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Parliamentary commission on coup attempt to hear from Erdoğan's brother-in-law
A parliamentary commission on Turkey's thwarted July 15 military coup attempt is set to hear the opinions of prominent figures including President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's brother-in-law, Ziya İlgen, from whom Erdoğan said he first learned about the coup attempt.
Rule of law with a question mark
In the new bill prepared by the Justice Ministry, even though there are positive aspects, there are also quite a few concerning articles.
It is as if the Justice Ministry wishes to normalize the laws made under the state of emergency and is consequently introducing amendments in criminal and procedural laws.
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Image purported to be Michelle Obama's passport posted online
An image purported to be a scanned copy of U.S. first lady Michelle Obama's passport was leaked online on Sept. 22 alongside personal emails said to belong to a low-level White House staffer who worked with Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
The awkward common values of the Turks
There is a new initiative started under the leadership of Begüm Doğan Faralyalı, the chairwoman of Doğan Holding. It is an exercise to think about our common values.
It is indeed a very inspiring initiative. I suddenly found myself listing our common values. Not all are positive but most of them are. The list could go on and on, but let me give you my own list.
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Road Repairs, Metro Construction Lead to New Traffic Arrangements in Sofia
Starting from Tuesday, road repairs and construction of the third line of the underground have necessitated the introduction of new traffic arrangements in the Bulgarian capital.
New organisation of traffic is in place at the intersection of Pencho Slaveikov boulevard and Georgi Sofiiski street in the centre of Sofia due to the construction of the third metro line.
Facebook 'friend' stole $78K from elderly Pennsylvania woman
State police say an elderly Pennsylvania woman's Facebook "friend" stole her $78,000 life savings by convincing the woman they needed the money to import BMWs into the United States.
Greek Pres. Pavlopoulos says ideals of Karaiskakis are pertinent today
President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos lauded the example set by the hero of Greece’s independence war in 1821, Georgios Karaiskakis, on occasion of the celebrated warrior’s 188th commemoration anniversary.
Croatian War Veterans End 18-Month-Long Protest
Croatian ex-soldiers said they will end their 18-month-long sit-in protest outside the war veterans’ ministry but will continue campaigning for legislation to enshrine their rights in the constitution.
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Marking the victory against the Brits
This is good, dear public. As if we haven't exhausted everything that we could possibly become polarized about, we are now moving quickly to the point where we will polarize even national victories and national holidays.
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Bosnian Journalists Attacked at Chetnik Commemoration
A TV crew was attacked by a member of the Ravna Gora Chetnik movement during a commemoration to mark the 70th anniversary of the arrest of their WWII leader Dragoljub Mihailovic.