Hundreds of Turkish women went to Istanbul on Saturday to argue for the right to choose their clothes themselves. They are increasingly confronted with verbal and physical violence because of their choice of clothes, which in the eyes of some men is not conservative enough.
The Turkish court in Istanbul released seven employees from the main Turkish opposition cum Cumhuriyet on Friday. They were arrested months ago for suspicion of support for terrorist organizations.
Under the brutal protest of international organizations and the Turkish opposition, a process has begun against Istanbul against seventeen journalists and employees of the main Turkish opposition cum Cumhuriyet. They are suspected of supporting terrorist organizations. Eleven journalists have been in forearm for months. The chief suspect, former editor-in-chief Can Dündar, is in exile in Germany. The publisher of Cumhuriyet, Akin Atalay, is raping 43 years in prison. 'This process is a legal murder,' said Atalay. 'They want to cradle our newspaper either.'
The Turkish ambassador in Berlin was called on the mat on Wednesday and the German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel interrupted because of the tensions with Ankara's holiday. The ambassador is understood that the recent arrest of a German human rights activist is not acceptable.
On the first anniversary of the failed coup, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again expressed his willingness to reintroduce the death penalty. During a memorial meeting at the Bosphorus Bridge, which became a symbol of opposition to the coup, Erdogan said Saturday night that he would sign the law for it if the parliament so wanted.
The international airport of Benghazi has been officially reopened for commercial flights on Saturday during heavy surveillance. The airport was closed for three years because of the fierce fighting in and around the Libyan city and the chaos. The first devices that took off Benina Airport went to capital Tripoli, Amman in Jordan and to Kufra in southeastern Libya.
The Turkish police arrested the producer of a film about President Erdogan. Ali Avci and another person were detained in the house of the producer in Istanbul, the Turkish press office DHA reported Thursday. Avci is accused of joining the Gülen movement.
The Turkish police arrested 44 people in the context of anti-terrorist actions. Among the detainees is a group of men suspected of having two suicide attacks last year in Istanbul, according to the city council on Thursday. As a consequence, more than forty people became involved in December 2016.
The Turkish police, with the arrest of eight suspects, two of whom have Dutch nationality, have wound up a big drug gang. According to Turkish media, the police found 773 liters of acetic anhydride, a chemical used for heroin production. The stuff would have been imported from the Netherlands.
A protest march against the policy of President Erdogan from Ankara to Istanbul ends with a mass raid on Sunday afternoon. The biggest opposition party in Turkey, the CHP, started a march on June 15, which is intended to protest against the Islamic Conservative government. Eventually thousands of people joined the march.
Turkey has to release Immigration International Director of the Turkish Department on Wednesday. This call made the two Turkey rapporteurs of the Council of Europe on Friday.
Five people, including three teenagers, were electrocuted on a Friday in a swimming pool in a Turkish aquarium in Akyazi. The 58-year-old owner of the water park and his 30-year-old son would have jumped into the water when they saw that three teenagers got shocked in the water.
A dozen Dutch racing fans have been stuck at Baku Airport for a day because they do not have a visa. They arrived yesterday in Azerbaijan for Formula 1.
A Turkish judge sentenced 31-year-old Bariş Alkan to a house arrest for drug use and sale in Istanbul. Problem is, however, that Alkan is homeless. Therefore, he must remain in the vicinity of a vacant area at a bus station, as that is his official home address.
The Belgian customs arrested a 48-year-old man who wanted to fly to Istanbul with nine gold bars in his hand luggage. In addition to the approximately 16 kilos of gold, the Flemish also had almost 126,000 euros of cash.
Germany, together with, among others, has planned a plan to hold a NATO Summit in Istanbul. This reported the newspaper Die Welt Wednesday. Turkish President Erdogan invited the Western Alliance to the summit in Warsaw last year to come to Turkey.
The Turkish police killed two terrorist suspects who would be members of Islamic State (IS) on an invasion of the capital of Ankara. The men between the ages of 25 and 30 were planning to commit an assault.
Former President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, feels nothing to lift the state of emergency in his country. 'We can not lift the state of emergency until everything reaches a state of peace and prosperity,' Erdogan said Thursday at a meeting in Istanbul.
The Turkish police arrested 53 former employees of the Istanbul Stock Exchange on Friday. According to the newspaper Habertürk, they are suspected of ties with the movement of Islamic spiritual Fethullah Gülen.
A German translator for a left press office was arrested in Turkey. German transmitter ARD reported Thursday that the Turkish authorities suspected 32-year-old Mesale Tolu from making propaganda for terror and membership of a terrorist organization.
The prosecutor has filed a life-long celestial sentence for a Turkish court on Tuesday against the suspect of a bloody attack at a night club in Istanbul.
After the blockade of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia Wikipedia, its founder, Jimmy Wales, is no longer welcome to Turkey. He would speak at a conference, but the city of Istanbul has withdrawn the invitation on Tuesday. The city council gave no reason for that.
The police in Turkish Istanbul came to action on various places in the city on Monday against people who wanted to protest for Taksim Square before May 1st. She excited the protesters with tear gas and rubber balls and picked up more than two hundred people. According to the governor of Istanbul, 40 molotov cocktails, seventeen hand grenades and 176 pieces of fireworks were also seized.
The head of a television network that synchronizes and broadcasts western programs in Iran was killed in a car in Istanbul in a saturday on Saturday. A business relationship with which he was in the car did not survive the attack.
Turkish President Erdogan wants to become a member of the government party AKP next Tuesday. That he announced on Saturday in Istanbul. It is expected that Erdogan will then be elected on the 21st of May at the special party day as chairman of the co-founded party.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan believes that Turkey-supported troops should take the lead in the attack on IS Raqqa. He will try to convince his American colleague Donald Trump.
The US Army announced Friday that killed the IS headpiece Abdul Rahman Uzbeki. According to Colonel John Thomas, spokesman for the Central Command, this happened earlier this month during a secret ground operation near the Syrian city of Mayadin. He did not give details.
The Turkish police attacked the online medium Sendika.org in Istanbul on Thursday. Chief Editor Ali Ergin Demirhan was taken because he refused to acknowledge the outcome of the Constitution last Sunday, left the left-wing activist-driven media aware. Demirhan's computer and mobile phone were seized.
More than 55 million Turks vote today in a referendum for or against constitutional amendments. If 'evet' (yes) wins, then Turkey is a parliamentary democracy, but it turns into a presidential system. The president is head of state except head of the executive. The prime minister and the cabinet are abolished in that case, the president appoints the ministers and they can now also dismiss and can dissolve parliament. He will have more influence on the judiciary. The parliament may in principle sell a president, but a large majority required for that. The age at which you will be brought forward to be elected to parliament from 25 to 18 years. The number of seats in parliament will be expanded from 550 to 600 in the proposal.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday his vote cast in his hometown of Istanbul. Turkey voting Sunday in a referendum on a constitutional amendment that allows the president to a powerful prime minister and legislator.
