Meet the most visible face of populist racism in Turkey: the Bolu mayor

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Bolu is one of the cities with the fewest number of immigrants in Turkey. However, this bad man keeps fanning anti-refugee fires in the most egregious ways. He goes unpunished despite his unconstitutional policies. CHP won the election after a long time in Bolu but I wish CHP would expel him from the party. I guess, anti-refugee rhetoric is so powerful, CHP cannot dare to do that. How pitiful is that…

Bolu municipal council passes discriminatory arrangements against foreign nationals

Bianet :: English
By a majority of votes, the Bolu Municipal Council has accepted the discriminatory moves of main opposition CHP’s Bolu Mayor Tanju Özcan: Foreign nationals will have marriage ceremonies performed for 100,00 lira, a cubic meter of water will cost 2.5 USD.

Turkey releases Israeli couple arrested for spying over palace photos

BBC News | Europe | World Edition /
Natalie and Mordi Oknin were accused of taking photos of the president’s residence in Istanbul.

ECtHR ruling: Turkey to pay 2 million lira to 427 judges, prosecutors in damages

Bianet :: English
The European Court of Human Rights has given a ruling of rights violation for 427 judges and prosecutors who were arrested on “FETÖ” related charges. Turkey will pay 2 million 135 thousand Euro in damages.

Council of State rejects all appeals against Turkey’s withdrawal from İstanbul Convention

Bianet :: English
After appeals against the Council’s previous rejections, its highest body has issued its final verdict, rejecting all appeals.

45 people sent to removal centers to be deported over ‘banana-eating videos’

Bianet :: English
Turkey’s Migration Authority has announced that “45 foreign nationals who shared provocative posts” where they ate bananas in protest against a person targeting Syrians in a street interview have been sent to Removal Centers to be deported.

Turkey jails Kurdish politician’s wife over miscarriage form ‘typo’

World news: Turkey by Bethan McKernan in Istanbul

Başak Demirtaş and her doctor sentenced over ‘falsified’ medical report on her miscarriage

The wife of a jailed Kurdish politician has been sentenced to two and a half years in a Turkish prison over a typo in a medical report on a miscarriage, in a case denounced as an “appalling” political persecution.

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