News Scan for Turkey, June 9th 2017
French photojournalist Mathias Depardon deported from Turkey after month in detention
A French photojournalist detained in May by Turkish police while on assignment in the southeast has been deported, the French President’s Office and activist group Reporters sans Frontieres said on June 9.
Mathias Depardon was detained on May 8 while on assignment for National Geographic magazine in Hasankeyf, in the southeastern province of Batman. He has been held since then at a deportation center in the southeastern province of Gaziantep, despite reports he would be deported. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) stated on Twitter that Depardon was on an airplane to Istanbul and would arrive in Paris in the evening.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/french-photojournalist-mathias-depardon-deported-from-turkey-after-month-in-detention.aspx?pageID=238&nID=114151&NewsCatID=341
Bahrain’s top diplomat to visit Turkey amid Gulf row
Bahrain’s foreign minister will pay a visit to Turkey on June 10 as tension between Qatar and prominent Gulf and Arab countries are continuing to escalate.
Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa will meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and will be received by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the foreign ministry said in a written statement on June 9. “The latest developments in the region will be discussed during the meetings with the visiting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain,” it added.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bahrains-top-diplomat-to-visit-turkey-amid-gulf-row.aspx?pageID=238&nID=114148&NewsCatID=352
Turkey’s industrial output up 6.7 percent in April
Turkey’s calendar-adjusted industrial production rose 6.7 percent in April compared to the same month last year, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) announced Thursday.
On an annual basis, all three main sub-indexes increased and the manufacturing index experienced a 7.3 percent rise, according to the report. “When the subsectors of the calendar-adjusted industrial sector (based on 2010=100) were examined, mining and quarrying index increased by 1.3 percent, manufacturing by 7.3 percent, and electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply index by 4.8 percent in April 2017, compared with the same month of the previous year,” TurkStat said.
https://www.dailysabah.com/economy/2017/06/08/turkeys-industrial-output-up-67-percent-in-april
Turkish court sentences Daesh member to life term for murder of Syrian journalist
Turkish court on Friday handed two life sentences to a Daesh member convicted of killing Syrian activist and journalist Naji al-Jerf.
A court in the southeastern Gaziantep province gave Yusuf Hamed Eshverihi one life sentence for attempting to overthrow the constitutional order and another for murder. Three other suspects — Farag Al-Hussein, Ali Çerkez and Reyad Matar — were acquitted for lack of evidence. Thirty-seven-year-old Jerf was shot dead on Dec. 27, 2015 in Gaziantep, which is home to several thousand Syrian refugees.
https://www.dailysabah.com/investigations/2017/06/09/turkish-court-sentences-daesh-member-to-life-term-for-murder-of-syrian-journalist
‘Having a permanent address’ gets the son-in-law of Turkey’s former deputy PM released
After being kept in detention for four days over alleged membership in ‘FETÖ’, son-in-law of Turkey’s former deputy PM, Ekrem Yeter, was released earlier on Friday (June 9) in response to an objection filed with the 2nd peace court of Ankara.
As the reason for his release was stated as ‘having a permanent address of residency’, main opposition party CHP’s İstanbul MP Barış Yarkadaş reacted to the decision by saying, ‘So, son-in-law of Bülent Arınç, Ekrem Yeter, is released because he has ‘a permanent address of residency.’ Were Kadri Gürsel, Murat Sabuncu, and others living in a trailer!?’
http://www.birgun.net/haber-detay/having-a-permanent-address-gets-the-son-in-law-of-turkey-s-former-deputy-pm-released-163823.html
Turkey’s drug market runs out of medicine used in cancer treatment
Scandals in the health sector in Turkey, which the government constantly praises as a new ‘modernized’ system, do not seem to come to an end. Monopolies in the sector and unplanned practices have this time showed their impact on the drug sector.
The hormone therapy drug ‘Tamoxifen’, which is prescribed to cancer patients, has been taken out from the market, leading to a serious complication for patients who need them. The sole producer – currently – of Tamoxifen in Turkey, the Teva İlaç firm, announced that the drug will not be available in the market until August. While patients have been trying to obtain it from abroad, a black market for it has emerged…
http://www.birgun.net/haber-detay/turkey-s-drug-market-runs-out-of-medicine-used-in-cancer-treatment-163751.html
09.062017
compiled by Editor BTT
This is a news-scan from major Turkish papers and internet sites. However, we do not verify above stories neither do we vouch for their accuracy.
