Ahmet Hakan

With the damage assessment works in 11 quake-stricken provinces to have been completed to a great extent, the next goal is to move all quake survivor people from tents to container cities within two months, Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum has said.

Renowned Turkish caricaturist Latife Demirci, who lost his life on June 5 at the age of 61, has been laid to rest in Istanbul on June 7, following a funeral service attended by prominent figures of the Turkish media and art worlds.

Demirci, who was known as the "father of many cartoon characters," was drawing caricatures on the front page of the daily Hürriyet.

Elif Karacaoğlu, the chief human resources officer (CHRO) of Demirören Media Group, has been added to the list of the country's most influential 50 human resource officers.

Hürriyet, one of the highest-circulating newspapers in Turkey, on Nov. 6 announced the appointment of journalist Ahmet Hakan as the new editor-in-chief.

An incest debate is still going on in Turkey, amid all the other political and diplomatic issues facing President Tayyip Erdoğan.

Since last week, Turkey has been suffering one of the most intense heatwaves in a century.

In this hear, the thousands of people are taking part in shifts in the "justice march" of main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. They are struggling under the burning sun over their head and also the melting asphalt under their feet. 

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said the party is "walking against the wall" with the ongoing "justice march" from Ankara to Istanbul, kicked off after the arrest of CHP deputy Enis Berberoğlu.

Two people have been identified in the case of an attack that targeted Hürriyet columnist Ahmet Hakan in 2015, according to a witness account.

Eyewitness Kübra Parmaksızoğlu Coşkun, who is the wife of Hakan's brother, gave her testimony on Jan. 9 at the Istanbul 60th Criminal Court of First Instance, identifying two of the attackers in photographs.

During the cabinet meeting presided over by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan earlier this week, the reinstatement of capital punishment was among the key issues. He looked in the face of cabinet ministers and asked: "What will happen for my 241 martyrs [killed during the military coup attempt]? Will those who killed them not give an account of it?" 

The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, released annually by the U.S.