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Election rule of 50 plus one will drag Turkey into chaos: Presidential aide

The constitutional obligation of garnering 50 percent plus one vote for being elected as the president causes serious political and systemic problems, a senior presidential aide and veteran politician has said, calling on both the government and the opposition to come together to fix it.

Euro court fines Turkey 115,000 euros for pecuniary, non-pecuniary damages over armed incident in Tunceli

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Sept. 12 fined Turkey a total of 115,000 euros over an armed incident in 2007 which involved Turkish soldiers killing one man and injuring another in the eastern province of Tunceli.

The crime of reporting the president's vacation

It was May 7, 2004, and Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Justice Minister Cemil Çiçek was at the podium in parliament, saying: "These amendments are a milestone in the history of the Republic of Turkey. They will hopefully further institutionalize our democracy, and our rights and freedoms will reach a more advanced point with these amendments." 

Claims about former AKP MPs' links to Gülen removed from Turkish coup panel report

Claims regarding two former ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmakers' links to the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen were removed from a report prepared by the parliamentary commission formed to investigate the failed July 15, 2016 coup attempt.  

Ground operation in Syria?

"Give up on PYD and instead let us fight against ISIL along with the Turkmen and Arab groups." This was the proposal made by the Turkish officials to their American counterparts last week during President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's trip to the U.S. In return for the intervention of Turkish troops on the ground, they asked for American air cover.

Ground operations in Syria

Give up on the Democratic Union Party [PYD] and instead let us fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant [ISIL] along with the Turkmen and Arab groups." This was the proposal made by the Turkish officials to their American counterparts last week during President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's trip to the U.S.

Finance minister says 'no' to meteorite tax in Turkey's east

After discussions both on traditional and social media, including a Twitter poll by the country's finance minister and an official investigation, it has been decided villagers in the eastern province of Bingöl who found and sold meteorite pieces at inflated prices did not need to pay taxes for this sort of income.

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