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Turkey’s Islamist opposition will not withdraw candidate in İstanbul mayoral race

The candidate for mayor of İstanbul from Turkey’s Islamist opposition party will not withdraw his bid from a re-run of the previous election, according to the...

Turkey ranked second worst in Europe for LGBTI individuals

A ranking by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) has put Turkey in the second lowest place in Europe in terms of LGBTI...

Turkish consultant on trial offered release for damning testimony on CHP’s Ekrem İmamoğlu

Erkan Karaarslan, a political consultant currently standing trial in Turkey, has claimed that individuals who visited him in prison promised his release on condition...

Davutoğlu to announce establishment of new party in Diyarbakır: report

Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu will make public the establishment of a new political party at a fast-breaking dinner in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, according...

3 mothers of hunger strikers recorded by police as ‘ignorant’ instead of ‘illiterate’

Three mothers of inmates on a hunger strike in Turkish prisons have been referred to as “ignorant” in police records because they are illiterate,...

Son fired from job as SP İstanbul mayoral nominee considers abandoning bid

Felicity Party (SP) İstanbul mayoral candidate Necdet Gökçınar’s son has been fired from his job at Turkey’s main stock exchange amid claims that Gökçınar could withdraw...

Purged Turkish professor denied passport although acquitted of all charges

Haluk Savaş, a Turkish professor of psychiatry who was expelled from his university by a government decree, has been denied a passport despite the fact that...

Turkish broadcasting watchdog suspends Russian radio program over Gezi Park criticism

Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has ordered a five-day halt in broadcasting of a program on Rusya’nın Sesi Radio (RS FM; Russia’s Voice) for...

İmamoğlu visits woman who was stabbed after declaring support for him

The Turkish opposition’s İstanbul mayoral candidate, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on Monday visited Göknur Damat, who was stabbed by a man after revealing that she had donated TL...

Election authority rejects opposition request to cancel İstanbul vote results in their entirety

Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) on Monday unanimously turned down an application by opposition parties the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the İyi (Good) Party to cancel...

Pro-gov’t journalist says Davutoğlu could soon be expelled from AKP

Abdülkadir Selvi, a pro-government journalist from the Hürriyet daily, has claimed that former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, who has recently come to public attention with his criticism...

Close to $1 million collected on first day of İmamoğlu’s fundraising drive

A total of $818,000 was collected on the first day of a fundraising drive launched by Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) to finance the...

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