News archive of March 2017

The main opposition is acting along with terrorist groups in saying "no" to the constitutional amendments that will be voted on in an April 16 referendum, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, accusing Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of lying in his arguments against the charter. 

A new executive system outlined in constitutional amendments will pave the way for Turkey to achieve its goals more efficiently, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, arguing that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been successful in development "despite the deadlocks of the system."

A prosecutor has demanded aggravated life sentences for nine arrested Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suspects out of 11 charged over the August 2016 suicide attack targeting a street wedding in the southern province of Gaziantep that killed 56 people, and another that killed three police officers two months later.

A key Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant has been caught in the southern province of Adana. 

Safwan Qahwati was planning to head to Europe to carry out attacks upon the jihadist group's orders, Doğan News Agency reported on March 29. 

Deputy PM Stefan Yanev did not comment directly on the statement of Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov that, in these elections, signals about vote buying are twice more.

Yanev is satisfied with the results of the coordination mechanism for combating this vicious practice:

Germany launched a second investigation on March 28 into suspected spying by Turkey, with the German interior minister saying Berlin will not tolerate foreign espionage on its soil.

Demostat's latest poll shows that Aleksandar Vucic continues to lead by a large margin ahead of the presidential elections on Sunday.

The survey covered only those who said they knew who they will vote for - and 56.2 percent of those said it will be Serbia's prime minister and leader of the ruling SNS.

Greece has agreed with its lenders on key labor reforms, spending cuts and energy issues, moving closer to clinching a deal before a meeting of eurozone finance ministers on April 7, sources close to the talks said on Wednesday.

A spokeswoman for the European Commission said the EU executive could not confirm the report.

One does not need to look very hard to find out what it is that makes Greece a "special case," thwarting efforts to pull the country out of the persisting crisis. While being mired in stagnation, public debate revolves around the role and legacy of Greek communist and resistance hero Nikos Beloyiannis.

The US House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to repeal an Obama-era law that demanded ISPs have permission to share personal information – including location data. This means that US internet providers will no longer need consent from users to share their browsing history with private companies in the market.