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İmamoğlu to be questioned over airport VIP dispute with governor

Ekrem İmamoğlu, the İstanbul mayoral candidate from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), will be summoned by an Ordu prosecutor for questioning after he had a...

Turkish mayor defends order to remove Syrians from beach

A Turkish mayor on Monday defended his order to remove Syrian refugees from a beach in Bursa’s Mudanya district last week, saying that “they are allowed...

Turkey’s interior minister targets wealthy Koç family for alleged support of opposition

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has targeted Turkey’s wealthy Koç family, accusing them of secretly supporting the opposition’s İstanbul mayoral candidate, Ekrem İmamoğlu. Soylu posted a photo...

İstanbul mayoral candidates to appear on TV for debate: officials

Turkey’s ruling and opposition party candidates for the coveted İstanbul mayor’s seat are set to meet this weekend in a debate to be televised live, party...

Öcalan calls on gov’t, PKK to find new ways to resolve ‘Kurdish question’

Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has called on the PKK and the Turkish government to find new methods to overcome...

Municipal energy company’s staff tasked with campaigning for AKP candidate, opposition deputy says

Mahmut Tanal, deputy for İstanbul from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has claimed that a natural gas company owned by the İstanbul Municipality urged its...

Turkish presidency enacted quadruple the legislation passed by parliament over last year: report

The Turkish Presidency in the last year issued 37 executive decrees containing 1,880 articles of legislation, while the parliament only managed to pass 32 laws that...

Turkish polling company says ruling party’s Yıldırım is leading İstanbul race

Turkish polling company ORC on Friday said their latest survey indicates that the ruling party’s İstanbul mayoral candidate, Binali Yıldırım, is leading the race by 0.3...

ECtHR rejects 2010 application of Sledgehammer defendants

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Thursday found an application made in 2010 by retired general Çetin Doğan and the late retired general Cem...

Turkey’s election board removes 13 election officials, citing irregularities

Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) has removed from their posts and launched an investigation into 13 election officials over their alleged responsibility for irregularities detected in...

Governor threatens to intervene in opposition rally, İmamoğlu claims

Opposition mayoral candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu has claimed that the governor of Ordu requested that he cut short a rally in the province and threatened to step...

Turkish singer investigated for dedicating song to 13-year-old Gezi Park victim

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into Turkish singer Alpay after he at a concert commemorated a 13-year-old boy who was killed by the police during the...

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