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Erdoğan one of the first leaders to congratulate Belarusian strongman for electoral victory

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has become one of the first world leaders extending congratulations to Aleksandr Lukashenko on his self-declared victory in the...

Turkey’s ruling party passes neighborhood watchmen bill, alarming opposition

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Thursday granted wider powers to a nighttime neighborhood watchmen force that dates back to the Ottoman...

Turkey to grant ‘neighborhood watchmen’ police-like powers

The Turkish parliament has started reviewing a bill granting “neighborhood watchmen” new powers such as conducting ID checks and body scans and intervening in...

Report exposes 500-member online army in Turkey to discredit opposition

The Computational Propaganda Project report, drafted by the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University, has revealed that there is a 500-strong online army in Turkey that works...

Two CHP mayors starting to satisfy popular need for opposition: columnist

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş from the Republican People’s Party (CHP) have started to respond to the need for opposition felt in...

Former HDP deputy released from jail after top court’s ruling

Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy who has been behind bars since late 2018, has been released from prison following a decision...

Turkey’s ruling AKP dismisses possibility of snap elections: report

Turkey’s ruling party spokesperson ruled out snap elections at a press conference in Ankara on Wednesday, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. When asked by reporters whether...

179 planes diverted from new İstanbul Airport due to poor weather in 69 days

A total of 179 planes had to be diverted from the new İstanbul Airport due to poor weather conditions in its first 69 days of operation,...

Secret investigation under way into opposition leader over Gülen links: lawyer

Turkish prosecutors have been conducting an investigation into İyi (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener since 2016 due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement, which...

Opposition’s İmamoğlu wins again in İstanbul repeat election with some 54 percent

The Turkish opposition’s İstanbul mayoral candidate, Ekrem İmamoğlu, won again in a repeat election on Sunday, garnering more than 54 percent of the vote, according to...

İmamoğlu to be questioned over airport VIP dispute with governor

Ekrem İmamoğlu, the İstanbul mayoral candidate from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), will be summoned by an Ordu prosecutor for questioning after he had a...

Opposition finds YSK justification for İstanbul electoral re-run ‘politically motivated’

Representatives of several opposition parties in Turkey have slammed a reasoned opinion announced by the country’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) on Wednesday justifying its decision to cancel...

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