Zeynep Akat

Zeynep Akat

Gelişim Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Bölümü mezunu. Temmuz 2023 bianet stajyeri. 2015-2018 yılları arasında Komşu Yayınları'nda çalıştı.

Women allege unpaid labor in Bingöl craft course

Women allege unpaid labor in Bingöl craft course

Organizers of a vocational craft course allegedly forced dozens of women into unregistered labor, despite their initial enrollment to acquire vocational skills.

30 October 2023

Mayor: 'Our youth camp has turned into a religious sect camp'

Mayor: 'Our youth camp has turned into a religious sect camp'

Fındıklı Mayor Ercüment Çervatoğlu says that the Ministry of Youth and Sports determines the groups that will be coming to the camp in their district and that they cannot enter or see the camp.

'Byzantium is the other, not only of Turkey but also of Europe'

'Byzantium is the other, not only of Turkey but also of Europe'

Associate Prof. Koray Durak, the curator of "The Adventure of Byzantine Studies in Turkey" exhibition, says that although society has continuous "physical contact" with Byzantium in Turkey, the public's approach to tangible remnants on a popular level is based on not knowing.

'We will continue to live with our flatmate after we marry'

LEAPING FLAT RENTS

'We will continue to live with our flatmate after we marry'

Mirza moved to his elder brother's flat temporarily but he cannot find one for himself ever since. Kübra and her fiance will continue to live with their flatmate after they marry, because they cannot affort a flat. Barış spent six months searching for a flat. bianet talked to renters and flat seekers in Kadıköy, İstanbul.

Diyarbakır radio station faces repeated sabotage attempts as chief editor protests authorities

Diyarbakır radio station faces repeated sabotage attempts as chief editor protests authorities

Unknown individuals cut off the cables of the station and stole equipment in recurring acts, says the chief editor of the outlet.

Turkey's leading internet service provider raises prices by 70%

Turkey's leading internet service provider raises prices by 70%

Türk Telekom is the sole internet service provider with its own infrastructure, making market prices dependent on its decisions. Turkey ranks 110th in fixed broadband speed and 66th in mobile internet speed worldwide.

Price stability fund fee will be deducted from olive oil exports

Price stability fund fee will be deducted from olive oil exports

With the drought in Spain and Italy and continuing heatwaves in Europe, Turkey is expected to rise to second place in olive oil exports. However, the exporters face the obstacle of a fund fee deduction from the export revenues.

'Zoning olive groves to housing will do away with our agricultural land'

'Zoning olive groves to housing will do away with our agricultural land'

Adnan Çobanoğlu of Çiftçi-Sen, a farmers' union, talked to bianet about the draft law which will zone forested lands and olive groves to housing.