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An Istanbul court reached a verdict in the case on 2013 Gezi Park protests and sentenced Osman Kavala to an aggravated life in prison for “attempting to overthrow the government of the Turkish Republic” and 8 defendants to 18 year prison for abetting the crime. Istanbul court reached a verdict in a case over 2013
The photo above is hard to digest. An image that depicts current Turkey, a hard pill to swallow. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), and his wife, Selvi Kılıçdaroğlu, were filmed addressing the public via social media, in the light of kerosene lamps, in their homes with no electricity. It
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s household electricity supply was disconnected after he refused to pay his bills as a protest of exorbitant price hikes. The CHP leader had said in February that he would not pay his bills unless the energy price hikes to be revoked, as he criticized ruling Justice
The fact that the Turkish Armed Forces was represented by three brigadier generals at the Iran Armed Forces Day event in Ankara on the evening of April 19 was the surprise of the night for me; a high level of participation. Hurşit Ağırcan, Director General of Maps of the Ministry of National Defense, who is
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu asked four questions to President Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government about Syrian refugees on a giant banner displayed at the CHP headquarters on April 18:1- Have you requested asylum seekers to prove their real identity information?2- Why are you granting citizenships recklessly,
The Turkish Armed Forces launched a large-scale military operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) camps in Iraq late at night on April 17. Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar announced on the Ministry’s Twitter account in the morning of April 18 that “the targets detected in the first phase were captured” in the
Turkey’s Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu announced the Transport and Logistics Master Plan after its completion on April 5 2022. “When we come to 2053, at the end of our 5-year plans, we will invest 198 billion dollars for railway, land, sea, air and communication,” he said. Following Karaismailoğlu’s announcement, President Tayyip Erdoğan
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s spokesperson İbrahim Kalın made two broadcasts one after the other on social media on April 13. The most important part of his statements was that he made an assessment that “we have entered a new cold war period.” Another important assessment he made is that he said “new balances will be
In France, there was no winner in the first round of the presidential election on April 10. The current president and Le République en Marche candidate Emmanuel Macron gained 28.6 percent, and Rassemblement National candidate Marine Le Pen gained 23.9 percent of the votes and were the two candidates to compete in the runoff on April 24. In summary,
The fishermen from Turkey’s BlackSea cost told the press on April 9 that the Coast Guard Command had warned them not to sail because of the stray mines offshore. Two weeks before, on March 26, a maritime patrol detected a mine offshore Western Black Sea, which later be neutralized by the Underwater Defense (SAS) commandos.