New electoral amendments go into effect after hasty approval by Turkish Parliament
A 26-article legislative package that makes it possible for political parties to form election alliances and amends some parts of the Election Law ahead...
EUobserver: European foundation demands release of Turkish journalist Parıldak
A European foundation is calling for the release of a young Turkish journalist, jailed for seven-and-a-half years as a 'terrorist', in the latest of...
Chairman Akgün: Maarif Foundation works in framework of Turkey’s strategic priorities abroad
Birol Akgün, the chairman of the controversial Maarif Foundation, has stated in an interview to the state-run Anadolu news agency on Saturday that the foundation...
HDP Co-chair Demirtaş ends hunger strike after promises from prison administration
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş and HDP Hakkari deputy Abdullah Zeydan, who began a hunger strike in Edirne Prison on Thursday...
Lawyer: Zarrab to cooperate with US authorities
Cahit Akbulut, a New York-based lawyer who is closely following a case against Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab in the District Court for the...
Turkish Parliament strips HDP deputies Baydemir and Irmak of parliamentary status
The Turkish Parliament on Thursday stripped pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Osman Baydemir and Selma Irmak of their parliamentary status due to court...
Turkish court arrests 132 military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
One hundred thirty-two out of 221 military officers who were detained by Turkish police across Turkey in an İstanbul-based probe were arrested by a...
Turkey sentenced 450 lawyers to 2,786 years in prison after 2016 coup: report
Four-hundred-fifty lawyers in Turkey have been sentenced to 2,786 years in total on trumped-up charges of terrorism since a coup attempt in July 2016,...
US President Trump hails freeing of Brunson as step in Turkish-American ties
US President Donald Trump said the release and return of Andrew Brunson will be a “tremendous” step toward better relations between the United States...
PACE members urge Turkish government to halt operations against Syria’s Afrin
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) members held a discussion on Wednesday over Turkish military operations on Afrin province of northern Syria...
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