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Ex-Erdoğan ally Davutoğlu says MHP’s Bahçeli, AKP officials implicated in 2015 terror attacks
Turkey
August 25, 2019
Ex-Erdoğan ally Davutoğlu says MHP’s Bahçeli, AKP officials implicated in 2015 terror attacks
Extended video footage of a recent speech by Former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, in which talked about a series of…
HDP calls on other parties to raise their voice against removal of elected mayors
Turkey
August 21, 2019
HDP calls on other parties to raise their voice against removal of elected mayors
Kurdish Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Pervin Buldan has called on political parties in the Turkish parliament, other than the…
Istanbul mayor sues ruling party MP over identity theft case
Turkey
August 12, 2019
Istanbul mayor sues ruling party MP over identity theft case
Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is suing a member of parliament from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) who publicly…
Imamoğlu announces sea festival for Istanbul in 2020
Turkey
August 4, 2019
Imamoğlu announces sea festival for Istanbul in 2020
Istanbul’s newly elected opposition mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has announced a sea festival for Turkey’s coastal megacity in 2020, independent news…
14-year-old Kurdish youth killed when border patrol soldier opens fire: report
Turkey
August 3, 2019
14-year-old Kurdish youth killed when border patrol soldier opens fire: report
Vedat Ekinci, a 14-year-old Kurdish boy, was killed on Thursday by a border patrol soldier after he refused to stop…
Turkey destroys over 300,000 Gülen-affiliated books from public libraries
Turkey
August 1, 2019
Turkey destroys over 300,000 Gülen-affiliated books from public libraries
Turkey’s Education Ministry on Thursday announced that 301,878 books published by faith-based Gülen movement followers or Gülen-linked publishing houses have…
Alamos Gold’s mine project destroying environment in northwest Turkey – columnist
Turkey
July 28, 2019
Alamos Gold’s mine project destroying environment in northwest Turkey – columnist
Canada-based intermediate gold producer Alamos Gold is wreaking havoc in Turkey’s Kirazlı village in the northwestern province of Çanakkale as…
Top court cancels regulation used to revoke passports of suspects’ spouses
Turkey
July 26, 2019
Top court cancels regulation used to revoke passports of suspects’ spouses
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has abolished a controversial regulation that was used by Turkish authorities to revoke the passports of the…
AKP mayor hired 853 people at Ankara Municipality during election campaign
Turkey
July 26, 2019
AKP mayor hired 853 people at Ankara Municipality during election campaign
Former Ankara Mayor Mustafa Tuna, from the ranks of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), recruited a total of…
Turkey’s top court blocks construction of presidential palace near Lake Van
Turkey
July 26, 2019
Turkey’s top court blocks construction of presidential palace near Lake Van
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled an article in an omnibus law that allowed the construction of a presidential palace near…