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Turkey’s election board rules to recount votes in 7 İstanbul districts
Turkey
April 3, 2019
Turkey’s election board rules to recount votes in 7 İstanbul districts
Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) decided early Wednesday that votes would be recounted in seven districts of İstanbul following Sunday’s…
Only 2.66 pct of Turkey’s mayors-elect are women
Turkey
April 3, 2019
Only 2.66 pct of Turkey’s mayors-elect are women
Turkey elected 1,389 mayors in towns, districts and cities in Sunday’s local elections, but only 2.66 percent of them, or…
Turkish Lira slips after ruling AKP loses big cities
Business
April 1, 2019
Turkish Lira slips after ruling AKP loses big cities
The Turkish Lira dropped 1.8 percent against the US dollar on the first morning after the local election. Reuters reported…
Turkey’s ruling party leads local elections, but faces defeat in big cities
Turkey
April 1, 2019
Turkey’s ruling party leads local elections, but faces defeat in big cities
Turkey has undergone historical local elections on Sunday, leading the opposition to challenge the AK Party’s (AKP) more than 16…
Pro-Kurdish HDP tips the balance in favor of opposition in contentious cities
Turkey
April 1, 2019
Pro-Kurdish HDP tips the balance in favor of opposition in contentious cities
Unofficial results of Sunday’s poll in Turkey indicate that pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lost in some metropolitan municipalities it…
After opposition’s win in Ankara, municipality starts giving vehicles to AKP mayors: CHP spokesperson
Turkey
April 1, 2019
After opposition’s win in Ankara, municipality starts giving vehicles to AKP mayors: CHP spokesperson
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) spokesperson Faik Öztrak on Monday said they heard rumors that the incumbent Ankara Metropolitan…
Turkish judge dismisses case on Paradise Papers report
Turkey
March 31, 2019
Turkish judge dismisses case on Paradise Papers report
An Istanbul court dismissed the case of Cumhuriyet daily reporter, Pelin Unker, who has been tried for publishing a report…
Opposition Mayoral Candidate Quits SP for Alleged Government Blackmail
Turkey
March 31, 2019
Opposition Mayoral Candidate Quits SP for Alleged Government Blackmail
Nuri Yurdakul, mayoral candidate of the opposition Felicity Party (SP) in Elmadag district of Ankara, has resigned from SP and…
Turkish FM alleges some Kurdish opposition party candidates are terrorists
Turkey
March 25, 2019
Turkish FM alleges some Kurdish opposition party candidates are terrorists
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Sunday said some of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and İYİ (Good) Party’s city…
Erdoğan says Hagia Sophia could be converted from museum into a mosque
Turkey
March 25, 2019
Erdoğan says Hagia Sophia could be converted from museum into a mosque
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has changed his stance on the historic Hagia Sophia in İstanbul, which currently serves as…