This very mafia order attacks the opposition to cover up its own crimes and to sustain this dirty and rotten order.”

‘What happened to enforced disappeared Syriac people?’

‘What happened to enforced disappeared Syriac people?’

Syriac MP Tuma Çelik has asked the fate and whereabouts of the enforced disappeared Syriac people since the 1990s. Raising concerns about the unsolved murders as well, he has noted that the fate and whereabouts of Hurmüz Diril is still unknown.

Three new lawsuits by academics of Boğaziçi University

Three new lawsuits by academics of Boğaziçi University

The academics of Boğaziçi University have demanded the annulment of the decisions taken by the Council of Higher Education and the new university administration.