Presidential candidate Demirtaş’s lawyers to apply to Turkish top court for release
Lawyers for Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), will apply for his release to Turkey’s Constitutional Court...
YSK prevents candidacy of CHP official convicted of insulting Erdoğan
Turkey’s Higher Board of Election (YSK) has found inappropriate the parliamentary candidacy of a Republican People’s Party (CHP) official from Edirne on the grounds that...
Erdoğan’s AKP promises in its election manifesto to keep state of emergency in effect
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, which released its election manifesto for the June 24 general election on Thursday, has promised to...
Turkish citizen, companies designated as global terrorists by US Treasury
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) a Turkish citizen...
Turkish cartoonist given one-year jail sentence due to drawing featuring Moses
Cartoonist Seyfi Şahin, who used to work for the closed-down popular humor magazine Gırgır, has been handed down a jail sentence of one year,...
Islamist Turkish academic threatens people with civil war if Erdoğan loses elections
Erdoğanist Turkish academic Professor Ahmet Maranki has threatened the nation with civil war if the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its presidential...
Turkish court rules for continuation of pro-Kurdish DİHA reporter Sayılğan’s imprisonment
A Turkish court on Wednesday decided for the continuation of Kurdish journalist İdris Sayılğan's pretrial detention, according to a report by the Platform for...
Turkish police reportedly shoot Kurdish boy in Muş province
A 12-year-old Kurdish boy named Veysel Toplu has reportedly been severely wounded after being shot by an armored police vehicle in Turkey's eastern Muş...
Turkey’s Erdoğan slams Trump administration over its Jerusalem move
Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday slammed the administration of US President Donald Trump and said its decision to move the US...
HDP: Turkey’s democratization depends on permanent peace
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) held a press conference on Wednesday to share their vision on solutions regarding the Kurdish question, stressing that...
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