Recep Tayyip Erdo?an
Erdo?an drops complaints against two suspects over wiretapping
Lawyers for President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an have dropped complaints about two of the 13 suspects in a case into wiretapping against him during his time as prime minister.
I don't want to act like Putin, Erdo?an tells businessmen
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said he ?doesn?t want to act like Russian President Vladimir Putin? in the economy, referring to a story that the latter once told him.
The election will be tweeted: Turkish politicians' test with social media
?We are trying to write serious things on our Twitter accounts. But some of our ministers seem to be obsessed with Twitter. One of them boasts about his thousands of followers,? a skeptical Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesperson Bülent Ar?nç said last year in a press conference.
Turkish Cyprus not under Turkey's tutelage, CHP leader says
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) is ?an independent state? and it?s ?not appropriate?
University student sentenced to jail for retweeting satirical article
A university student in southern Turkey has been handed a one-year suspended sentence for retweeting a satirical article about a governor from Zaytung, a mock news portal in Turkey, daily Cumhuriyet has reported.
President Erdo?an chairs cabinet, with A?r? incident and electorate security on agenda
President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an chaired a cabinet meeting April 20 for the third time since he was elected president, with the A?r? incident and electorate security at the top of the agenda.
Venice Commission to look at shortcomings in Turkey's domestic security package: PACE President
Turkey?s controversial new domestic security package ?is unacceptable,? Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) President Anne Brasseur has said, adding that the Venice Commission plans to examine the law in detail after Turkey?s upcoming election.
Hostage drama at Istanbul courthouse ends with two captors, prosecutor dead
Two suspected members of an outlawed far-left group were killed by security forces after they took a prosecutor hostage at Istanbul's Ça?layan Courthouse on March 31.
CoE official condemns Turkey's sentencing of cartoonists
A senior Council of Europe (CoE) official has expressed concern over an increase in the number of criminal cases for alleged insults against President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, condemning the recent sentencing of two Turkish cartoonists, Bahad?r Baruter and Özer Aydo?an.
Turkish cartoonists sentenced to jail for insulting Erdo?an
Two cartoonists for the popular satirical weekly Penguen have been jailed to 11 months in prison, over a satirical piece on free speech in which they were convicted of including a hidden gesture ?insulting? Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.