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Turkey’s last Armenian village faces expropriation threat

Turkey’s last Armenian village faces expropriation threat

The locals are concerned that a new post-earthquake housing project could lead to a change in the demographics of the village.

31 January 2025 Vecih Cuzdan

Christmas services in churches across Turkey

Christmas services in churches across Turkey

Christmas has been celebrated at services held in churches across Turkey, with calls made for peace and unity. From Istanbul to Mersin and from Hatay to Ankara, the Bible was recited, prayers were said and hymns were sung.

25 December 2024

Christmas service at Church of Saint Peter in Hatay

Christmas service at Church of Saint Peter in Hatay

The Church of Saint Peter has great historical and religious importance. The church is a site of pilgrimage for Christians.

25 December 2024

Abir Naeseh Bilgin

Milleyha: Migratory birds' gateway to Turkey threatened by earthquake debris

Milleyha: Migratory birds' gateway to Turkey threatened by earthquake debris

Milleyha Wetland is not only a shelter and breeding ground for migratory birds, but also has a rich ecosystem with rare plant and animal species. However, the area is under threat due to interventions and rubble dumping after the earthquake.

14 December 2024 Abir Naeseh Bilgin

Burcu Özkaya Günaydın

Concrete plant disrupts Hatay’s only greenspace amid post-quake recovery

Concrete plant disrupts Hatay’s only greenspace amid post-quake recovery

Nearly two years after the devastating earthquakes, life in Hatay remains far from normal. Concrete plants disrupt agriculture and animal husbandry while encroaching on the city’s few remaining green spaces.

11 December 2024 Burcu Özkaya Günaydın

Nearly two years after earthquakes, eviction threat looms over residents in Hatay

Nearly two years after earthquakes, eviction threat looms over residents in Hatay

The Environment and Urbanization Ministry has asked for the eviction of three buildings in Hatay, citing the contoversial "reserve housing zone" provision in the urban transformation law.

10 November 2024 Akın Bodur

Tuğçe Yılmaz

Hatay residents win legal battle against ‘reserve development zone’ designation

Hatay residents win legal battle against ‘reserve development zone’ designation

“We had raised concerns that implementing these reserve zones in earthquake-affected areas would lead to significant hardships for the residents. This decision is a positive step forward,” said a lawyer.

Su Hyeon Cho & Daniel Thorpe

Celebrating Evvel Temmuz in post-earthquake in Hatay

Celebrating Evvel Temmuz in post-earthquake in Hatay

“In the end, this is our culture. We should uphold it. The youth perhaps might not be as thrilled, but I believe we will continue this tradition forever. I really hope so.”

19 July 2024 Su Hyeon Cho,Daniel Thorpe

Police arrest protesters in earthquake-stricken Hatay

Police arrest protesters in earthquake-stricken Hatay

Locals gathered in the Hatay province to protest residential areas being designated as “reserve zones”, that would grant the state and its contractors exclusive rights to expropriate and develop those places.

7 June 2024 Vecih Cuzdan

Journalist covering news in Hatay receives death threat

Journalist covering news in Hatay receives death threat

Journalist Kazım Kızıl, who was on the scene covering the fire in Gülderen, was subjected to aggressive threats from company employees.

6 June 2024 Vecih Cuzdan

TİP withdraws Gökhan Zan's candidacy in Hatay, Zan says he will continue

TİP withdraws Gökhan Zan's candidacy in Hatay, Zan says he will continue

Workers' Party of Turkey claimed that Gökhan Zan engaged in relationships that the party would never condone. Zan, on the other hand, stated that he was subjected to threats and blackmail, and filed a criminal complaint. He then made a statement indicating that he would continue his candidacy.

CHP signals it can change its candidate in Hatay

CHP signals it can change its candidate in Hatay

CHP Deputy Group Chairperson Gökhan Günaydın spoke about the protest against Lütfü Savaş, the Hatay Metropolitan Municipality Mayor who was re-nominated by his party: "We must hear the voice of this uprising emerging from human suffering. We hear it. Of course, we will all reconsider and evaluate the issue considering this sensitivity."

6 February 2024

Bülent Danışoğlu

Turning municipalities into something else

Turning municipalities into something else

A government accustomed to absolute power will strive to prevent power from remaining outside itself. The recent escalation in political rhetoric should be seen as a sign of this tendency. The indifference of most opposition parties to the appointment of trustees in place of elected mayors reinforces the danger.

6 February 2024 Bülent Danışoğlu

Vecih Cuzdan & Ali Dinç

Reconstrucion: Dreams and reality

HATAY ONE YEAR AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE

Reconstrucion: Dreams and reality

About 3% of the planned 255,000 housing units have been delivered to their owners in Hatay. Due to infrastructure costs, construction activities have shifted from rural areas to "on-site transformation" projects in urban centers. Meanwhile, residents of Dikmece, whose lands and olive groves have been expropriated, continue their struggle to preserve their living spaces.

6 February 2024 Vecih Cuzdan,Ali Dinç

Vecih Cuzdan & Ali Dinç

Anger in Antakya at the anniversary of the earthquake: The minister booed

Anger in Antakya at the anniversary of the earthquake: The minister booed

There was both sadness and anger during the commemorations on the first anniversary of the February 6 earthquakes in Hatay. At the opposition's memorial, police barricades were broken, while during the official commemoration, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca was booed, and chants of 'Government resign' were heard.

6 February 2024 Vecih Cuzdan,Ali Dinç

Vecih Cuzdan & Ali Dinç

People of Hatay express frustration over Erdoğan’s remarks

People of Hatay express frustration over Erdoğan’s remarks

“If the central administration and local administration do not work hand in hand, if they are not in solidarity, nothing good will come to that city. Did anything come to Hatay?” the president said in quake-hit Hatay ahead of the March 31 local elections.

