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Opposition’s mayoral candidate says gov’t using convicted felon to defame him

Mansur Yavaş, the mayoral candidate for Turkey’s capital of Ankara from the opposition alliance, on Tuesday responded to allegations of misconduct and fraud, saying...

Court accepts indictment seeking jail time for opposition’s Ankara mayoral candidate

An Ankara court has accepted an indictment seeking three years’ imprisonment for the mayoral candidate of Turkey’s capital from the opposition alliance only three...

Young epileptic dies of heart attack in Turkish prison: report

Rıdvan Barış, an 18-year-old inmate in Turkey’s East, on Sunday died of a heart attack, allegedly to the disinterest of prison staff, according to...

Bus driver investigated for insulting Erdoğan by putting paper with his photo on floor

A bus driver in Turkey was investigated for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by putting a newspaper with a full-page photo of the...

Turkish minister calls on opposition candidates to express hatred for deputy from own party

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu in an unprecedented call asked mayoral candidates from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) to express hatred for...

Erdoğan threatens opposition leader with jail time

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday threatened Meral Akşener, chairman of the opposition İyi (Good) Party, saying she would pay a price like...

Turkey’s TRT gives 10 times more coverage to AKP-MHP alliance than opposition

Public broadcaster Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) allocated 10 times more election coverage to the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement...

Erdoğan accuses Women’s Day protestors of disrespecting Islamic call to prayer

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused protestors who took part in a march in central İstanbul on the occasion of International Women’s Day...

Police raid HDP Diyarbakır offices, detain 7 party officials on hunger strike

Turkish police teams used force to enter the Diyarbakır offices of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in the early hours of Saturday and...

AKP deputy says others could exploit religion for politics, too

Kasım Gülpınar, a deputy from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has said it is normal for his party to abuse religion for...

Turkish police fire tear gas to break up Women’s Day march in İstanbul

Riot police in İstanbul fired tear gas and plastic bullets to disperse thousands of demonstrators who tried to march along the city's main pedestrian...

Female candidates in Turkey’s local elections below 7 percent

As Turkey’s upcoming local elections draw closer, the proportion of female candidates nominated by major parties for municipal posts are registered at below 7...

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