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Turkish court of appeal ruled Thursday for the release of a leading opposition lawmaker who has been serving a five-year prison sentence on espionage charges. Enis Berberoglu, a lawmaker from main opposition party Republican People’s Party (CHP), reunited with his Read more
Turkish Interior Minister has opposed the presence of leaders of leading opposition party Republican People’s Party (CHP) at the funerals of Turkish soldiers killed by militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), over the party’s support to the Kurdish Read more
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Sunday solidated his authority after he knocked out his main rival in the first round of the presidential elections. Erdogan won his second term in office as the country’s first elected president. The leader of the Read more
Turkey’s main opposition party, Republican People’s Party (CHP), Friday picked Muharrem Ince to represent the party at June 24 snap presidential and parliamentary elections, to challenge incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who has been nominated as the ruling AKP candidate. Read more
The more than 425 kilometre march from Ankara to Istanbul led by Kemal Kilicdaroglu ended on Sunday with the main opposition leader stating that “the last day of our Justice March is a new beginning, a new step” in the Read more
Turkey’s parliament extended the state of emergency by three months on Tuesday but the opposition is crying foul play. Ozturk Yilmaz, Deputy Chair responsible for foreign relations of the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP), alleged that it is an attempt by Read more
Turkish citizens could be heading to the polls sooner than they expected to decide on whether they want to maintain their current system of government or switch to a presidential system. Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said “if the parliament puts Read more
The speaker of the Turkish parliament, Ismail Kahraman, has called for the emulation of other Middle Eastern states through a constitutional reform because the word Allah does not appear in the Turkish constitution. He said as “a Muslim country”, Turkey Read more
The parliamentary election organized after political parties failed to agree on a coalition government has swayed in favor of the ruling AK party allowing it to rule as a single party. With almost all the votes counted, the party won Read more
President Erdogan said the 10 October double suicide attack considered as the most deadly in the country’s history is “a completely collective act” carried out by the Kurdish militants, ISIS and the Syrian intelligence. Erdogan made the claim in a Read more