Justice Ministry working to reinstate passports of some 150,000 purge victims
Turkey
July 14, 2019
Justice Ministry working to reinstate passports of some 150,000 purge victims
Turkey’s Justice Ministry is working on a regulation to reinstate the passports of 150,000 public servants whose travel documents were…
9 Turkish judges, prosecutors suspended over alleged Gülen links
Turkey
July 14, 2019
9 Turkish judges, prosecutors suspended over alleged Gülen links
Turkey’s Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has suspended nine judges and prosecutors from their posts due to alleged links…
Social media figure sentenced to 6 years for promoting drug use
Life Style
July 14, 2019
Social media figure sentenced to 6 years for promoting drug use
A Turkish court on Friday handed down a five-year, 10-month sentence to Pınar Karagöz, a popular social media influencer known…
İstanbul city council slashes new mayor’s borrowing limit
Turkey
July 14, 2019
İstanbul city council slashes new mayor’s borrowing limit
İstanbul’s city council has downscaled a borrowing request made by newly elected Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Sözcü newspaper reported on…
Fitch downgrades Turkey’s rating, cites sacking of central bank governor
World
July 14, 2019
Fitch downgrades Turkey’s rating, cites sacking of central bank governor
Ratings agency Fitch downgraded Turkey’s sovereign rating to “BB-“ on Friday, saying the dismissal of its central bank governor heightens…
[VIDEO] 14-year-old boy caught in suitcase while trying to flee Turkey’s post-coup witch-hunt
Turkey
July 14, 2019
[VIDEO] 14-year-old boy caught in suitcase while trying to flee Turkey’s post-coup witch-hunt
A 14-year-old Turkish boy, identified by the initials S.K., was caught in a suitcase in Turkey’s northeastern border province of…
Prosecutors seek 870-year jail term for Turkish TV preacher
Turkey
July 14, 2019
Prosecutors seek 870-year jail term for Turkish TV preacher
An indictment recently prepared by Istanbul prosecutors demands a prison sentence of 870 years for Adnan Oktar, a Turkish Islamic…
Former key Erdogan ally quits Turkey’s ruling party
Turkey
July 14, 2019
Former key Erdogan ally quits Turkey’s ruling party
Ali Babacan, Turkey’s former economy minister has announced his resignation from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP)…
Turks get into iPhone smashing frenzy in protest of Trump policies
Turkey
July 14, 2019
Turks get into iPhone smashing frenzy in protest of Trump policies
Video footage of a Turkish man smashing five iPhones with a sledgehammer while four boys kneel in the background in…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Maia Sandu discussed prospects of economic cooperation of Ukraine and Moldova
Ukraine
July 13, 2019
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Maia Sandu discussed prospects of economic cooperation of Ukraine and Moldova
A significant part of negotiations between President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of Moldova Maia Sandu on July…