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Turkey investigates main opposition leader for ‘targeting’ controversial prosecutor

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into Özgür Özel, leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), for his recent remarks targeting İstanbul’s...
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Mob boss meeting with far-right killer hints at plan to curb nationalist unrest over possible PKK talks

A recent meeting between notorious mob boss Alaattin Çakıcı and Ogün Samast, the convicted murderer of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, has ignited speculation about...
Politics

Merkel says EU couldn’t have curbed migration without Turkey deal in her newly released book

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel says in her newly released book that European Union efforts to control migration would have been impossible without cooperation...
Politics

Turkish gov’t cuts public funds in fresh blow to opposition-run municipalities

The Turkish government has introduced new measures to cut public funds to municipalities and their subsidiaries to offset their outstanding debts, according to a...
Headline

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party seeks meeting with jailed PKK leader after new call from far-right politician

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) in Turkey has applied to the Justice Ministry for permission to meet with the jailed...
Politics

Turkey’s CHP seeks intel support to prevent ‘terrorist’ infiltration of party, draws criticism

Özgür Özel, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), announced that his party requested intelligence support from the National Intelligence Organization...
Politics

3 MPs from Turkey’s far-right party forced to resign due to alleged involvement in gold smuggling

Three lawmakers from the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), typically allied with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, have been forced to resign from the party...
Politics

Jailed Kurdish leader seeks release from prison to contribute to new peace process

Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş is demanding his release from prison to contribute to a new peace process in Turkey aimed at the laying...
Politics

Finance Minister Şimşek held responsible for economic decline in parliamentary protest

Turkey’s finance minister was met with a protest in Parliament on Thursday from opposition party lawmakers who hold him responsible for economic deterioration in...
Headline

Turkish gov’t tightens its grip on opposition mayors over alleged irregular spending, unpaid debts

In yet another example of growing government pressure on opposition-run municipalities in Turkey, Turkish prosecutors have launched investigations of three municipalities run by main...
Politics

Pro-Kurdish party officials hold protest in Ankara against removal of mayors as 5 more arrested

Officials from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) condemned the appointment of trustees to opposition-held municipalities as a “coup” by the...
Politics

Majority of Kurdish voters oppose trustee appointments, expect practice to continue

An overwhelming majority of Kurdish voters disapprove of appointing trustees to opposition-held municipalities, yet believe that the government will continue the practice, according to...
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