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RSF: Turkey’s new 'espionage bill' threatens media supported by international funds
RSF: Turkey’s new 'espionage bill' threatens media supported by international funds
The government is poised to amend the anti-espionage law to prosecute those who are identified as “agents of influence.”
Bianet - 15 May 2024
Thirty-one detained in house raids over Van election protests
Thirty-one detained in house raids over Van election protests
DEM Party executives are among the detained in raids in İstanbul and İzmir.
Bianet - 15 May 2024
Turkey’s top appeals court elects president after 37 rounds of voting amid ‘power struggle’
Turkey’s top appeals court elects president after 37 rounds of voting amid ‘power struggle’
The Court of Cassation has once again come under the spotlight after the crisis with the Constitutional Court.
Bianet - 14 May 2024
New law will ‘make fake journalists pay a price,’ says Bahçeli
New law will ‘make fake journalists pay a price,’ says Bahçeli
The government is poised to introduce an amendment to the espionage law criminalizing “influence operations.”
Bianet - 14 May 2024
New espionage law will ‘make fake journalists pay a price,’ says Bahçeli
New espionage law will ‘make fake journalists pay a price,’ says Bahçeli
The government is poised to introduce an amendment to the espionage law criminalizing “influence operations.”
Bianet - 14 May 2024
Court rejects lawsuit against Tarlabaşı Community Center
Court rejects lawsuit against Tarlabaşı Community Center
Based in İstanbul's Tarlabaşı neighborhood, the nonprofit aims to ease the lives of the impoverished, primarily women and children in this socialy excluded place in the metropolis.
Bianet - 14 May 2024
Survey: Erdoğan lost poorest, youngest voters in local elections
Survey: Erdoğan lost poorest, youngest voters in local elections
Nearly 70 percent of the voters think the ruling party supports the rich.
Bianet - 14 May 2024
Reports: Turkey to include ‘influence operations’ in anti-espionage legislation
Reports: Turkey to include ‘influence operations’ in anti-espionage legislation
Agent of influence, a term widely used by the pro-governtment media to implicate rights defenders, will now reportedly enter the legal framework.
Bianet - 14 May 2024
Erdoğan, Mitsotakis find common ground amid disagreement on Hamas
Erdoğan, Mitsotakis find common ground amid disagreement on Hamas
“Let’s agree to disagree,” said the Greek PM when Erdoğan hailed Hamas as a national liberation group.
Bianet - 14 May 2024
Auroras over Turkey's northern coasts
Auroras over Turkey's northern coasts
The auroras, typically not seen this far south, were caused by a significant solar event that occurred earlier this week.
Bianet - 13 May 2024
Turkey’s new public spending cuts may affect healthcare, education services, warns economist
Turkey’s new public spending cuts may affect healthcare, education services, warns economist
The measures should be accompanied by increasing taxes on the wealthy, suggests economist Cem Oyvat.
Bianet - 13 May 2024
High court overturns journalist’s sentence for ‘spreading disinformation’ in landmark decision
High court overturns journalist’s sentence for ‘spreading disinformation’ in landmark decision
The decision marks the first time a conviction under the controversial disinformation law has been reversed
Bianet - 13 May 2024
Call for justice as verdict expected in Kobanî trial
Call for justice as verdict expected in Kobanî trial
Some 108 HDP members are facing aggravated life sentences for the deadly protests over ISIS attacks on the Syrian Kurdish town in 2014.
Bianet - 13 May 2024
Kurdish politician Sara Kaya released after 7 years in prison
Kurdish politician Sara Kaya released after 7 years in prison
Kaya was incarcerated while she was serving as a district mayor in Mardin.
Bianet - 13 May 2024
20-year-old political prisoner suspiciously dies in prison
20-year-old political prisoner suspiciously dies in prison
The man’s body will undergo an autopsy. He was convicted of “terrorism” charges.
Bianet - 13 May 2024
Six Kurdish media workers sentenced on 'terrorism-related' charges
Six Kurdish media workers sentenced on 'terrorism-related' charges
The journalists were initially sentenced in 2019 but appealed the verdict, leading to a retrial.
Bianet - 10 May 2024
Confessor's claims debunked in Kurdish journalists' trial
Confessor's claims debunked in Kurdish journalists' trial
The confessor, who had previously claimed to personally know a journalist, admitted during this hearing that they had only seen them on television.
Bianet - 10 May 2024
Over 160 workers killed on the job in April
Over 160 workers killed on the job in April
Five workers have been killed in a day on average since the start of the year, the Health and Safety Labor Watch.
Bianet - 10 May 2024
Educators strike across Turkey in wake of teacher’s murder
Educators strike across Turkey in wake of teacher’s murder
Union representatives say the killing was not an isolated incident but a result of years-long policies discrediting teachers.
Bianet - 10 May 2024
Judge questions whether bianet is a news site in 'insulting Turkish nation' case
Judge questions whether bianet is a news site in 'insulting Turkish nation' case
bianet's former editor-in-chief Haluk Kalafat and former editor Elif Akgül are standing trial for insulting the Turkish nation over articles published on the site.
Bianet - 10 May 2024
Meeting over Akbuk quarry abandoned due to protests
A planned meeting in Akbuk today (Thurs) to discuss proposals for a controversial marble quarry could not be held due to the protests from the public. The meeting had been called to discuss the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) of the plans (...)
Voices - 9 May 2024
Journalist, artist Zehra Doğan cleared of 'terror' charges after serving 2 years in prison
Journalist, artist Zehra Doğan cleared of 'terror' charges after serving 2 years in prison
Doğan served 2 years in prison before an appeals court overturned her sentence.
Bianet - 9 May 2024