The Court of Appeals 9th Criminal Chamber approved the sentences imposed on 56 mayors of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP). The mayors had been convicted because of advocating against the closure of the Kurdish Roj TV channel broadcasted from Denmark. The...
As in the 2009 local elections, the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), mostly found support in the coastal areas around the Aegean and the Mediterranean, which largely voted in line with its “no” push.The Nationalist Action Party (MHP),...
By a campaign carried on for months, this referendum has totally polarized the political life of Turkey. Two principal nationalist parties, CHP and MHP, lead a campaign against the amendments. The AKP and other parties and groups of Islamist tendency support the...
September 12, 2010 is the 30th anniversary of the 1980 Military Coup, a new phase of the militarisation process in all fields of the country. It is also the date of a referandum on the partial revision of the 1982 Constitution imposed by the military junta 28 years...
The group was establish to follow up the situation of children who became victims of the Anti-Terror Law (TMK) which was recently amended to improve the prosecution conditions for children. Today (7 September) is the last day of the fasting month of Ramadan before the...
Erdogan, who won record majorities in his past two parliamentary elections, is seeking support for constitutional amendments in a Sept. 12 referendum. Most polls show the contest is too close to call. The votes of Kurds — who welcomed Erdogan’s promises of...
