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Opposition party files lawsuit to annul 2017 referendum that gave Erdoğan sweeping powers

Turkey’s Innovation Party (YP) has filed a lawsuit seeking the annulment of a 2017 constitutional referendum that granted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sweeping powers...

Main opposition loses majority in İstanbul district council after acting mayor, 2 members quit party

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has lost control of the district council in Beykoz, on İstanbul’s Asian shore, after acting mayor Özlem...

Turkey prepares to curb sentence reductions for juvenile offenders in new justice reform bill

The Turkish Ministry of Justice is drafting a judicial reform bill that would significantly reduce or eliminate sentence reductions for crimes committed by minors...

Turkey detains 17 in fresh raid on Antalya Municipality amid crackdown on main opposition-run cities

Turkish authorities carried out a pre-dawn operation Wednesday against the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality, detaining 17 people as part of an expanding bribery and corruption...

70 percent of Turkey’s minimum-wage workers would not vote for ruling party: survey

More than 70 percent of Turkey’s minimum-wage earners would not vote for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which trails the main opposition...

Turkey arrests 40 among 53 detained in latest operations over alleged Gülen links

Turkish authorities have detained 53 people and arrested 40 of them in operations across 19 provinces, accused of links to the faith-based Gülen movement,...

Turkish girl band members hit with travel ban in ‘indecency’ probe

Members of the Turkish girl band Manifest have been released under a travel ban and judicial supervision requiring them to regularly check in with...

3 arrested over social media posts urging protests at CHP İstanbul office

Turkish authorities arrested three people on Tuesday over social media posts that urged people to gather outside the İstanbul headquarters of the main opposition...

Turkey barred jailed daughter from attending funeral of father who died in prison

Turkish authorities refused to allow the jailed daughter of ailing prisoner İbrahim Güngör, who died behind bars on September 7, to attend his funeral on...

Turkish journalist hit with travel ban over column on alleged electronic signature breach

Turkish journalist Tolga Şardan has been hit with a travel ban following a criminal complaint by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) over...

Access to social media restored in Turkey after 21-hour curb, internet monitor says

Access to major social media and messaging platforms in Turkey was restored on Monday after a nationwide curb that began late Sunday, Reuters reported,...

EU Turkey rapporteur calls İstanbul trustee showdown ‘surreal’ amid deepening crackdown on CHP

Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on Turkey, has described scenes at the İstanbul provincial headquarters of the main opposition Republican People’s Party...

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