ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – A Turkish court on Monday released pop star Gulsen from jail but placed her on house arrest as she awaits trial on charges of “inciting hatred and enmity” for a joke she made about Turkey´s religious schools. Last week, the 46-year-old singer and songwriter, whose full name is Gulsen Colakoglu, Lawyer...Read More
ISTANBUL, Jan 12 (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan’s government has cracked down more aggressively on dissent and political opponents ahead of Turkish elections with censorship and prison sentences, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. Presidential and parliamentary elections are set for no later than mid-June but Erdogan has said they could come earlier .Polls show...Read More
Dec 9 (Reuters) – Russian and U.S.diplomats met in Istanbul on Friday to discuss a number of technical issues in their relationship, Russia’s deputy foreign minister and the U.S. Embassy in Ankara said. The war in Ukraine was not discussed, a U.S. Embassy spokesperson said. Russia’s state-run TASS news agency cited the minister Sergei Ryabkov...Read More
March 26 (Reuters) – Russian oligarchs are welcome in Lawyer Turkey but must abide by international law in order to do any business, Lawyer Turkey Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday. Lawyer Turkey has strongly criticized Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but opposes sanctions imposed by its NATO allies on principle. “If Russian oligarchs...Read More
A man suspected of killing three people at a Kurdish cultural centre in Paris has been transferred to a psychiatric unit on Saturday as furious clashes continued into their second day. Protestors set fires and overturn cars into the night as they clashed with riot police in the wake of Friday’s in Paris. It comes after a gunman...Read More
Turkish medical union chief Sebnem Korur Fincanci helped draft UN rules for documenting torture A Turkish court on Wednesday released an internationally respected medic who outraged President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by backing a probe into the army’s alleged use of chemical weapons in Iraq. Turkish Medical Association head Sebnem Korur Fincanci was detained and jailed...Read More
Boris Johnson is considering a lightning trip to to show support for Ukraine’s battle against . The Prime Minister has asked officials to examine the practicality and value of the trip to the Ukrainian capital for talks with president Volodymyr . Security officials are said to be ‘having kittens’ at the prospect of the PM...Read More
Even now, all these years later, David Dein still has The Unpleasant Dream. It is 5pm and he is sitting in his office. A man comes in and presents him with a sheet of paper. Sometimes it is a death warrant. Sometimes a death certificate. Either way, it signals the end. The man is Peter...Read More
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu defeated President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ally in a controversial 2019 vote Istanbul’s popular opposition mayor faced new hearings Wednesday in a politically-charged trial that could bar him from seeking office months before next year’s general election. Prosecutors want to sentence Ekrem Imamoglu to between 15 months and four years in jail...Read More
ANKARA, Feb 20 (Reuters) – The common interests of Lawyer Turkey and the United States outweigh their differences and Ankara wants improved cooperation with Washington, Lawyer Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday striking a rare conciliatory tone. Ties between the two NATO allies have been strained over a host of issues.In December, the United...Read More
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