Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç has declared that Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek is corrupt and has ‘no manners,’ in an unusually frank speech amid intra-government clashes, hours after the latter called for his resignation.
President Erdoğan continues to express his anger at the direction of the peace process, saying no more steps are possible unless the PKK disarms immediately
Gov’t backtracking on major cases, amid efforts to frame Gülen movement
Today’s Zaman
In August 2013, a Turkish court passed a verdict on theErgenekon case, which started as an investigation into a weapons arsenal found in a district of İstanbul in 2008, sentencing a former chief of General Staff, Gen. İlker Başbuğ, to life without …
Ex-army chief says despite any denials, ‘the nation knows the truth’BGN NEWS
Today’s Zaman
In August 2013, a Turkish court passed a verdict on theErgenekon case, which started as an investigation into a weapons arsenal found in a district of İstanbul in 2008, sentencing a former chief of General Staff, Gen. İlker Başbuğ, to life without …
Ex-army chief says despite any denials, ‘the nation knows the truth’BGN NEWS
Nation saw everything, ex-army chief says on Erdoğan’s claims on coup probes
Today’s Zaman
Erdoğan claimed on Thursday that he was “deceived” by those who carried out coup plot investigations dubbed as Ergenekonand the Sledgehammer, saying he was saddened by senior members of the military during these investigations. “I and the whole …
Erdogan’s most recent U-turn on coup investigations: claims he was deceivedCihan News Agency
Today’s Zaman
Erdoğan claimed on Thursday that he was “deceived” by those who carried out coup plot investigations dubbed as Ergenekonand the Sledgehammer, saying he was saddened by senior members of the military during these investigations. “I and the whole …
Erdogan’s most recent U-turn on coup investigations: claims he was deceivedCihan News Agency
HDP’s Demirtaş has called on PM Davutoğlu to take an ‘open position’ regarding the recent war of words between his Deputy PM Bülent and President Erdoğan
The cabinet under Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu is holding its first meeting on March 23 after an unprecedented row was sparked between Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over the Kurdish peace process.
The number of inmates in Turkey has exceeded the capacity of the country’s prisons, leading to serious overcrowding issues, according to a report prepared by parliament’s Human Rights Inspection Commission.
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