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Turkish Interior Ministry claims 325 city council candidates from opposition have ties to PKK
March 24, 2019
Turkish Interior Ministry claims 325 city council candidates from opposition have ties to PKK
A Turkish Interior Ministry report claims that 325 candidates for municipal councils from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), the İYİ…
Prosecutor demands life for alleged tipster in MİT trucks case
March 24, 2019
Prosecutor demands life for alleged tipster in MİT trucks case
A Turkish prosecutor has demanded a life sentence for a teacher accused of notifying the gendarmerie in 2014 when National…
Expert report contradicts gov’t claims of bombing during 2016 coup attempt
March 24, 2019
Expert report contradicts gov’t claims of bombing during 2016 coup attempt
An expert report submitted to a court hearing a trial concerning a 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey asserted that…
’99 percent of this town is Muslim. How could anybody vote for opposition?’: Turkey’s AKP official
March 24, 2019
’99 percent of this town is Muslim. How could anybody vote for opposition?’: Turkey’s AKP official
“Ninety-nine percent of this town is Muslim. How could anybody vote for the [Republican People’s Party] CHP?” asked İbrahim Sayın,…
Inmate commits suicide to protest public silence on hunger strikes in Turkey
March 24, 2019
Inmate commits suicide to protest public silence on hunger strikes in Turkey
Ayten Beçet, a 28-year-old inmate in Gebze Prison, committed suicide to protest the public silence on hunger strikes in several…
Taxi driver beaten by colleagues for calling Senegalese passenger a ‘terrorist’
March 23, 2019
Taxi driver beaten by colleagues for calling Senegalese passenger a ‘terrorist’
An İstanbul taxi driver was beaten up by his colleagues and expelled from a taxi drivers’ cooperative after the emergence…
Jailed journalist Baransu insists Sledgehammer was authentic coup plot
March 23, 2019
Jailed journalist Baransu insists Sledgehammer was authentic coup plot
Jailed journalist Mehmet Baransu has insisted that an alleged military coup plot, named Sledgehammer, which was exposed by him while…
Erdoğan calls some EU politicians ‘enemies of Islam’
March 23, 2019
Erdoğan calls some EU politicians ‘enemies of Islam’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused EU politicians Kati Piri, Federica Mogherini and Johannes Hahn of being enemies of…
Fearing backlash over economy, Turkish minister says not the time to teach a lesson
March 23, 2019
Fearing backlash over economy, Turkish minister says not the time to teach a lesson
Worrying about a public backlash to a deteriorating economy, Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said the upcoming local elections should…
4 former Milli Görüş executives in Germany get suspended sentences for tax evasion
March 23, 2019
4 former Milli Görüş executives in Germany get suspended sentences for tax evasion
A German court on Friday handed down suspended jail sentences for tax evasion to four former executives of a Milli…