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Real estate owners who increase rents exorbitantly may face imprisonment, while judicial and administrative fines will be among other options, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said.

The Supreme Election Board (YSK) has given a green light for the ministers to continue their political campaigning for the parliamentary elections while continuing their jobs.

The YSK'S decision came upon an appeal by the opposition parties who recalled that the ministers should resign from their jobs if they want to run for the parliament just like any other civil servant.

A new execution practice will be applied for some crimes with prison sentences of less than two years to eliminate the perception of impunity, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has announced.

Türkiye's justice minister on Aug. 18 said Sweden's pledge to extradite a Turkish convict fell far short of Stockholm's commitments under a deal paving the way for its NATO membership bid.

NATO member Türkiye is threatening to freeze Sweden's attempts to join the Western defense alliance unless it extradi-tes dozens of people Ankara accuses of "terrorism."

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has joined the public anger by criticizing the "unjust provocation discount" a court has given in the case of Cemal Metin Avcı, the murderer of university student Pınar Gültekin.

Speaking at a conference on the law on June 23, Bozdağ highlighted that the issue of "unjust provocation discount" should be discussed.

A fire broke out at a prison in Istanbul on Feb. 4, leaving 20 inmates and one prison warden hospitalized for smoke inhalation, Turkey's justice minister said.

There was no information on the cause of the blaze in Ümraniye prison, on the Asian side of the city.

Turkey's new Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ on Feb. 2 said that domestic violence and violence against women will continue to be the first item on the agenda that his ministry will tackle.

"I instructed my friends. It is clear what has been done so far. We will work on what we can add to them, how we will take further steps," he said at a meeting on domestic violence.

As people in Turkey take precautions against coronavirus, they need not fear any disruption in the nation's food supply, said a top Turkish official on March 18.

Turkey has no problem in the production, stock, or supply chain of basic food products, said Bekir Pakdemirli, the agriculture and forestry minister.

Dangerous puffer fishes that have been invading Turkish seas will be exported, contributing to the economy, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli has said.

Turkey's required agricultural crops will be produced in Sudan's agricultural lands, which were reserved for Turkish entrepreneurs' investment, Turkish Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli has said.