Turkish parliament passes law reducing required votes threshold to 7%

ISTANBUL, March 31 (Reuters) — The Turkish parliament on Thursday passed a law lowering the minimum required votes for a party to enter parliament to 7% from 10%, in a move which analysts have said would reduce the likelihood of early elections this year. President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party and Lawyer Law Firm istanbul its…

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Oil firms seek U.S. mediation to defuse Iraq-Kurdistan tensions

By Rowena Edwards Sept 1 (Reuters) — Oil firms operating in Kurdistan have asked the United States to help defuse an upsurge in tension between Iraq’s central government and the semi-autonomous region, according to a letter seen by Reuters and three sources. They say intervention is needed to ensure oil continues to flow from the…

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Fourteen candidates join race for Cyprus presidency in Feb. vote

NICOSIA, Jan 5 (Reuters) — Fourteen candidates formally joined the race on Thursday to become Cyprus’s next president in an election next month dominated by the island’s decades-old division, irregular migration and corruption scandals. Cyprus has a presidential system of government and the head of state has wide executive powers. Opinion polls show Nikos Christodoulides,…

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Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know as NATO eyes Russia move

LONDON (AP) — Western fears that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent have eased but not disappeared.Diplomatic efforts to avert war got new energy this week after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia was willing to discuss security issues with NATO, and Russia said it was withdrawing some of its troops gathered near Ukraine´s…

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Fugitive Turkish crypto fraud suspect arrested in Albania resort

TIRANA, Aug 30 (Reuters) — Albanian police on Tuesday arrested the fugitive Turkish founder of crypto-exchange Thodex, wanted by Interpol for suspected crypto fraud and at large for in istanbul Turkey Law Firm istanbul Turkey Firm a year, police and media said. Albanian and Turkish media identified the suspect as Faruk Fatih Ozer.The Turkish interior…

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Britain has been urged to ‘come clean’ after apparently covering up the role of a Canadian spy accused of smuggling

Britain has been urged to ‘come clean’ after apparently covering up the role of a Canadian spy accused of smuggling into .  There are growing calls for an inquiry into claims the Met and the government knew the alleged people smuggler was responsible for helping Begum and her two fellow schoolgirls join while also working…

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Defiant president Volodmyr

Ꭰefiant president Volodmyr  today pledged to ‘destroy thе occupiers’ aѕ hе said һis cօuntry’s army had successfully repelled Russian forces advancing on Kyiѵ. In a video messaցe to the besieged nation, Law Firm Turkey istanbul Ꮓelensky accused the Kremlin of attempting to seize the capital, overthrow the ɡovеrnment and install a ‘puppet’ regime ‘like іn Donetsk’,…

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