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New bar associations chairman ends 8-year tenure of incumbent Feyzioğlu

Ankara Bar Association chair Erinç Sağkan has been elected the new chairman of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB), defeating Metin Feyzioğlu, who...

Main opposition leader begins public rallies to push for early elections

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), on Saturday held the first of a series of public rallies aimed...

AKP policies behind decision not to imprison convicted rapist, main opposition says

A senior member of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has argued that the policies of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

Opposition party leader under investigation for insulting Erdoğan

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into the leader of the People’s Liberation Party (HKP), a left-wing populist and anti-imperialist political party, on allegations...

Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 272 people over alleged Gülen links in a week

Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 272 people on terrorism charges due to their alleged links to the faith-based...

CoE ‘strongly’ urges Turkish authorities to release Demirtaş

The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on Thursday adopted an interim resolution "strongly urging" Turkish authorities to assure the immediate release of imprisoned...

Turkey urges de-escalation amid tensions between Russia, Ukraine, opposes sanctions on Moscow

Turkey's foreign minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, on Wednesday urged "calm and de-escalation" amid rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine, adding that sanctions on Moscow will...

ByLock data tool of ‘malicious prosecution,’ not evidence: report

Data acquired from the ByLock smartphone application that Turkish courts accept as evidence of terrorist activity are not legal or admissible pieces of evidence...

European Convention on Human Rights is whatever the judges say it is

Bünyamin Tekin "We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is," former US Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Evans...

Interpol’s General Assembly in Turkey: Will the new management cause problems?

Ahmet Eren* The 89th General Assembly of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) was held in Istanbul November 23-25, 2021. Before the meeting, there was...

Former Kurdish deputy given 5 more years for terrorist propaganda

Leyla Güven, a Kurdish politician who was ousted from the Turkish Parliament in June 2020, has been handed down a prison sentence of five...

Turkey imposes ban on travel from 5 African countries over new Omicron variant

Turkey has imposed a ban on travel from five African countries after the emergence of a new coronavirus variant, local media reported on Friday,...

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