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HDP request for recount of votes in Muş rejected

The provincial election board in the southeastern Turkish province of Muş has rejected a request from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) for a recount of votes...

İstanbul ‘mayor-elect’ faces criminal complaint due to Anıtkabir visit

A criminal complaint has been filed against Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor-elect of İstanbul according to unofficial election results, due to a visit he made to Anıtkabir...

Ruling AKP asks for recount of all votes in Ankara

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has asked for a recount of all votes in the capital city of Ankara where the opposition candidate won...

Lawyer faces investigation for sharing photo of jailed Kurdish politician in court

The İstanbul Bar Association has launched an investigation into Ramazan Demir, a lawyer representing jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, for sharing the politician’s photo taken at a...

Turkey has dismissed more than 33,000 police officers since failed 2016 coup

Celal Uzunkaya, the head of Turkey’s Security General Directorate, has said 33,372 members of the police force of various ranks have been dismissed since a 2016...

Investigation launched into Diyarbakır’s newly elected co-mayors over terrorist propaganda

The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday launched an investigation into Diyarbakır mayors-elect Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı and Hülya Alökmen Uyanık from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic...

[ANALYSIS] What really happened in Turkey’s local elections – in numbers

Twenty-five years ago two young Islamist party candidates defied all odds and became the mayors-elect of Turkey’s two largest cities, İstanbul and Ankara. The success of...

Election board rules for recount of vote in Turkey’s Kırklareli

Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) has ruled for a recount of votes in Turkey’s Kırklareli province where an independent candidate won Sunday’s local elections according to unofficial...

Election authority in İstanbul decides on recount of invalid votes in 15 districts

The İstanbul Provincial Election Board has made a decision for the recount of invalid votes cast during Sunday’s local elections in 15 districts of the province,...

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 Erdoğan 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...

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