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Iranian LGBTs hold panel in Istanbul as a part of pride week
A panel organized by Iranian LBGTs was held on June 26 as a part of the annual Istanbul LGBTI Pride Week, bringing the problems of gays, lesbians, trans and intersex people in Turkeyâs eastern neighbor to the table.
How many millions of people living in poverty in Turkey?
According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Developmentâs (OECD) Income Inequality and Poverty report issued in June, Turkey maintains its place among the countries where income inequality is the highest.
Thousands rally for Turkish PM in France, hundreds protest
Thousands of Turk expatriates attended a political rally for Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip ErdoÄan in Chassieu, near the French city of Lyon, June 21, while hundreds protested against him.
More than 50 million displaced worldwide, UN says
GENEVA - More than 50 million people were forcibly uprooted worldwide at the end of last year, the highest level since after World War Two, as people fled crises from Syria to South Sudan, the UN refugee agency said on Friday.
Asking the right questions about the Turkish economy
I was supposed to give a short talk on the Turkish economy in the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) workshop, âTurkey: An Emerging Power in a Changing Middle East,â on June 18. Unfortunately, severe food poisoning kept me in bed the whole day. I would like to summarize my speech, which is based on two misplaced questions.
Number of Syrian refugees in Turkey exceeds one million
The number of Syrians taking refuge in Turkey has reached 1.05 million with no peaceful end in sight to the civil war-torn country, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister BeÅir Atalay said on June 19.
Atalay said a total of 22 camps in Turkey were hosting 218,632 refugees, with some camps hosting as many as 35,000-40,000 individuals.
Number of Syrian refugees in Turkey exceeds 1 million: minister
The number of Syrians who are housed in refugee camps and cities in neighbouring Turkey has reached 1.05 million, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister BeÅir Atalay told a news conference on Thursday.
Ankara has maintained an "open border" policy to refugees fleeing the conflict between President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels in Syria.
Life’s new reality in Turkey: Refugees
Mardin: âWhen I took office here two years ago,â said the coordinator governor in charge of refugees, Veysel Dalmaz, âThere were about 50,000 Syrian refugees in the camps.â As of fall of 2012, Syrians who have entered Turkey, but are living outside the camps are estimated to be in the band of 15,000 to 20,000.â
Scenes of humanity from the Syrian border
Kızıltepe / Mardin: I had never seen a child suffering from meningitis before. He was lying motionless on a bed made up on the floor at the corner of the room. His eyes were fixed at the ceiling; there was no movement in his eyes. I could not understand during the 10 minutes I was in the room whether he noticed me or not.
Taksim Solidarity Platform members go on trial for 'organizing' Gezi protests
Twenty-six members of Taksim Solidarity Platform went on trial on June 12 in Turkey, accused of organising last year's demonstrations in what Amnesty International denounced as a "show trial."
Afghan refugees suspend Ankara sit-in after 53 days, urge UNHCR to meet demands
Afghan refugees suspended a sit-in protest in front of the Ankara headquarters of the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) on June 7 after 53 days amid increased pressure from the police, vowing to return to demonstrate if they did not receive a concrete answer to their demands.
Court upholds controversial verdict in killing of Nigerian refugee despite appeal ruling
An Istanbul court upheld June 5 a previous verdict sentencing a police officer to four years in prison for âinvoluntary manslaughterâ in the fatal shooting of Nigerian refugee Festus Okey.
Turkish PM Warns Against Taksim Anniversary Protests
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged young Turks to ignore calls to mark the first anniversary of Istanbul's Taksim Square protests, Saturday.
Thousands of police officers and dozens of water cannon trucks are to be deployed to the square, according to media reports.
Four policemen among suspects in migrant smuggling ring
Four police officers are among the 22 suspected members of a major migrant smuggling racket arrested this week, a police spokesman said on Friday.
The officers were based in the northern region of Evros with the remainder operating in Evros, Athens and Thessaloniki, the spokesman, Christos Parthenis, said.
Migrants detained off the coast of Lemnos
Coast guard officers intercepted 36 undocumented immigrants on Thursday off the coast of Lemnos in the eastern Aegean.
The officers seized the rubber dinghy in which the migrants had traveled to the island from neighboring Turkey and detained them.
Their ethnic origins remained unclear.