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Erdoğan says he may appoint ministers from Parliament

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday said he could appoint ministers from among members of Parliament, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. "In order...

Erdoğan to appoint top bureaucrats from pool of CVs

With the start of a new presidential system in Turkey on Monday, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will appoint hundreds of important bureaucrats from a...

Zaman columnist Alkan returns home after 709 days in prison

Ahmet Turan Alkan, a columnist for the now-shuttered Zaman newspaper, arrived home after his release by an İstanbul court on Friday, Kronos reported. A photo...

Erdoğan says passport ban for 181,500 people to be lifted soon

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday said he would soon end a passport ban for 181,500 people who were investigated over links to...

Int’l organizations decry verdicts for Zaman journalists, calling them ‘perversion of justice’

International organizations including the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch (HRW), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Committee...

Foundation run by minister’s brother granted tax-exempt status by Turkish Cabinet

A foundation established by Serhat Albayrak, the brother of Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, who is also the son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...

Turkish-German writer deported from Turkey for looking ‘suspicious’

Bülent Taş, a Turkish-German humor writer and theater director, was deported from Turkey after he was kept in police custody for two days on...

Latest government decree to keep some OHAL practices in place

The Turkish government will abolish a state of emergency, or OHAL, that was declared in the aftermath of a failed military coup on July...

Turkey ready to establish ‘national’ credit agency, BDDK chairman says

Turkey’s Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) Chairman Mehmet Ali Akben said on Friday that they had adopted regulations needed for an “independent and...

Most invalid votes cast at polling stations without HDP representative

A commission formed by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) to examine the results from the June 24 elections has revealed that most of the...

UNHCR calls for strengthening of search and rescue for migrants in Mediterranean

Charlie Yaxley, spokesman for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR), said at a press briefing in Geneva on...

86-year-old philanthropist arrested over Gülen links

Eighty-six-year-old businessman Celal Afşar was arrested on Thursday along with his daughter, son-in-law and two others in Niğde province as part of an investigation...

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