Middle East (old)

BALIKESİR  In Balıkesir's Havran district, doctor Gülnur Yılmaz (28), was killed by her father, Mustafa Ali Yılmaz (67). According to information obtained, general practitioner Gülnur Yilmaz travelled to Balikesir to prepare for the examination of medicine in Antalya.   Allegedly, after separating from her mother, Gulnur's father Mustafa Ali Yilmaz...

ISTANBUL In Istanbul, a 16-year-old young woman sitting in the district of Bahçelievler S.G. disappeared on June 14, it was disclosed. It was claimed that S.G. ended her life by jumping off the 12th floor of a construction site in Bagcilar. S.G.'s funeral was taken from the scene by the...

The national question is not a phantasm of capitalist modernity. Nevertheless, it was a capitalist modernity which imposed the nation question on society. The nation replaced the religious community. However, the transition to a nationalist society needs the overcoming of capitalist modernity if the nation is not to remain the...

In Turkey’s recent history, “Gezi” is the most important resistance movement triggered by environmental questions. The Beginning  On a politically tense background, the last drop overfills the cup, and this drop is Gezi. From City Hall, the government announces an urban project for Taksim. The problem is, among other things,...

ISTANBUL Istanbul's fascist 30th High Criminal Court continues to hear the case of Gezi Park resistance. Among the 2 detainees are businessman Osman Kavala, while 6 of the defendants remain unfound; 16 citizens are being tried in the courtroom of Silivri Prison Campus. Filmmaker and journalist Çiğdem Mater and Anadolu...

CENTRAL NEWS Returning home from work at around 22:00 on June 22 in the Izmit district of Kocaeli, 27-year-old M.A. was kidnapped by three people waiting outside the door of his house and identifying as a police officer. According to the newspaper Karınca: M.A. was forced into a white coloured...

While the full results of the elections are yet to be officially declared, it has become clear that Imamoglu has won the race by far. The vote gap between the two leading parties, CHP and AKP which was 13,000 in the previous elections stands at 697,482 at the reelections. At...

According to the information received from Van Ferit Melen Airport, 2 flights were cancelled for unknown reasons during the day and a flight to Istanbul was scheduled and departed at 3 am. The flight allegedly was boarded by some 200 people who were previously registered in Istanbul to vote. Kayhan...