Turkish hoteliers blast Booking.com ban amid concerns over worsening business
Turkey’s hoteliers have protested a recent decision by an İstanbul court that banned activities of the Dutch-based online hotel booking platform Booking.com in Turkey,...
Establishment of emergency rule commission may be finalized in July
The establishment of a commission that will hear complaints from people who have been affected by emergency rule that was declared in the aftermath...
Erdoğan calls on Turks in Europe to defy ‘grandchildren of Nazism’
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on Turkish voters in Europe on Monday to defy the “grandchildren of Nazism” and back a...
CHP leader sparks debate with remarks calling July 15 a ‘controlled’ coup attempt
Leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Monday attracted angry reactions from Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and...
16 including journalists, police officers re-arrested in Antalya over alleged Gülen links
A high criminal court in the southern province of Antalya ruled for the re-arrest of 16 individuals including journalists and police officers due to...
678 people from Turkey seek asylum in Belgium since July 15
According to Belgian media reports basing on information given by official institutions, as many as 678 citizens of Turkey have found or sought asylum...
Detention warrants issued for 80 due to alleged Gülen links
Police teams on Monday were conducting simultaneous operations in a number of Turkish provinces in order to detain 80 people for whom detention warrants...
German intel expert says Erdoğan was behind failed coup based on CIA, BND reports
German intelligence expert and author Erich Schmidt-Eenboom has said Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, not the faith-based Gülen movement, was behind a failed...
Minister Soylu says 47,155 people jailed, 113,260 people detained over alleged Gülen links
Turkey's Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has announced on Sunday that 47,155 people have been jailed over alleged links with Gülen movement since coup attempt...
Turkish court bans pro-kurdish HDP’s referendum campaign billboards
A court in Turkey’s Şanlıurfa province has banned pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) billboards prepared to promote a “no” campaign for a referendum to...
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