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Former Turkish intelligence chief given suspended sentence on Erdoğan insult charges

A court on Monday handed down a suspended sentence of 11 months, 20 days to Sabri Uzun, former head of the National Security Directorate’s...

[UPDATE] Turkey removes 5 more Kurdish mayors, totaling 45 since local elections

Turkey’s interior ministry on Friday removed five mayors from the Kurdish opposition party, Turkish media reported, bringing the total number of suspended Kurdish mayors...

Turkey removed 32 Kurdish mayors in 2019: report

Turkey’s Interior Ministry appointed trustees to replace 32 elected Kurdish mayors in 2019, the Mezopotamya news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a report drafted by the Peoples’...

Governor’s office removes 4 neighborhood officials from posts in Batman province

The governor’s office of the eastern Turkish province of Batman removed four elected neighborhood officials, or muhtars, from their posts shortly after the mayors of three...

HDP calls on other parties to raise their voice against removal of elected mayors

Kurdish Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Pervin Buldan has called on political parties in the Turkish parliament, other than the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and...

Turkish gov’t fires 3 Kurdish mayors, detains hundreds on terrorism charges

Turkey’s Interior Ministry fired three elected mayors from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and detained more than 400 people  on terrorism charges on...

Pro-gov’t media firm in crisis mode after advertising revenue from İstanbul municipality cut

The Türk Media Group, owned by pro-government businessman Ethem Sancak, has gone into financial crisis after the new administration of the İstanbul Municipality has stopped paying TL...

Local re-run elections change 2 out of 4 Turkish districts mayors

Local re-run elections on Sunday reversed the outcome of the March 31 elections in two out of four provinces, the Hürriyet Daily News reported. The March 31...

Voters who looked like AKP supporters were not given proper ballot papers, claims Yıldırım

Justice and Development Party (AKP) mayoral candidate for İstanbul Binali Yıldırım, who lost in the March 31 local election, claimed that polling station officials did not...

Turkish tycoon pays congratulatory visit to new İstanbul mayor

Ömer Koç, chairman of Koç Holding, one of Turkey’s largest business conglomerates, on Monday paid a visit to Ekrem İmamoğlu to congratulate him on his success...

Erdoğan vows to confront critics inside party after local election losses

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdoğan vowed on Saturday to confront opponents inside his own party weeks after he suffered shock election defeats in the capital Ankara and...

General refuses to shake hands with elected Kurdish co-mayors in Kars

A brigadier general refused to shake hands with Ayhan Bilgen and Şevin Alaca, who were elected co-mayors of the eastern Turkish city of Kars...

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