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Turkey’s ruling AKP passes competition law, sparking criticism from opposition parties: report
World
June 17, 2020
Turkey’s ruling AKP passes competition law, sparking criticism from opposition parties: report
Turkey’s parliament on Tuesday passed a law that includes giving wider powers to the Competition Authority, a change criticized by…
Pro-Erdoğan ex-wrestler becomes executive board member of state-run Vakıfbank
Turkey
June 13, 2020
Pro-Erdoğan ex-wrestler becomes executive board member of state-run Vakıfbank
Hamza Yerlikaya, the youth and sports deputy minister and a former Olympic wrestler, has become an executive board member of…
Turkish polling guru says AKP vote below 30 percent in February survey
Turkey
June 7, 2020
Turkish polling guru says AKP vote below 30 percent in February survey
The Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has been ruling Turkey as a single-party government since 2002, would have had…
Kurds push for Kurdish courses on the language learning app Duolingo.
World
June 1, 2020
Kurds push for Kurdish courses on the language learning app Duolingo.
Concerned that an increasing number of Kurds in Turkey cannot speak their native language or have difficulties with their reading…
Coronavirus gives Turkey’s Erdoğan a lifeline – op-ed
World
May 29, 2020
Coronavirus gives Turkey’s Erdoğan a lifeline – op-ed
The novel coronavirus pandemic has reinforced Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s rule amid a period when he was endangered by…
Turkish women’s rights movement fights back as COVID-19 spurs violence
Turkey
May 28, 2020
Turkish women’s rights movement fights back as COVID-19 spurs violence
Just after dawn in the Turkish city of Muğla on Sunday, 26-year-old Selim Ahmet Kemaloğlu, a boxer with aspirations to…
Opposition leader Babacan promises to bring “freedom of thought” back to Turkey
Turkey
May 26, 2020
Opposition leader Babacan promises to bring “freedom of thought” back to Turkey
Defying a bleak status quo, political challenger Ali Babacan promises to bring “freedom of thought” back to Turkey – if…
Rapid spread of COVID-19 in the notorious Silivri Prison in Istanbul, Turkey
Turkey
May 13, 2020
Rapid spread of COVID-19 in the notorious Silivri Prison in Istanbul, Turkey
Disturbing news are coming out of the Silivri prison in İstanbul, Turkey. According to the İstanbul Bakirkoy Chief Public Prosecutor,…
Turkey arrests popular Twitter users for spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’
Turkey
April 8, 2020
Turkey arrests popular Twitter users for spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’
Turkish authorities on Friday arrested two of the three well-known anonymous Twitter users who were detained on Wednesday and Thursday.…
Turkish parliament debates coronavirus release bill that excludes political prisoners: report
Turkey
April 7, 2020
Turkish parliament debates coronavirus release bill that excludes political prisoners: report
Turkey’s parliament debated a prisoner release bill on Tuesday that aims to ease overcrowding in prisons and protect detainees from…