1351 news in the category "People" ordered by date
"Resign, Aliye Kavaf" was written on the banner in the protest of the Pink Life LGBTT Association. The organization filed a criminal complaint against Minister Kavaf ...»
Alper Ateş was acquitted in the first hearing related to addressing the Prime Minister with the curse "God damn you". Ateş claimed he had "only told ...»
A total of 41 people died in the earthquake on 8 March. Without exception, the casualties occurred in old houses built from mud-bricks. Plans regarding the ...»
"Turkey would be nicer without the threat of imprisonment". This was said by British collage artist Dickinson, who depicted President Erdoğan as the dog of former ...»
Former Minister of Labour and Social Security Ziya Halis is the chairman of Turkey's new left-wing party EDP. The Party for Equality and Democracy will be ...»
Director and actor Haldun Açıksözlu stands trial under charges of "insulting the prime minister" in the theatre play "Laz Marks". The show has been playing for ...»
An earthquake of 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked the region of the south-eastern province of Elazığ with its epicentre in the Karakoçan County in the ...»
Today a further eighteen soldiers, one of them retired, were taken into police custody. They are being brought to Istanbul. ...»
Yesterday evening, retired generals Fırtına, Örnek and Saygun were released after being questioned by the prosecution. Today Çetin Doğan and Engin Alan are making statements. ...»
Bedri Adanır has been in detention since 5 January and faces a prison sentence of 31 years for publishing the defence of PKK leader Öcalan, owning ...»
Bedri Adanır has been in detention since 5 January and faces a prison sentence of 31 years for publishing the defence of PKK leader Öcalan, owning ...»
Following a deadly explosion in the Dursunbey mine in Balıkesir, the owner of the mine, Ortaköylü, and three other representatives of the company have been arrested. ...»
President Gül, Prime Minister Erdoğan and Chief of General Staff Başbuğ met for around three hours. In a short statement afterwards they said that the law ...»
According to mining trade unionist Görgün, it is clear that there were faults with the mine's air ventilation, early warning system and auditing. Thirteen miners died ...»
The Radio and Television Supreme Council has announced that 14 radio stations and TV channels have been given permission to broadcast in Kirmanci, Zaza and Arabic. ...»
The European Court of Human Rights convicted Turkey of a breach of freedom of religion. Sinan Işık had applied to change the religious indication on his ...»
The Turkish Statistical Institute issued information about Turkey's current population. With 13 million inhabitants Istanbul leads the population density with almost 2,500 people per square kilometre. ...»
Mehmet Ali Ağca was released from prison after almost 30 years. He killed journalist Abdi İpekçi in the late 1970s, escaped from prison and was involved ...»
Navy Commander Tatar committed suicide. After his previous release the prosecutor effected his arrest again. In the hospital where Ergenekon defendant retired Brigadier General Ersöz undergoes ...»
A research from the Turkish Statistical Institute shows that the imbalance of income distribution continues. 1 out of 2 people have a debt, 1 out of ...»

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