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Referendum for presidential system in Turkey may be held in spring, AKP deputy says

Turkey may hold a referendum for a change from a parliamentary system of governance to a presidential system in spring 2017 after a new...

Main opposition critical of MHP’s support for presidential system

Following the public support of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ambition to switch to an executive presidency...

[UPDATE] Car bomb on Turkey-Syria border kills at least 20

At least 20 people, mostly Syrian fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA), were killed after a car bomb exploded in a Syrian town...

CHP receives over 35,000 complaints from purge victims

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has received over 35,000 complaints from citizens who were affected by a massive purge undertaken by the...

184 judges and prosecutors suspended over ByLock app

As part of a witch-hunt against the Gülen movement, the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) has suspended 184 judges and prosecutors for...

MHP says party backs parliamentary system after leader sparks presidential system debate

A senior official from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has sought to revise earlier remarks from party leader Devlet Bahçeli that sparked a debate...

Prison guard suspended from job over Gülen links commits suicide

A prison guard who was recently suspended from his job at an Adıyaman prison in eastern Turkey was found hanging in the stairwell of...

US folk singer Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Bob Dylan has won the Nobel Prize in Literature “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” the Swedish Academy...

Akşener launches legal appeal against expulsion from MHP

Former Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) deputy and leadership candidate Meral Akşener on Thursday filed a lawsuit with an Ankara court requesting an interim injunction...

109 military judges expelled from TSK over Gülen links

A total of 109 judges have been expelled from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on the grounds that they have links to the faith-based...

13 housewives detained in Tokat for organizing fundraiser for students in need

Thirteen housewives were detained in the central province of Tokat on Thursday for organizing a fundraising event for low-income students under the umbrella of...

Turkey suspends 2,800 more teachers over Gülen ties

Turkey’s Education Ministry suspended 2,800 more teachers on Thursday in the latest wave of an ongoing witch-hunt against suspected sympathizers of the faith-based Gülen...

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