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[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...

Turkey’s opposition leader assaulted at martyr’s funeral

Turkey’s main opposition party leader on Sunday was physically attacked by a group at the funeral of a Turkish soldier who was killed by terrorists, the...

Investigation launched into police officers who harassed elderly female protestors

An investigation has been launched into the police officers who forcibly removed the mothers of inmates on a hunger strike after they attempted to hold a...

4 Turkish soldiers killed during clashes on Iraqi border

Four Turkish soldiers were killed during clashes with terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants on the Turkish-Iraqi border on Friday, according to a statement from the Turkish...

AKP seeks to cancel votes of purged civil servants in İstanbul election

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Saturday submitted a petition to the country's top election authority asking it to cancel the votes of civil...

Turkish court removes ban on LGBTI activities in Ankara

An Ankara appeals court has reversed a ban on LGBTI activities imposed by the Ankara Governor’s Office, the Diken news website reported on Friday. The ban was put...

Turkish court blocks new mayor’s instruction to copy, inspect municipal databases

An İstanbul administrative court has blocked a decision by Ekrem İmamoğlu to allow for duplication of the municipal databases for purposes of examination, Euronews Turkish service reported...

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