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CHP asks for parliamentary investigation into attack on party leader

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has submitted a request to the parliamentary Research Commission concerning an attack on party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu during a soldier’s...

[UPDATE] Former intelligence chief arrested on Erdoğan insult, terrorism charges

Sabri Uzun, the former head of the National Security Directorate’s intelligence department in Ankara, was arrested on Friday on accusations of insulting Turkish President...

Man jailed in post-coup purge receiving cancer treatment in prison

A man who was jailed as part of a massive government-led crackdown on followers of the Gülen movement in the aftermath of a failed...

İstanbul Municipality paid big money to media company before takeover

The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality paid around 13.5 million Turkish lira to a media company on April 17 just hours before the city’s newly elected mayor from...

Erdoğan aide says assailants of opposition leader cannot be treated as ‘terrorists’

Fahrettin Altun, the head of the communications department of the Turkish presidency, has said a group of people who attacked the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)...

Turkey’s interior minister denies responsibility for assault on opposition leader

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has rejected calls for his resignation after main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was physically attacked during a soldier’s funeral, the Artı Gerçek...

[UPDATE] Assailant who punched Turkey’s opposition leader released pending trial

Osman Sarıgün, who on Sunday assaulted main opposition party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, has been arrested and later released pending trial, the T24 news website...

Turkey to issue €3.7 billion debt instrument to consolidate state banks’ capital

Turkey’s Treasury said on Monday it would issue 5-year debt instruments worth a total of 3.7 billion euros to strengthen the capital of state banks and...

Former Turkish PM Davutoğlu slams Erdoğan’s ruling party

A former prime minister and close ally of President Tayyip Erdoğan strongly criticized the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Monday, blaming policy changes and an...

Some 87,000 killed in 210 major earthquakes in Turkey in 117 years: report

Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) has revealed that the country saw 210 major earthquakes between the years 1900 and 2017 in which 86,802 people died,...

New İstanbul election is a matter of survival, Bahçeli says

Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Sunday said he views holding a new mayoral election in İstanbul as a matter of survival,...

İstanbul’s new mayor holds rally to promise ‘new beginning’ for city

İstanbul’s new mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on Sunday held a rally in Maltepe promising a “new beginning” to his fellow citizens, the Artı Gerçek news website reported. Elected...

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