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Sick prisoner Özge Özbek loses her hearing in left ear
Özge Özbek, diagnosed with multiple brain tumors, has lost her hearing in left ear. “All sick prisoners should be released,” said her spouse, Özgür Özbek.
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Turkish bombardment sparks fire on Mount Metina
A fire broke out on Mount Metina in Duhok province following a Turkish airstrike targeting farmlands and trees on Tuesday.
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Wildfires in Türkiye
The wildfires that broke out in Çanakkale, İzmir, Uşak and Denizli have not been completely taken under control and settlements have been evacuated as a precautionary measure.
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HEI: Almost 2,000 children die every day from air pollution
Almost 2,000 children under five years old die because of health impacts linked to air pollution, according to the State of Global Air (SoGA) report released Wednesday by the Health Effects Institute (HEI).
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Earthquake kills 4, injures 120 in Kashmar
At least four people were killed and 120 injured in a 4.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Iran's northeastern city of Kashmar on Tuesday.
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Banner hung on ferry to protest appointment of trustee to municipality in Hakkari
The members of the People’s Democratic Congress (HDK) hung a banner reading, “Trustee, Go Away” on a ferry in Istanbul to protest the appointment of a trustee to the municipality in Colemêrg (Hakkari).
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‘Feminism is not just an ideology’
Although Tunisian women have achieved many important gains, they are still invisible in philosophy.
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Narges Mohammadi sentenced to one additional year in prison
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi has been sentenced to one additional year in prison on charges of “propaganda against the state”.
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Mukaddes Kubilay released from prison
Mukaddes Kubilay, former Co-mayor of Ağrı, has been released from prison.
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Two women killed in Israeli airstrike on South Lebanon
Two women were killed and 14 people were wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a building in the town of Jennata near Tyre city, southern Lebanon, on Thursday.
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First women's poetry festival held in Halabja
The Women’s Poetry Festival was held in Halabja on Thursday for the first time with the motto, “Women are stars shining among the clouds.”
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Comedian detained for forcibly holding woman at his home
Comedian Hasan Can Kaya was detained after a woman claimed that he did not allow her to leave his home.
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Iranian security forces arrest woman in Behbahan by using violence
Iranian security forces arrested a woman in at Behbahan National Park in Iran’s Khuzestan province by beating her for not complying with strict hijab laws
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Children of Rojava get ready for their festival
The Hîlala Zêrîn Cultural Movement will organize a three-day Children’s Art Festival in Til Temir (Tell Tamer) in September 2024.
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‘Without a ceasefire in Gaza, children will become a lost generation’
“Children suffer first and suffer most in conflicts and wars. In Gaza, it is no different,” UNRWA Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini said Thursday on social platform X.
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Kurdish activist Susan Hassanzadeh released on bail
Susan Hassanzadeh, a Kurdish civil activist and Kurdish language teacher from Bukan, has been released on bail.
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Death toll in Israeli attacks on Gaza rises to 37,232
At least 37,232 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the Gaza’s health ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
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120 million people displaced globally
The number of forcibly displaced people around the world has risen to 120 million, said the Global Trends report by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Thursday.
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İSİG: 139 workers died at workplaces in May
In Türkiye, 139 workers died at workplaces in May, 738 workers died at workplaces in the first five months of 2024, said the report released by the Laborer Health and Occupational Safety Assembly (İSİG).
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Turkish prosecutor requests prison sentence for journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu
A Turkish prosecutor requests a prison sentence for journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu, Co-Chair of the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association and editor of Mesopotamia Agency (MA), over terrorism charges.