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Turkish parliament speaker denies deputies returning from Umrah avoided quarantine
Mustafa
Şentop, the speaker of Turkey’s parliament, has denied allegations on social
media that 17 deputies returning from Umrah in Saudi Arabia avoided quarantine,
the TR724 news...
Erdoğan says his party’s current deputies not involved in efforts to launch new party
Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdoğan has ruled out claims suggesting that a number of deputies from
his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) are cooperating with...
Report shows at least 2,000 HDP officials detained in 2018
A report prepared by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on the occasion of the Dec.10, Human Rights Day, has revealed that at least...
German parliamentarians to play football friendly with Turkish journalists
Some members of the German Bundestag will play a football friendly with a group of Turkish journalists in a bid to raise awareness about...
OSCE visits Turkish opposition to discuss possible election fraud in June polls
An Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) delegation has met with Turkish opposition party members prior to snap elections on June 24,...
15 CHP deputies join İYİ to secure the party a run in June snap elections
Fifteen deputies from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) have resigned and joined the İYİ (Good) Party as part of a tactical move...
Jagland says jailed journalists and MPs are priority for Council of Europe
Thorbjørn Jagland, the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, in reference to arrests in Turkey, has said journalists and members of Parliament are priorities...
Turkey jails 45 pro-Kurdish mayors, seizes 35 municipalities to date
The Turkish government has arrested a total of 45 co-mayors from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) in the past couple of weeks and...
HDP co-chair says some 90 deputies, mostly from AKP, knew about coup plans
Co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş has claimed dozens of deputies, mostly from the ranks of the Justice and Development...