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Opposition party CHP initiates ‘Democracy Watch’ in Turkish Parliament

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) parliamentary group deputy chairman Özgür Özel said his party decided to spend the night in Parliament yesterday in...

26 ISIL suspects detained in simultaneous police raids in İstanbul

A total of 26 suspects who allegedly have links to the terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were detained in simultaneous...

Turkish PM to German firms: We don’t see you as German  

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has reassured the representatives of 19 German companies in Turkey, saying that he considers them not to be German...

1,963 die due to work-related accidents during OHAL period in Turkey 

The İstanbul Council for Worker Health and Work Safety (İSİG) has reported that at least 1,963 workers, including 51 child laborers and 74 refugees,...

CHP deputy claims luxury Mercedes bought for Parliament Speaker Kahraman

Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Barış Yarkadaş has claimed that an official car valued at TL 5 million (more than 1.5 million euros) has...

CHP sends message of support for HDP’s ‘Justice Watch’

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has sent a message of support to a “Justice Watch” launched by the Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party...

Hunger strikers Gülmen and Özakça examined at hospital upon ECtHR request

Imprisoned educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, who have passed the 140th day of a hunger strike they launched to be able to return...

Surveys show majority of Germans avoid going on holiday to Turkey

The results of two public surveys conducted in Germany have shown that the majority of the Germans prefer not to go to Turkey on...

Turkey changes distribution of deputies per electoral district

As the number of deputies to be elected to the Turkish Parliament has risen to 600 from 550 with the approval of a constitutional...

Detained woman, newborn baby transferred to police station 240 km from home

Detained hours after giving birth at a private hospital in İstanbul early on Tuesday, a woman named Ayşe Kaya has been transferred to a...

Journalism seen as crime only in totalitarian regimes, says jailed Cumhuriyet reporter Şık

Cumhuriyet daily reporter Ahmet Şık, who was detained on Dec. 22 and arrested on Dec. 30, 2016 on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda, said...

Court hands down record 217-year sentence to Quran instructor for sexual abuse

A court in Turkey's northern province of Giresun on Wednesday sentenced an assistant Quran instructor to 217 years, four months and 15 days in...

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