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Four journalists face trial for 'insulting' Erdo?an
Three journalists from daily BirGün face up to four years in prison on charges of "insulting the Turkish president" while a columnist from daily Taraf has testified on the same charge.
Police enter Koza ?pek headquarters in Ankara
Police officers forcefully entered the Koza ?pek Holding headquarters in Ankara on Oct. 27 after a court ordered appointment of a trustee panel to the holding.
An Ankara court made the ruling Oct. 26 upon the request of the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office days before the repeat general elections on Nov. 1.
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Turkey's Supreme Election Board bans AKP poll jingle on CHP appeal
Turkey?s Supreme Election Board (YSK) has decided to ban a campaign jingle of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) prepared for the upcoming snap elections, according to an AKP deputy head and a candidate for the polls, Bekir Bozda?.
Turkish MPs head to Baghdad for kidnapped workers
Deputies from the Republican People's Party (CHP) arrived in Baghdad on Sept. 5 to monitor rescue efforts for 18 abducted Turkish workers, official sources said, as daily Hürriyet reported that the workers were taken away in 16 vehicles by the kidnappers.
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Opposition MP demands inquiry over living condition in Turkish prisons
A deputy from the Republican People's Party (CHP) has submitted a motion of inquiry to parliament regarding the living conditions of inmates in Turkish prisons and their compliances or disconformities to universal human rights.
Turkish intel chief's return brought to trial
Two separate lawsuits have been filed for the cancellation and suspension of execution of the reappointment of Hakan Fidan to his post as head of the National Intelligence Agency (M?T) after he had resigned to run for parliament for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) last month.
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Turkish main opposition MP applies to constitutional court for removal of gag ban
An Istanbul deputy of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) applied to the Constitutional Court on Dec. 1 over the removal of a ban on media reports about the work of the parliamentary commission on corruption.
Turkish Parliament hosts LGBT activists to mark transphobia victims
The Parliament of Turkey has hosted a press conference joined by LGBT activists on the occasion of the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
The Nov. 20 conference was initiated by a deputy of the main opposition Republican Peopleâs Party (CHP) in order to draw attention to killings of transsexual individuals, who are commonly subject to hate crimes in the country.