Turkey’s embattled government seeks to limit judiciary’s powers
Turkey’s Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors on Friday condemned government proposals to curb its powers, calling them unconstitutional.The proposed
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Amid corruption scandal, Erdogan reassigns 350 Ankara police
Turkish state media reported Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reassigned nearly 350 police staff in Ankara as a widening
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Turkey mired in political division over retrial
A statement released by the Turkish armed forces Monday said recent convictions of hundreds of senior officers accused of seeking
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Central and Eastern Europe in 2013: Emerging and submerging
There were record floods, changes of government, protests – lots of those – and the European Union got larger by
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Erdogan accuses judges, district attorneys of ‘conspiracy’
After the “international centers of power” and the “interest rate lobby conspiracy”, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has now decided to accuse
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Turkish prosecutor dismissed, charged with official interference
A Turkish prosecutor leading a high-level bribery and corruption investigation says he has been removed from the case and that
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Turkish officials step down over corruption probe
Turkey’s interior minister and economy minister both stepped down Wednesday in connection with a high-level corruption scandal The sons of
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Istanbul police use water cannons, tear gas against protesters
Turkish police fired water cannons and tear gas in Istanbul Sunday to disperse thousands of people protesting against the government’s
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Erdogan government shaken to its core
A huge scandal of corruption is shaking the Turkish government to its core with political analysts saying that Recep Tayyip
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