I see mostly continuity in the agenda of G20 when I look from the Antalya communique in December 2015 to the Hangzhou communique in September 2016. 

During Turkey’s G-20 presidency in 2015, the C-20 was particularly important for those of us working on gender equality. 

The „Production Reform Package Bill“ proposed by the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology sparked a nationwide debate during the last week. 

In an incident last year in November, 11 children and one 18-year old staff member lost their lives after a fire broke out in a student dormitory for girls in the Aladağ district of the southern Turkish city of Adana.

Aysin and Ali Ulvi Büyüknohutçu, a 61 years old couple living in the Finike district of Antalya were found shot dead in their home last week. Both of them were well-known environmental activists struggling for many years against the operation of some local stone quarries. 

All that Barış Yazgı wanted was a chance to study music. He died trying to fulfill this wish on April 24th, drowning in the Aegean Sea. 

Turkey has become one of the fastest growing energy markets in the world. Nevertheless the country is still highly dependent on countries like Iran and Russia, which – in political respect – are delicate partners. 

The 15-years old Derya B. died in October 2016 shortly after giving birth to her first baby. Two underage mothers in Diyarbakır and two others in Muş recently died during labor. 

For the first time in Turkish history genetically modified organisms have reportedly been found in bread. 

While the world keeps on talking about rhetorical disagreements between Turkish and European politicians, about Nazi-comparisons and cows the situation in southeast Turkey has been drifting out of the international focus.