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Turkish Parliament approves bill extending state of emergency powers for another year

A new bill extending state of emergency regulations for another year has been approved by the Turkish Parliament despite objections from opposition parties and...

Opposition MP returns to parliament four months after expulsion

A lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) returned to his seat in the Turkish Parliament on Friday, four months after he was...

HDP lawmaker wears rainbow dress in parliament in support of LGBT people

Hüda Kaya, an MP for the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), on Wednesday appeared in the Turkish parliament wearing a dress in rainbow colors...

Opposition MP submits parliamentary question about vandalized Armenian church in Kayseri

In a parliamentary question posed to the minister of culture and tourism, opposition deputy Garo Paylan asked if an investigation had been launched into...

Jailed former MP faces 5 more years in prison over his ‘justice watch’

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a former MP from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who was stripped of his parliamentary status in March and subsequently...

Turkish Parliament receives proceedings against 10 opposition lawmakers

The Turkish Parliament on Wednesday received summaries of proceedings to remove the parliamentary immunity of 10 opposition lawmakers including the leader of Turkey’s main...

New law to require teachers to undergo security checks prior to employment, raising fears of discrimination

An amendment to a previously rejected bill proposed by Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has added teachers to a group of public...

[UPDATE] Expelled pro-Kurdish MP released after brief detention in dawn raid

Turkish authorities on Sunday briefly detained a pro-Kurdish opposition MP who had refused to leave parliament for several days after his parliamentary status was...

Expelled pro-Kurdish MP‘s ‘justice watch’ at parliament in third day

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a former MP from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who was stripped of his parliamentary status on Wednesday and has...

Prominent lawmaker facing expulsion from Turkish Parliament vows not to leave

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a lawmaker in the Turkish Parliament and a prominent human rights activist, has vowed not to leave after a court decision...

AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate strip-searches in Turkey’s prisons

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its opposition ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), shot down a parliamentary motion floated by the...

Turkey’s ‘hyper-presidential system’ violates separation of powers, undermines parliament: report

A report released by the Checks and Balances Network (Denge ve Denetleme Ağı, DDA), a Turkish umbrella group for 295 nongovernmental organizations, states that...

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