Ahmet Özer, who was elected mayor of Esenyurt by the CHP in the 31 March elections arrested and İstanbul Deputy Governor Can Aksoy appointed as trustee in his place.
MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli hinted that the isolation of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan could end. However, given the government's economic and political pressures at home and in the region, and the lack of concrete steps, these rumours lack credibility.
The anger of the workers, who have been pushed into poverty by the Erdoğan-Şimşek programme, flowed into the rally in Ankara. The slogans "Resign the government" and "If you don't pay attention, you will pay the price" were chanted by the workers.
"The newborn gang" was found to have caused the deaths of many of the babies by directing them to the newborn wards of private hospitals they had previously contracted, when this was not necessary.
The simple truth is that the governments and the bourgeoisie on both sides of the Aegean are part of the problem, not part of the solution, in the Middle East and the south-eastern Mediterranean.
Attacks on Syrians began in several provinces following allegations that a child had been molested in Kayseri. The government's immigration policy, based on the demand for cheap labour, is putting both Turkish and Syrian workers under strain.
The police, who have been besieging Hakkari Municipality, raided the municipal building in the morning. Co-mayor Mehmet Sıddık Akış was arrested. The governor of Hakkari, Ali Çelik, was appointed as a trustee in his place.
EMEP has released the final declaration of the Middle East Conference held on 25-26 May: "Peoples should determine their own destiny. We stand with the Palestinian people against Israeli genocide".
In the final declaration of the 10th Conference of Labour Youth, which discussed the urgent demands of the youth and the ways of struggle, a call was made to advance the international struggle against the imperialist interventions.
The government blocked 1 May in İstanbul. On Mayday, the government once again strangled the labourers who are the target of its austerity policy. The police prevented the mass gathering in Saraçhane.
With the Western world, especially the USA and European countries, to a large extent turning a blind eye towards genocide, or with some of them even extending monetary and military support to Israel, Arab countries remain silent.
In İliç, there was a cave-in in the leach pile, where the cyanide soil left after the gold separation process rose like a mountain. The information that came to light after the collapse showed that it was a blatant disaster.
The Peace Academics who were dismissed from universities under decrees with the force of law are not being admitted to universities despite the Constitutional Court’s reinstatement orders.
"The workers of Eti Alüminyum of Cengiz Holding have started a work stoppage and resistance that continues day and night. The workers are waiting with their wives and children by the fire they light at night".
In the three months that Israel has been bombing Palestine, the volume of trade between Israel and Turkey has reached $1.3 billion. The bosses' trade in capital goods and raw materials was more than double the consumer trade.
The lawsuit filed by our newspaper Evrensel against the Press Advertisement Agency (BİK) for cancelling its right to publish official announcements and advertisements has been rejected.
Turkey is sending a passenger into space as part of the national space programme. The $55 million trip is being promoted by the government and the media as 'our flag is in space'.
The balance sheet of 6 member companies of the bosses' organisation MESS reveals the extent of exploitation in the labour sector: The bosses of MESS members make a monthly profit of 157 thousand liras per worker.
EMEP MP İskender Bayhan said of the 2024 budget, "It is a document of the period of collapse. Those who collapse on the backs of the workers and labourers of this country will collapse themselves."
Labour Party (EMEP) held its 10th Congress with the slogan "Barbarism will be defeated, the working class will win, the peoples will win". Seyit Aslan became the new chair.
Negri's personal adventure began with a radical leftist outlook but ended with a kind of globalist reformism. He did not lose his original oppositional identity, but his opposition was confined within the limits of capitalism.
Labour Party (EMEP) MP Sevda Karaca made a speech at the General Assembly on the 2024 budget. Karaca appealed to the millions of labourers and stated that they should show an organised reaction against the budget.
EMEP stressed that the end of discrimination against migrants and the exploitation of cheap labour is only possible through the joint struggle of local and migrant workers.
