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AKP, MHP reject proposals of probe into Suruç killings, Çorlu train accident

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have rejected proposals from opposition parties for a parliamentary...

Turkey’s public broadcaster TRT put under direct control of President Erdoğan

Turkey’s public broadcaster, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), has been subordinated to the president’s office, according to a new presidential decree issued...

First post-OHAL anti-terrorism law approved by Turkish Parliament

The first chapter of a counterterrorism law proposed by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government following the termination of a state of emergency,...

CHP deputies say enough signatures collected to hold emergency convention

Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputies Gaye Usluer and Yaşar Tüzün announced on Tuesday on Twitter that the necessary number of signatures for a petition...

5 pilots who thwarted coup jets detained, released pending trial over Gülen links

Five Turkish pilots who played a critical role in foiling a coup attempt two years ago were briefly detained over alleged links to the...

HDP deputy Şık attacked by AKP colleagues during speech in Parliament

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ahmet Şık was attacked by a group of Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputies during a speech in Parliament...

Court halts trial of HDP deputy due to acquisition of parliamentary immunity

A high criminal court in Ankara has decided to halt the trial of Kemal Bülbül, who was elected to the Turkish Parliament in the...

HDP deputy proposes bill to save children jailed with mothers from prison

Meral Danış Bektaş, a deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has proposed a bill that seeks to delay the execution of sentences...

Şenyaşar family leaves Suruç after losing 3 members in dispute over politics

A family that lost three members in June in a deadly confrontation with a ruling party deputy has decided to leave their hometown in...

Ministry: 459 social media accounts investigated in a week

The Turkish Interior Ministry on Monday announced that between June 9 and 16, 459 social media accounts had been investigated, with 266 of their...

Deputy’s wife to protest husband’s imprisonment in front of court of appeals

The wife of a newly re-elected member of the Turkish Parliament who is currently serving a prison sentence plans to protest her husband’s incarceration...

Turkish businessman denies being under police custody or house arrest in UK

Turkish businessman Akın İpek, a target of the Turkish government due to his links to the Gülen movement, has denied recent reports in Turkey’s...

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