Applied ethics

Reporters Without Borders hailed the arrests of two men in connection to the 2021 murder of Greek journalist Giorgios Karaivaz with a statement released on social media on Saturday. Citing an article from Kathimerini English Edition, the international body called for the apprehension of all those involved in the case.

A shameful decision against freedom of expression

Over two decades, Ali Ahmeti's Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, has gone from marginal political player to indispensable factor in government.

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The report, entitled 'Disabled Web 2020: Fahrenheit 5651, The Corrosive Effect of Censorship', says that more than 467,000 websites have been banned in Turkey since 2006, with 58,809 website bans in 2020.

The Turkish Parliament on early July 9 approved a long-awaited Animal Protection Law amendment that aimed to protect animals from being abused by humans, changing the scope of the crime committed against animals.

Accordingly, animals will now be removed from the "goods" status and will be counted as "living creatures" in the eyes of law.

One settlement has been evacuated as a precautionary measure

Bulgaria urgently needs political measures to stop violence against animals

At Eastertime, a sadist aimed his rifle at a pregnant cat named Mila and fired a bullet at the animal. It's a miracle the cat survived. People walked past the wounded animal for one whole week and no one even brought food or water to the poor cat.

Two friends from the Aegean province of Aydın have adopted a rabbit who endured the trauma and physical scars it suffered in a laboratory conducting experiments on animals in a bid to save its life.

The rabbit's ears were cut off and two legs were severely damaged due to laboratory experiments conducted on it.

A long-awaited law proposal about animal rights that seeks jail terms for anyone who kills, abuses or tortures animals will be presented to the Turkish Parliament within two weeks, the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) lawmaker has said.

"We want to do our best to protect the rights of the animals," AKP Deputy Chair Özlem Zengin told Demirören News Agency on Feb. 3.

More than 3,000 people have applied for the adoption of 77 dogs and six cats that were seized on the grounds that they were kept in poor conditions for commercial purposes in Ankara's Keçiören district.

The animals whose vocal cords were removed to prevent them from making noise and were kept in poor conditions in cages have been sent to Keçiören Municipality Animal Shelter.