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İmamoğlu doubles Erdoğan’s vote, breaks record of 35 years
Turkey
June 24, 2019
İmamoğlu doubles Erdoğan’s vote, breaks record of 35 years
Ekrem İmamoğlu, winning the Istanbul re-run with 54.03 per cent of the vote and outdoing his rival Binali Yıldırım by…
Erdoğan says even if they are Kurds, they are still human beings
Turkey
June 23, 2019
Erdoğan says even if they are Kurds, they are still human beings
In yet another controversial move to attract Kurdish voters ahead of a critical mayoral election in İstanbul on Sunday, Turkish…
PKK leader’s brother appears on state-run TRT, urges support for AKP
Turkey
June 23, 2019
PKK leader’s brother appears on state-run TRT, urges support for AKP
Osman Öcalan, brother of the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan, has appeared on public broadcaster…
Kurdish party says will continue supporting opposition in Sunday vote despite Öcalan letter
Turkey
June 22, 2019
Kurdish party says will continue supporting opposition in Sunday vote despite Öcalan letter
The Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on Friday announced that their strategy to support the opposition in Sunday’s İstanbul mayoral…
AKP pays visit to small opposition party ahead of critical İstanbul vote
Turkey
June 22, 2019
AKP pays visit to small opposition party ahead of critical İstanbul vote
A group of officials from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Friday paid a visit to Felicity Party…
Nationalist politician claims PKK leader sought to prevent HDP abuse of İstanbul vote
Turkey
June 22, 2019
Nationalist politician claims PKK leader sought to prevent HDP abuse of İstanbul vote
Devlet Bahçeli, the chairman of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has claimed that a recent letter from the leader of…
Erdoğan says even if they are Kurds, they are still human beings
Turkey
June 22, 2019
Erdoğan says even if they are Kurds, they are still human beings
In yet another controversial move to attract Kurdish voters ahead of a critical mayoral election in İstanbul on Sunday, Turkish…
İmamoğlu leads İstanbul repeat election by 5 percent, new poll suggests
Turkey
June 22, 2019
İmamoğlu leads İstanbul repeat election by 5 percent, new poll suggests
A survey conducted two days before the re-run of an İstanbul mayoral election indicates that the opposition’s Ekrem İmamoğlu is…
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of June 16, 2019
Media Freedom
June 21, 2019
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of June 16, 2019
Yavuz Selim Demirağ, a columnist for the nationalist daily Yeni Çağ who was attacked by a group of men who…
Rebecca Harms for monitoring the Gezi protests trial in Turkey
Turkey
June 21, 2019
Rebecca Harms for monitoring the Gezi protests trial in Turkey
At the end of her mandate, Rebecca Harms, expert on Turkey and Green Member of the European Parliament, will travel…