Turkey’s Erdoğan meets justice minister after ruling party infighting
Source:Ahval News Date:20Sep2019
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül have met three times since the minister hit back on Wednesday at criticism of him in pro-government media from the
Turkey seeks to expand the freedom of expression
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:14Sep2019
Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül seems to be concentrated on his work to accomplish the judicial reform strategy with plans to submit drafts bill to Parliament after Oct. 1. In a comprehensive
Former Turkish PM breaks ties with Erdogan, ruling AK Party
Source:Yahoo News Date:14Sep2019
The AK Party, which has fallen under the control of a small team, no longer has the ability to be a solution to our country’s problems,” Davutoglu told a press conference in Ankara.
Erdogan’s electoral setbacks unleash crackdown on opposition
Source:Financial Times Date:10Sep2019
The CHP’s Istanbul chief is not the only opposition figure to have come under pressure in recent months. Ankara’s newly elected opposition mayor, Mansur Yavas, faces an ongoing criminal case over
Istanbul opposition leader sentenced to nearly 10 years
Source:Yahoo News Date:07Sep2019
The head of Turkey’s main opposition party in Istanbul was sentenced to nearly 10 years on Friday on a range of charges including “terrorist propaganda” and insulting President
Erdoğan: I’ll let Syrian refugees leave Turkey for west unless safe zone set up
Source:the Guardian Date:06Sep2019
“We will be forced to open the gates. We cannot be forced to handle the burden alone,” said the Turkish president. Erdoğan’s threat immediately sent tremors through Greece where authorities have
Turkey: Court orders pro-Kurdish leader Demirtas released
Source:Deutsche Welle Date:03Sep2019
Demirtas has been in pre-trial detention since November 2016, one of many opposition lawmakers, activists, academics and journalists who were arrested in the wake of a failed coup in July of that
Babacan’s movement creates panic among Turkey’s ruling party
Source:Middle East on line Date:31Aug2019
Erdogan facing pressure from within. What does his former economy czar Ali Babacan want? Although no one is willing to admit it, it’s clear that Babacan’s movement has created a
Turkey’s Presidential Regime Rests on Zero Rule of Law
Source:Carnegie Europe Date:27Aug2019
By Marc Pierini: Hardly any area of public life is not in his hands. It would seem that Turkey’s one-man-rule system knows no limits despite its economic cost, dissent within the ruling Justice
Dismissal of three mayors will toughen political climate in Turkey
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:21Aug2019
Government officials have justified the move by arguing that these mayors have already started to turn their offices into centers for terrorism and to use the municipal resources to fund and