5 February 2024 Vecih Cuzdan,Ali Dinç

Vecih Cuzdan & Ali Dinç

Unharvested abundance: Mandarins left to wither on trees in Hatay

HATAY ONE YEAR AFTER THE EARTHQUAKES

Unharvested abundance: Mandarins left to wither on trees in Hatay

"Both the central government and the local government could have taken action. They haven’t. Now villagers cannot collect and transport the fruits. But if they had thought about it, the people of the village would have sold the product for much less than its cost, even 1-2 liras."

5 February 2024 Vecih Cuzdan,Ali Dinç

Vecih Cuzdan & Ali Dinç

Turkey's last Armenian village stands strong with its women after earthquakes

HATAY ONE YEAR AFTER THE EARTHQUAKES

Turkey's last Armenian village stands strong with its women after earthquakes

"As a cooperative, one month after the earthquake, on Women's Day, we immersed ourselves in work with the orders that came to us, trying to forget this period. But when they say 'it's being forgotten,' it really isn't being forgotten."

2 February 2024 Vecih Cuzdan,Ali Dinç

Vecih Cuzdan & Ali Dinç

The dilemma between living in tents and moving on

HATAY ONE YEAR AFTER THE EARTHQUAKES

The dilemma between living in tents and moving on

"I don't want to live in a tent, but I want to live with the people I know, I want to live with them. I feel happier when I am with them. At least we need this a lot right now. Currently, I only want the container I applied for to be given to me by the state and to be placed on the land we found here."

31 January 2024 Vecih Cuzdan,Ali Dinç

Jiyan Erkılıç

Issues of shelter, water, and food persist eleven months after the earthquake

Issues of shelter, water, and food persist eleven months after the earthquake

Earthquake victims from Hatay say that official aid has been cut off, and they are trying to sustain their lives with their own means as the anniversary of the February 6 earthquakes centered in Maraş approaches, where more than fifty thousand people lost their lives in Turkey.

5 January 2024 Jiyan Erkılıç

Tuğçe Yılmaz

Government implements controversial urban transformation law in quake-hit Hatay

Government implements controversial urban transformation law in quake-hit Hatay

The amended law allows the authorities to designate any area in the country a “reserve housing zone,” sparking “dispossession” concerns.

28 November 2023 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Does olive oil produced in quake-affected regions contain asbestos?

Does olive oil produced in quake-affected regions contain asbestos?

We had the products of some producers who produce olive oil in the Samandağ region analyzed.

24 November 2023 Bülent Şık

Schools open with problems in Hatay

Schools open with problems in Hatay

What is the situation with schools in Hatay where the most significant destruction occurred in the February 6 earthquakes? How did the new education year start? What are the experiences of teachers? Mustafa Günal, the President of the Hatay Branch of the Education and Science Workers' Union provided an account.

12 September 2023 Ruken Tuncel

Protest march in Hatay against water outages

Protest march in Hatay against water outages

The earthquake survivors in Dursunlu neighborhood in Defne, Hatay say that there is no water in their neighborhood, and that people are forced to live under unhealthy conditions. "The shortage of water, combined with the increase in temperature, could expose the neighborhood to an outbreak," they say.

Earthquake reconstruction in Hatay: Government 'expropriating olive groves instead of using public lands'

Earthquake reconstruction in Hatay: Government 'expropriating olive groves instead of using public lands'

Residents of a Hatay neighborhood have been protesting the expropriation of their agricultural lands and olive groves for post-earthquake reconstruction. They have taken their concerns to Ankara today, meeting with officials from opposition parties.

Protest continues against expropriations for earthquake reconstruction in Hatay

Protest continues against expropriations for earthquake reconstruction in Hatay

Two neighborhoods were chosen for the reconstruction due to the suitability of the soil, However, earthquake victims oppose the expropriation of their agricultural lands, which constitute their main source of livelihood.

People of Dikmece in quake-hit Hatay are on watch against expropriation of their arable lands

People of Dikmece in quake-hit Hatay are on watch against expropriation of their arable lands

Today is the third day of the watch people of Dikmece are keeping in order to reverse the expropriation decision and to save their arable lands and olive groves.

Forest fires continue in Antalya, Hatay

Forest fires continue in Antalya, Hatay

Both aerial and ground response to the fires in the southern provinces are underway.

Over five months after Turkey's earthquakes, Hatay still grapples with severe water crisis

Over five months after Turkey's earthquakes, Hatay still grapples with severe water crisis

The recent heatwave has exacerbated the water shortages, and aid comes only when the problem makes headlines, according to local officials and quake survivors.

19 July 2023 Ruken Tuncel

Earthquake-hit municipality faces backlash over shelter removal decision

Earthquake-hit municipality faces backlash over shelter removal decision

A mayor in the southern province of Hatay clarified that an official letter declaring makeshift tents, containers, and prefabricated structures in public spaces illegal is not as strict as it seems.

26 June 2023 Vecih Cuzdan

Parliamentary questions check into the ongoing reconstruction in quake-hit Hatay

Parliamentary questions check into the ongoing reconstruction in quake-hit Hatay

Newly elected opposition MPs directed their first parliamentary questions to the Minister of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change. Questions relate to urgent expropriation decisions, resettlement and reconstruction plans, and doubts about possible discrimination.

Kılıçdaroğlu pledges to expel refugees 'without being racist' in Hatay visit

Kılıçdaroğlu pledges to expel refugees 'without being racist' in Hatay visit

Ahead of the crucial presidential runoff on May 28, the main opposition leader repeated his claims to send all refugees back to their own county.

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