Istanbul police detain fans in dawn operation over eventful derby
Istanbul police have carried out a dawn operation against fans of three major football team
Police raided several apartments this morning, detaining around 80 soccer fans from Beşiktaş, Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe teams including Alen Markaryan (Beşiktaş) and Sefa Kalya (Genç Fenerbahçeliler).
Turkish authority cancels Koç Holding?s national warship contract
Turkey?s top defense procurement body has canceled a contract which was earlier won by Koç Holding
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All will be surprised by democracy package: Turkish PM Erdoğan
Turkish Prime Minister says different segments of the society will be surprised by the democratization package?s content
Ban on Kurdish letters to be lifted with democracy package
The letters used in the Kurdish alphabet but forbidden in official documents in Turkey – q, x and w – will be open to use
Ruling AKP mulls paving way for political activity in Kurdish
The democratization package to be presented by PM Erdoğan on Sept. 30 is expected to include a cancelation of a ban on political parties holding their activities in languages other than Turkish
Presenting democratization package as PKK?s success is tactless: Deputy PM
Presenting the democratization package as a ?success? for the outlawed Kurdistan Worker?s Party?s (PKK) is tactless, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç has said.
MHP to announce local election nominees for 2014 on Sunday
The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) is set to announce the majority of its mayoral candidates
I know nothing about ruling AKP’s plan: Main opposition leader
Republican People?s Party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has expressed his confusion about the government?s efforts to bring peac
BDP to be in Kandil on ?democracy package? day
Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputies will be in the Kandil Mountains of northern Iraq on Sept. 30
Charter Commission ?burning fuel at red lights,? parliamentary speaker laments
Parliamentary Speaker Çiçek has emphasized that the Constitution Conciliation Commission was way behind its target pace
Ruling AKP mayors in Istanbul, Ankara have support: Poll
As part of preparations for the upcoming local elections, the Justice and Development Party has surveyed
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