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Almost 2 million Turkish workers involved in workplace accidents since 1992
Almost 2 million people have been involved in a workplace accident over the last two decades in Turkey, Labor Minister Faruk Çelik has stated.
Cleaning worker fired for insulting Erdo?an and PM
Local authorities in western Turkey have recently put pressure on a private firm to fire a cleaning worker for ?insulting? both President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu on her Facebook page, Do?an News Agency reported on March 9, citing a confidential document.
US envoy reiterates support for 'peace process '
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey John Bass has repeated that his country attaches importance and lends support to Turkey?s ongoing peace process aiming to end the three-decade old Kurdish insurgency.
?Peace will contribute to the region. We place importance on the peace process and lend support to it,? Anadolu Agency quoted Bass as saying on March 9.
2015 parliamentary election calendar announced
The election calendar of the 2015 Turkish parliamentary elections officially starts on March 10, when the Supreme Election Board will announce the overseas embassies and consulates where Turkish nationals living abroad can cast their votes.
The elections are scheduled to take place on June 7.
Can't do away with a bunch of flowers
Turkey has an acute problem. Ethnic Kurds, non-Muslims, non-Sunni Muslims, women, disabled people, everyone suffers from a chronic problem: The lack of a democratic culture.
Turkish leaders celebrate International Women's Day
In a statement released on March 8 to mark International Women?s Day, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an promised to continue working to make the lives of women better and easier and to encourage their participation in the economic and political fields.
Skin disease infects Syrian children in Turkey's southeast
A skin infection that leaves marks has begun to infect the children of Syrian refugee families living in refugee camps and tents in the southern province of Adana.
Istanbul gives Turkey's budget a boost
Istanbul is boosting state income by bringing in nearly half of all tax revenues collected by the Treasury, according to figures released by the Finance Ministry.
Istanbul single-handedly contributed a sweeping 46.07 percent of the entire state budget with 185 billion Turkish Liras ($71 billion at the current exchange rate) in 2014.
VIDEO: Loopholes in Turkey's domestic violence laws new focus for advocates
Men learn of loopholes in Turkey's domestic violence laws and plan their attacks with the intention of landing reduced sentences, journalist Christina Asquith writes for the Hürriyet Daily News. After shooting his wife six times in the arms and legs, the husband of Arzu Bozta? turned himself into police. He claimed he lost his temper in the moment and his wife provoked his rage.
Daily Hürriyet signs UN's women empowering principles
A total of 42 companies from Turkey, including daily Hürriyet, have signed the Women?s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), founded in collaboration with U.N. Women and U.N. Global Compact, on March 6, ahead of International Women?s Day on March 8.
Bulgaria's Border Police Detained 6499 Illegal Immigrants in 2014
Border Police detained 6499 illegal immigrants, citizens of third countries, as they attempted to cross into Bulgaria in 2014, which represents a decrease of 44 % compared to 2013.
This became clear after the General Directorate Border Police presented an account of its activity throughout the past year at the Interior Ministry on Friday.
Women underrepresented in Turkey's top state posts
Women continue to be underrepresented at Turkey?s top-level state positions, according to recent research released by a Turkish NGO working on women?s representation.
Turkish pharmacists stop providing drugs to Syrian refugees
A total of 5,000 pharmacies in Istanbul have made a joint decision to not provide medicine to Syrian refugees, claiming the state is not meeting the expenses of the medicine.
Nurten Saydan, the president of the Pharmacists' Federation of Employers' Organization (TE?S), said they have agreed as pharmacists in Istanbul.
UN shrinks food aid to Syrian refugees in Turkey as funding dwindles
The United Nations food agency said March 6 it had been forced to withdraw aid from nine Syrian refugee camps in Turkey due to a lack of funds, calling on donors to step up and help fill the funding gap.
Turkish President Erdo?an reawakens Kabata? attack claims
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has reawakened discredited claims that a woman wearing a headscarf was attacked in front of Istanbul?s Kabata? docks by Gezi protesters during the anti-government demonstrations of summer 2013.