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Former Constitutional Court head Kılıç dismisses his son’s alleged links to Gülen

Former head of Turkey’s Constitutional Court Haşim Kılıç has dismissed allegations that his son, Fatih Samed Kılıç, has links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organisation (FETÖ) after an arrest warrant was issued for his son for allegedly using ByLock, an encrypted smartphone messaging application used almost exclusively by Gülen network affiliates to communicate, and maintaining ties to the grou

The election year

It has become a tradition for cartoonists to depict the ending year as an aged man with a long white beard in a death bed and the coming New Year as a toddler in diapers. Is there indeed that much of a difference between Dec. 31 and Jan. 1? No… It is only a matter of perception.

Turkish Constitutional Court working on 10 percent election threshold

Turkey's Constitutional Court is considering applications that call for lifting the 10 percent threshold in the Turkish election system, according to Constitutional Court head Haşim Kılıç.

The court is working on applications and will make a decision in two or three weeks, Kılıç was quoted as saying by daily Habertürk on Nov. 30.