President Erdoğan reiterates his criticism of intel chief Hakan Fidan for resigning to run for office, saying he advised him to stay in the critical post
Turkish President Erdoğan says he has ‘final say’ on Fidan’s successor
Turkey’s outgoing intelligence chief is a joint lawmaker candidate of the ruling party, PKK and HDP, MHP leader Bahçeli has said
The debate on the government’s controversial security bill, scheduled to be held in parliament today after being postponed last week, has been delayed again, as the three opposition parties in the legislature plan to file motion after motion to stop the bill in its tracks.
Nils Muižnieks has expressed his concerns and urged parliament to reconsider the bill
Two people have been arrested on charges of making propaganda for an illegal far-left group after unfurling a banner demanding the trial of those responsible for killing Berkin Elvan during an AKP congress
Diplomats from the Foreign Ministry appear to be eager to play on the political stage, as a number are expected to submit their resignations ahead of the Feb 10 deadline
The Turkish capital’s municipality-administrated football club – modestly called Ankaraspor FC until it was renamed “Osmanlıspor FC” (Ottomansport FC) last summer – may not be the most successful football team in the country, but at least now it will now be well-armed to conquer its rivals.
Itar-Tass (Russia) Monday, February 9, 2015 Lyudmila Alexandrova, Moscow Russian experts believe that the just-unveiled plan for laying a Turkish Stream gas pipeline is both timely and feasible. After 2019 there will be no other sound alternative for transiting Russian gas to Europe. Gazprom and Turkey have coordinated the land section of the Turkish Stream […]
Le Monde (France) lundi 9 février 2015, p. SCQ3 Marie Jégo, Istanbul, correspondante L’établissement bancaire est au centre de la guerre que se livre le président Recep Tayyip Erdogan et l’imam Fethullah Gülen. Tout juste placée sous la tutelle de l’Etat, Bank Asya, 10e établissement financier de Turquie, a vu, toute la semaine durant, de […]
The government has produced a plan to introduce new working regulations for the more than 1.6 million Syrian migrants
The balance of power at Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals is like a chess game played on a shifting platform
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