AKP mayor in Bingöl refuses to let women hold positions at municipal council Hurriyet Daily News The new AKP mayor in the eastern town has refused to let women elected to the local municipal council hold positions of responsibility on religious grounds ******* Graft suspect Halkbank ex-manager appointed as new board member of state-run Ziraat … Read more
Scenes showing Turkish reporter falling due to water cannon raises eyebrows Images of a reporter falling after being hit by a water cannon have caused reactions to the Turkish police?s harsh interventions Images of Turkish Reporter Felled by Police Water Cannon Stir Anger Online Outraged Turkish bloggers and journalists shared images of … Read more
Erdoğan moves to save his apparently corrupt ministers… Turkish police chiefs sacked after ministers’ sons detained Heads of five departments in Istanbul police force dismissed a day after scores of arrests in corruption inquiry Five Turkish police commissioners were sacked a day after the sons of cabinet ministers and prominent businessmen close to the prime minister were … Read more