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Erdoğan appoints higher education board chairman as his advisor
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has removed the chairman of Turkey’s Higher Education Board (YÖK), Yekta Saraç, from his position and appointed him as...
Erdoğan ousts university rector after months-long protests
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday replaced a top İstanbul university rector whose controversial appointment led to months of student-led protests against his...
Pro-Erdoğan journalist appointed as board member of state-run TRT
Hilal Kaplan, a journalist close to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been appointed as a board member of Turkish state broadcaster TRT as...
Erdoğan replaces 33 police chiefs in law enforcement reshuffle
Turkish President Recep Tayyip has replaced police chiefs in 33 out of Turkey’s 81 provinces in a major reshuffle of the police force, according...
Boğaziçi academics apply to top court for reversal of pro-gov’t rector’s appointment
Some 70 academics from İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University have applied to the Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, for a reversal of President Recep...
Student indicted over support for Boğaziçi protests on social media
An İstanbul court has accepted the indictment of student Beyza Buldağ for expressing support for protests sparked by the appointment of a pro-government rector...
Terrorists, not students, are behind Boğaziçi protests, says Erdoğan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the people involved in protests against the recent appointment of a Justice and Development Party (AKP) member...
Opposition mayor says Erdoğan rejected his request for an appointment 57 times
The mayor of a northwestern Turkish province from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has 57 times...
Demonstrating Boğaziçi students tell gov’t to keep hands off universities
Students from the prestigious Boğaziçi University in İstanbul held a demonstration on Monday in protest of a recent decision from Turkey’s ruling Justice and...
Turkey’s judicial council rewards judges and prosecutors for their role in gov’t-led prosecutions: report
Turkey’s Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) on Friday named 11 judges and prosecutors, many of whom played critical roles in government-led prosecutions, as...
Saturday Mothers ask for appointment with Turkish president
The Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and relatives who have been seeking the whereabouts of loved ones who disappeared while in police custody...
President to appoint central bank governor to 4-year term in office
A presidential decree issued on Monday after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was sworn in with new executive powers said the president will appoint the...