Turkish Retirees Express Hardship Amid High Inflation
Retired citizens in Bursa, Turkey, express discontent over insufficient pensions amid high inflation, revealing a grim outlook for 2025 and highlighting the economic hardship faced by many elderly people.
Turkish Retirees Express Hardship Amid High Inflation
Retired citizens in Bursa, Turkey, express discontent over insufficient pensions amid high inflation, revealing a grim outlook for 2025 and highlighting the economic hardship faced by many elderly people.
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52% Bias Score
Turkey Sets 2025 Minimum Wage at 22,104 Lira
Turkey's 2025 minimum wage is set at 22,104 lira, announced unexpectedly today by Labor Minister Vedat Işıkhan following a commission meeting; the decision comes amid criticism and after a deadly factory explosion in Balıkesir.
Turkey Sets 2025 Minimum Wage at 22,104 Lira
Turkey's 2025 minimum wage is set at 22,104 lira, announced unexpectedly today by Labor Minister Vedat Işıkhan following a commission meeting; the decision comes amid criticism and after a deadly factory explosion in Balıkesir.
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40% Bias Score
Turkey's Syria Engagement: Dialogue and Military Actions
Following recent high-level Turkish visits to Syria, President Erdoğan announced close dialogue with the Syrian opposition, aiming to counter the PKK/YPG and maintain Syria's territorial integrity, while Turkey-backed forces captured Manbij from the SDF.
Turkey's Syria Engagement: Dialogue and Military Actions
Following recent high-level Turkish visits to Syria, President Erdoğan announced close dialogue with the Syrian opposition, aiming to counter the PKK/YPG and maintain Syria's territorial integrity, while Turkey-backed forces captured Manbij from the SDF.
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68% Bias Score
Hornet App Criticized for Failure to Prevent Fraud and Blackmail Targeting LGBTİ+ Users
The LGBTİ+ dating app Hornet is facing criticism for its failure to prevent fraud and blackmail schemes, where scammers use the app to gain access to users' personal information and blackmail them with threats of revealing intimate photos to their families unless they receive money; victims report t...
Hornet App Criticized for Failure to Prevent Fraud and Blackmail Targeting LGBTİ+ Users
The LGBTİ+ dating app Hornet is facing criticism for its failure to prevent fraud and blackmail schemes, where scammers use the app to gain access to users' personal information and blackmail them with threats of revealing intimate photos to their families unless they receive money; victims report t...
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44% Bias Score
Turkey's Syria Policy Fuels Domestic Crisis: DEM Party Demands Peace
DEM Party co-chair Tuncer Bakırhan criticized Turkey's Syria policy, linking cross-border operations to domestic unrest, condemned attacks on journalists, and called 2025 a 'year of peace' while highlighting the severe economic crisis impacting businesses and citizens.
Turkey's Syria Policy Fuels Domestic Crisis: DEM Party Demands Peace
DEM Party co-chair Tuncer Bakırhan criticized Turkey's Syria policy, linking cross-border operations to domestic unrest, condemned attacks on journalists, and called 2025 a 'year of peace' while highlighting the severe economic crisis impacting businesses and citizens.
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48% Bias Score
Turkey's Syria Maritime Deal Challenged by Greece
Turkey announced a planned maritime agreement with Syria to define an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), prompting Greece to declare the agreement illegitimate due to Syria's unstable transitional government. This action mirrors Turkey's deal with Libya, altering regional power dynamics.
Turkey's Syria Maritime Deal Challenged by Greece
Turkey announced a planned maritime agreement with Syria to define an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), prompting Greece to declare the agreement illegitimate due to Syria's unstable transitional government. This action mirrors Turkey's deal with Libya, altering regional power dynamics.
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40% Bias Score
Bodrum Mayor Seeks Reassessment of Coast Guard Harbor Location
Bodrum Mayor Tamer Mandalinci traveled to Ankara on December 23rd to express local opposition to the proposed Coast Guard harbor location in Turgutreis, meeting with government officials and the CHP leader to advocate for a location reassessment, despite not opposing the project itself.
Bodrum Mayor Seeks Reassessment of Coast Guard Harbor Location
Bodrum Mayor Tamer Mandalinci traveled to Ankara on December 23rd to express local opposition to the proposed Coast Guard harbor location in Turgutreis, meeting with government officials and the CHP leader to advocate for a location reassessment, despite not opposing the project itself.
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48% Bias Score
Turkish Court Orders Investigation into Officials Following Apartment Collapse
An Adana court ordered an investigation into four municipal officials related to the collapse of Beluk Apartment Block A during the February 6th earthquakes, overturning an earlier decision denying the investigation due to sufficient evidence suggesting negligence in upholding building codes.
Turkish Court Orders Investigation into Officials Following Apartment Collapse
An Adana court ordered an investigation into four municipal officials related to the collapse of Beluk Apartment Block A during the February 6th earthquakes, overturning an earlier decision denying the investigation due to sufficient evidence suggesting negligence in upholding building codes.
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36% Bias Score
Ethiopia-Somalia Maritime Dispute Resolved Through Turkish Mediation
Mediation by Turkish President Erdogan resolved a nearly year-long maritime conflict between Ethiopia and Somalia before mid-December 2024, granting Ethiopia access to international waters via Somalia while respecting Somali territorial integrity, following a problematic agreement with Somaliland th...
Ethiopia-Somalia Maritime Dispute Resolved Through Turkish Mediation
Mediation by Turkish President Erdogan resolved a nearly year-long maritime conflict between Ethiopia and Somalia before mid-December 2024, granting Ethiopia access to international waters via Somalia while respecting Somali territorial integrity, following a problematic agreement with Somaliland th...
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44% Bias Score
Syrian Women Protest Loss of Rights Under New Rule
Thousands of women protested in northern Syria against the HTS, fearing a loss of rights after Assad's regime change, particularly concerning government roles and the ongoing Turkish military actions.
Syrian Women Protest Loss of Rights Under New Rule
Thousands of women protested in northern Syria against the HTS, fearing a loss of rights after Assad's regime change, particularly concerning government roles and the ongoing Turkish military actions.
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40% Bias Score
Balıkesir Munitions Factory Explosion Kills 11
An explosion at ZSR Munitions factory in Balıkesir, Turkey, killed 11 people on June 8, 2024; the factory, previously implicated in arms trafficking allegations and linked to figures close to the ruling party, had received significant state investment.
Balıkesir Munitions Factory Explosion Kills 11
An explosion at ZSR Munitions factory in Balıkesir, Turkey, killed 11 people on June 8, 2024; the factory, previously implicated in arms trafficking allegations and linked to figures close to the ruling party, had received significant state investment.
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56% Bias Score
Turkey's Dialogue with Syrian Islamist Group Raises Concerns
Turkey's President Erdogan announced close dialogue with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's leader, planning increased involvement in Syria while supporting the Syrian people; Germany warned against this, highlighting the Kurds' key role in defeating ISIS and the potential threat of ISIS resurgence.
Turkey's Dialogue with Syrian Islamist Group Raises Concerns
Turkey's President Erdogan announced close dialogue with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's leader, planning increased involvement in Syria while supporting the Syrian people; Germany warned against this, highlighting the Kurds' key role in defeating ISIS and the potential threat of ISIS resurgence.
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40% Bias Score