2014: The year of labor disasters, police violence, environmental struggle and refugee flow

2014: The year of labor disasters, police violence, environmental struggle and refugee flow

ISTANBUL

2014 has been the year when the whole world witnessed the almost non-existent labor safety in Turkey at the expense of hundreds of workers' life after the country was hit by successive accidents, including the biggest mining disaster of its recent history in the Aegean coal capital of Soma.

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  1. Number of displaced people nears 1.9 mln in Lebanon

  2. NATO chief due in Türkiye for his first trip after taking office

  3. Türkiye believes US will review its ties with YPG in N Syria

  4. The ultimate list

  5. Several cities embrace seaons’s first snowfall
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WORLD

Number of displaced people nears 1.9 mln in Lebanon

The number of displaced people in Lebanon due to Israel-Hezbollah conflict has surged to nearly 1.9 million since last October, shows a report by the Lebanon's Council of Ministers.

ECONOMY

Tender for 5G network may be held next year: Uraloğlu

Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdülkadir Uraloğlu has said that a timetable for the 5G network tender could be announced by the end of this year, with the tender potentially launching in the first quarter of 2025.

SPORTS

Türkiye heads to Nations League playoffs after Montenegro loss

Türkiye spurned the opportunity to finish atop its group in the UEFA Nations League and qualify for League A directly with a 3-1 loss at Montenegro on Nov. 19 night.