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There's no place for institutional finance in rental markets. It's a predatory extraction machine that robs the poor and middle.

But one thing I'd add: we should stop calling these people "investors". They don't "invest". They buy up and milk existing assets. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White
We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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- PKK'nın tepe yöneticilerinden Remzi Kartal'ın açıklamaları, iktidar medyası dahil her yerde çarşaf çarşaf yayınlanıyor.
- Bu sırada, Remzi Kartal ile 10 yıl önceki barış sürecinde telefonla görüştüğü için tutuklanan Esenyurt Belediye Başkanı Ahmet Özer, halen Silivri'de yatıyor.
May 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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May 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Turkey's state-run child labour program sees teenagers working up to 12 hours/day for as low as 30% the minimum wage. One-quarter of 15-17-year-olds work in Turkey. One of the many ways Turkey's youth live incredibly vulnerable and precarious lives.
MESEM aims to prepare Turkey's youth for employment with on-the-job training in various sectors.

Critics say the program legitimizes child labor under precarious conditions for participants, some of which have lost their lives.

Hilal Tok reports:
Training or exploitation? Inside Turkey's youth employment program
İSTANBUL — A growing number of children are working in Turkey.
www.turkeyrecap.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM