Tag: Turkey
Turkey: Death toll from mining accident rises to 40
Published on 10/15/2022 at 1:05 p.m. Photo credit © Reuters by Mert…
92 refugees found naked at the border with Turkey
A “inhuman image”, according to the Greek Minister of Civil Protection. On Friday October 14, 92 refugees were found naked after being forced, according to Athens, to cross the Evros…
At least 40 dead after an explosion in a mine in Turkey
At least 40 miners died and 28 injured after the explosion at a coal mine on Friday evening in Amasra in northwestern Turkey, according to authorities who announced on Saturday…
In Turkey, an explosion in a coal mine kills at least fourteen
The entrance to the Amasra mine in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Friday, October 14, 2022. PA At least fourteen workers were killed and twenty-eight others injured…
Law against online networks: Turkey now faces imprisonment for “false news”.
Law against online networks Turkey now faces imprisonment for “false news”. 10/14/2022, 10:20 am Eight months before the next election, Turkish head of state Erdogan is stepping up his crackdown…
In Turkey, a new turn of the screw against the freedom to inform eight months from the elections
Turn of the screw on freedom of information in Turkey a few months before the general elections of June 2023. The Turkish Parliament indeed adopted, Thursday, October 13, a law…
Turkey: the Council of Europe concerned about the draft law on “disinformation”
The Council of Europe considers that the Turkish draft law penalizing the “disinformation“, currently examined by Ankara, constitutes a “hindranceto freedom of expression, guaranteed by the European Convention on Human…
Turkey: journalists denounce a bill criminalizing “disinformation”
Several journalists’ associations and unions on Tuesday denounced a bill penalizing the “disinformationas an attempt at censorship by the Turkish government, when parliament is due to start examining the text…
Turkey ‘rejects’ Russian annexations in Ukraine
Turkey “rejectthe annexation of new Ukrainian territories by Russia, as it refused to recognize the annexation of Crimea, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. “Turkey did not recognize the annexation…
Turkey: more than 500,000 refugees have returned to Syria, says Erdogan
More than half a million Syrians who had fled to Turkey have returned to their country since 2016, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. “Since the beginning of…
NATO: Turkey again threatens to block membership of Sweden and Finland
Turkey will not ratify Sweden’s and Finland’s NATO membership application “until the promises” made by the two countries are “held”, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. “As long…
Turkey to abandon Russian Mir payment system
A branch of the Turkish public bank Halkbank, in Istanbul on September 10, 2019 (AFP/Archives/Ozan KOSE) The three Turkish public banks that authorized the Russian Mir payment system will give…