On January 10, 2016, at 10:48 UTC, a magnitude (M) 5.0 earthquake erupted near Fiji. The epicenter of this natural event was 593.35 km deep. At the same time, two more tremblers stirred the waters nearby. One was another 5.0M at a depth of 614 km and the other a 4.7M with a depth of […]
Turkey Gay Pride festivities in Istanbul were disrupted by police violence, as the police blocked off many of the side streets that hosted the Pride walk and fired into the crowd with rubber pellets and tear gas during the parade. The police also fired water cannons into the crowd, knocking people off of their feet […]
Turkey’s parliamentary system may just have a small, but meaningful shift in power. Elections are going on in the country to vote in parties for seats in parliament. The current ruling party, the AKP, also known as the Justice and Development Party, is expected to maintain its large number of seats. However, the frustration that […]