ISTANBUL, Oct 27 (Reuters) — A court ruled on Thursday that the head of Turkey’s medical association should be detained ahead of her trial on charges of «spreading terrorist group propaganda,» her lawyer said, in what one rights activist said was a move to silence her. Prosecutors opened an investigation into Sebnem Korur Fincanci last…
Read MoreNICOSIA, 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,…
Read MoreDec 7 (Reuters) — Lawyer Turkey‘s MNG Airlines will list on the New York Stock Exchange through a merger with Golden Falcon Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), the Turkish cargo carrier said on Wednesday. The merger has a pro-forma enterprise value of $676 million, and has been approved by the boards of…
Read MoreMore than 140 British holidaymakers have launched legal action after being struck down with severe illness at a luxury five-star resort in Turkey. Dozens of families claim they contracted a sickness bug which ruined their holidays while staying at the Mukarnas Resort and Spa, in Antalya — a resort city on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast. Tourists…
Read MoreTIRANA, Aug 30 (Reuters) — Albanian police on Tuesday arrested the fugitive Turkish founder of crypto-exchange Thodex, wanted by Interpol for suspected crypto fraud and Lawyer Turkey at large for a year, Lawyer Turkey police and media said. Albanian and Lawyer Turkey Turkish media identified the suspect as Faruk Fatih Ozer.The Turkish interior ministry said…
Read More‘s Amber Turner, Courtney Green and Chloe Meadows were all out and about filming the new series in Essex on Thursday. Reality star Amber, 28, put on a leggy display in bright blue shorts and a matching jacket as she stepped out while Courtney, 27, and Chloe, 30, looked equally as stylish. It comes after…
Read MoreFollowing is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Turkish pop star to be moved to house arrest after detention sparked outrage A Turkish court ruled to release pop star Gulsen from pre-trial detention and transfer her to house arrest on Monday, her lawyer said, after the singer’s formal arrest four days ago over a…
Read MoreNew blasts rocked Kyiv tonight after Russia was slammed as ‘barbaric’ for bombing a TV tower near the Babyn Yar holocaust memorial in Kyiv on the site of one of the biggest single massacres of Jews during the Holocaust. Several of the city’s neighbourhoods are currently under attack, according to local reports.The Kyiv Independent reported…
Read Morehas launched a fresh appeal over the loss of her UK citizenship by claiming she was trafficked into Syria as a child to have sex with older men. Her lawyers have argued that Miss Begum was influenced by a ‘determined and effective propaganda machine’, and should have been treated as a child trafficking victim. If…
Read MoreDec 12 (Reuters) — Russia sees Istanbul as a «comfortable place» to conduct diplomacy with the United States but does not yet believe Washington has adopted a constructive approach in talks, the RIA Novosti news agency cited Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin as saying on Monday. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has emerged as a…
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