19.5 C
Frankfurt am Main
type here...

CATEGORY

National

Headline

Turkish online news editor faces up to 15 years for reporting on gov’t whistleblower

A Turkish prosecutor has drafted an indictment for Doğan Akın, the editor and founder of the T24 news website, for his reporting on a government whistleblower’s tweets...
Headline

AKP-dominated İstanbul City Council votes down mayor’s price hike on water

The İstanbul City Council, on which the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has a majority, in a Thursday evening session overturned a decision by the...
National

Former Turkish PM Davutoğlu’s new party to be established within weeks: report

Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, who was once President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s closest ally but who broke away from the ruling Justice and...
National

Top Turkish court cancels security investigation requirement for state employment

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has cancelled a controversial article in a law that went into effect during a state of emergency requiring individuals to undergo a security investigation...
National

63-year-old woman detained after criticizing Turkish gov’t in public market

A 63-year old woman in İstanbul was detained after she criticized the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government in a public market in Çatalca, according to...
National

Turkey bans sale of cyanide to public following series of suicides

The public sale of cyanide compounds has been banned by Turkish authorities in the aftermath of several instances of suicide by cyanide poisoning, Turkish media reported....
Headline

16,300 HDP members detained, 3,500 jailed since 2015

A total of 16,300 members of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have been detained while 3,500 others have been sent to jail since 2015, according...
Headline

Turkey’s ruling AKP expects opposition mayors to join amid breakaway movements

An unnamed executive from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) said a number of opposition mayors may transfer to their party in the coming days, the...
Headline

Turkey dismisses 316 naval officers recruited four years ago

The Turkish Naval Forces has dismissed 316 officers over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, citing the movement’s supposed influence at the time of their recruitment...
National

Prosecutor demands terror conviction for Amnesty’s honorary Turkey chairman

Prosecutors on Wednesday called for Amnesty International's honorary Turkey chairman to be convicted of membership in a terrorist group, meaning up to 15 years in prison,...
National

Amnesty launches letter campaign demanding release of jailed journalist Altan

Prominent rights group Amnesty International has launched a letter campaign to secure the release from prison of Turkish journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan, whom...
National

Man attempts suicide in Turkish parliament after efforts to find a job fail

A man tried to commit suicide in the Turkish parliament by taking a bottle of pills after he met with several deputies seeking their...
1...1,0761,0771,078...1,754Page 1,077 of 1,754

Latest news

© Designed by Increases 2016 - 2022

About Us

Categories