Death toll in İzmir earthquake rises to 73
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- 11:12 02/11/2020
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake has left several buildings demolished and at least 73 people dead in the province of İzmir, west of Turkey.
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake has left several buildings demolished and at least 73 people dead in the province of İzmir, west of Turkey.
Soldiers of the Turkish army have murdered a civilian in a village of Hakkari.
The application of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers to meet with their clients was rejected.
Yeni Yaşam Newspaper will publish a Women's Supplement every 15 days from tomorrow. The first issue comes out with the cover "Masculinity".
Stating that the Shengal Agreement that disregard the will of the Êzidi people was made in line with Turkey's demands, Poet and politician Xebat Şakir said: "They want to complete what ISIS left unfinished and clear shengal of Êzidis."
The people of İzmir spent the night on the streets following the earthquake shook the city in the evening. Citizens who had trouble accesing tents, tried to warm up beside the fire while some slept in their cars.
November 1 was engraved in history as "World Kobanê Day" after the resistance in Kobanê, the city where ISIS experienced its first defeat. Stating that the peoples of Kobané became the captain of their own soul with their resistance, PYD Kobanê Co-chair Ehmed Şexo said the defeat of ISIS in Koban" showed everyone's true colours.
The number of people who lost their lives in the earthquake in İzmir rose to 24. There have been 341 aftershocks in the city since yesterday.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced that 21 people died in the earthquake in Izmir, and 435 people are still being treated.
HDP Diyarbakır Provincial Co-chairs Hülya Alökmen Uyanık and Zeyyat Ceylan were arrested.
It was stated that former Mayor of Eyyübiye Mehmet Ekinci threatened the woman with whom he previously had a relationship with. Ekinci sent her a message and said: "Your life and the lives of your loved ones are in danger now."
An earthquake of magnitude of 6.6 shook Turkey’s Aegean coast on Friday, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said.
Critisizing the 'Kobané investigation' launched against their party 6 years after the protests, HDP Spokesperson Ebru Günay said: "The operations are nothing other than the ISIS mentality rewaken by the AKP- MHP alliance."
HDP Diyarbakır Provincial Co- Chairs and Yenişehir District Co-Chairs, who were detained during a raid on the party buildings, were sent to court with a request for arrest.
The families of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and other prisoners in İmralı applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to visit their imprisoned family members.