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Wife of liver transplant patient calls on authorities not to return husband to prison

Olcay Kara, the wife of teacher Engin Kara, who was arrested in February 2017 and received a liver transplant a few days ago, has called for...

New mayor under investigation for insulting ErdoÄŸan at handing over ceremony

An administrative inquiry for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been launched into the incoming Republican People’s Party (CHP) mayor of İzmir’s Torbalı district due to...

Half way into recount of İstanbul vote, opposition’s victory prevails

According to polling station officials from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), after recounting ballots in 12 districts of İstanbul the difference between ruling party candidate Binali...

Cuts to municipal budget by the president would be unconstitutional: Ä°mamoÄŸlu

Ekrem İmamoğlu, the unofficial winner of İstanbul’s mayoral election on Sunday, said in an interview with the Euronews Turkish website that the constitution does not give President...

Opposition deputy submits parliamentary inquiry about AA election coverage

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Utku Çakırözer has questioned in a parliamentary inquiry a recent controversy surrounding Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) on the...

Top court rules rights of former general tried on coup charges were violated

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of former retired Gen. Çetin Doğan, who stood trial on coup charges, saying Doğan’s rights had been violated, the...

Opposition nominees are lame ducks, ErdoÄŸan tells supporters at Ä°stanbul mosque

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has told a group of supporters at a mosque in İstanbul that opposition nominees who won office in Sunday’s local elections are...

Turkey’s municipal tenders to be subject to presidential approval, columnist claims

The Turkish government is preparing to pass legislation that will put municipal tenders in excess of a certain amount subject to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s approval, Sözcü...

Turkey orders detention of 20 gendarmes over Gülen links

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 20 gendarmes as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run...

6 journalists given suspended sentences for ‘terrorist propaganda’

Six Turkish journalists were given 15-month suspended sentences on Wednesday on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda while serving as the symbolic editor-in-chief for a day of...

Only 2.66 pct of Turkey’s mayors-elect are women

Turkey elected 1,389 mayors in towns, districts and cities in Sunday’s local elections, but only 2.66 percent of them, or 37, were women, a Turkish research...

Turkey’s election board rules to recount votes in 7 İstanbul districts

Turkey's Supreme Election Board (YSK) decided early Wednesday that votes would be recounted in seven districts of İstanbul following Sunday’s local elections, the state-run Anadolu news...

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