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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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Erdogan: Idlib slowly disappearing

Source:Vestnik Kavkaza Date:04Sep2019

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that a so-called de-escalation zone in Syria’s Idlib region is slowly disappearing because of military attacks by government forces. Erdogan also said

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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

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Gov’t prepares new reforms in judiciary: Erdoğan

Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:03Sep2019

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan committed his government to make judicial reforms, in comments made at the opening ceremony of the judicial year held at the Presidential Palace on Sept. 2.

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Syria missile attack kills at least 40 near Idlib city after ceasefire declared

Source:Arab News Date:31Aug2019

Once again, cease fire in Idlib fails within 24 hours,  raising  the stake for Turkey to defend its allies and Idlib City.   A missile attack on a gathering of extremists in Syria’s

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No tolerance for US stalling on Syria safe zone: Turkey

Source:al Jazeera Date:31Aug2019

Erdogan was quoted in a CNN Turk report published on Thursday as saying Ankara won’t accept foot-dragging on the plan, comparing it to an earlier deal with Washington to remove the Kurdish

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