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Erdoğan’s AKP submits petition asking for new election in İstanbul

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Tuesday submitted a petition to the Supreme Election Board (YSK) asking that a new mayoral election be held...

Veteran Turkish journalist faces up to 9 years in prison

A Turkish prosecutor has demanded up to nine years, four months of imprisonment for journalist Hasan Cemal for allegedly spreading terrorist propaganda, the Diken news website reported...

Turkish lawyer claims beaten by Erdoğan’s bodyguards in İstanbul

A Turkish lawyer on Tuesday claimed he was beaten by bodyguards of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after he objected to the president’s security detail holding up...

Economist briefly detained over allegations of insulting President Erdoğan

Turkish economy writer Mustafa Sönmez was detained on Sunday over his social media posts and released the same day after questioning by a prosecutor, the Gazete Duvar...

Palestinian resistance figure visits HDP deputy on hunger strike

Leila Khaled, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), on Monday paid a visit to Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Leyla...

Chauffeur on municipal payroll assigned to former minister for years, claims city councilman

An İstanbul city councilman has revealed that a permanent employee of the municipality has been working as a personal chauffeur to a former ruling party minister for...

AKP İstanbul candidate says election fraud is ‘clear’

The mayoral candidate for Istanbul from Turkey's ruling party on Monday said it was "clear" that his votes had been stolen and registered to his opponent...

Secret judicial documents given to AKP to ensure cancellation of Büyükçekmece vote

Secret documents from an investigation into claims of irregular voter registration in İstanbul’s Büyükçekmece district have been given to the Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has...

İstanbul mayor-elect says minister ordered clubs to prevent his attendance at matches

Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was elected mayor of İstanbul according to unofficial results in the March 31 local elections, has said Turkish football clubs Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş...

İstanbul mayor-elect: We want Syrians to go back home

Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was elected İstanbul mayor according to unofficial results of local elections held on March 31, has said he wants the Syrian refugees living...

Continuing ambiguity over mayoral elections will overshadow Turkish democracy, says Gül

Turkey’s 11th president, Abdullah Gül, broke his long silence to give an interview to OdaTV on Friday in which he refrained from answering a...

[UPDATE] Turkey’s election authority rejects AKP objection to opposition mayor for being ‘old and sick’

Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) has rejected a request by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) that a mayor recently elected from the opposition be denied...

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