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Employees say they have no idea where Anadolu gets election data

Several employees of Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) have said they don’t know where the agency gets data for election results, Deutsche Welle reported. AA...

Turkish mukhtar dismantles children’s playground after he fails to get re-elected

Mehmet Akyol, a mukhtar (village headman) in northern Turkey, dismantled a children’s playground he had built a week ago after he lost in Sunday’s local elections, the...

Ruling AKP keeps putting up victory posters in İstanbul where it lost

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) continues to hang banners claiming victory in İstanbul, which it has lost to the opposition nominee for mayor, according to...

Erdoğan pays electoral price for Turkey’s tumbling economy: report

After a decade and a half of dominance built on Turkey’s buoyant growth President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has paid a heavy electoral price for an economic...

Head of Turkey’s state-run news agency denies wrongdoing on election night

Şenol Kazancı, the director general of Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency (AA), on Tuesday claimed there was no wrongdoing on his part concerning Sunday’s local election night...

EU reports Turkey’s attempt to compel domestic drug manufacturing to WTO

The European Union has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over Ankara’s attempt to force foreign drug companies to manufacture their products in Turkey,...

Turkey’s ruling AKP to object to results of İstanbul election: spokesperson

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) spokesperson Ömer Çelik on Monday evening said his party would object to the election results in İstanbul due to alleged...

After opposition’s win in Ankara, municipality starts giving vehicles to AKP mayors: CHP spokesperson

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) spokesperson Faik Öztrak on Monday said they heard rumors that the incumbent Ankara Metropolitan Municipality administration had started giving official vehicles...

Opposition mayor-elect assaulted by former Turkish ruling party mayor

A day after local elections, a mayor-elect from the opposition Felicity Party (SP) was physically assaulted by the former mayor of Diyarbakır’s Çüngüş district, a ruling...

Turkey’s ruling AKP loses İstanbul, Ankara to opposition: unofficial results

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Sunday lost municipal races in İstanbul and Ankara, two of the country’s major cities, according to unofficial results. Although...

Turkey’s watchdog fined broadcasters nearly $45 million over past 8 years

Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed 16,043 sanctions on broadcasters and fined them over TL 250 million (nearly $45 million) in the last eight...

2 opposition party members killed at polling station in Turkey’s Malatya province

A polling station official and an election observer from an opposition party were shot dead in the eastern province of Malatya’s Pütürge district on Sunday during...

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