ANKARA, Dec 24 (Reuters) — A Turkish court ordered the release of a journalist held on remand Lawyer Turkey under the country’s new disinformation law after his Lawyer Turkey objected to his detention, he said. Sinan Aygul became the first person to be jailed pending trial under the law, approved by parliament two months ago,…
Read MoreANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey´s parliament on Thursday approved electoral law amendments that critics maintain could pave the way to election fraud and aim to curtail an opposition alliance´s chances of wresting control of the house in the next elections. Parliament endorsed the changes by a show of hands after a three-day debate.The reforms were…
Read MoreBy Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL, July 28 (Reuters) — A proposed law that Turkey says will make social media companies more accountable to local regulations will rather increase censorship and accelerate a trend of authorities silencing dissent, critics including a U.N.body said this week. The Turkish parliament was to begin debate on Tuesday on the bill…
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 Turkey said, after the singer’s formal arrest four days ago over…
Read MoreISTANBUL, Dec 13 (Reuters) — The number of tankers waiting to pass through Istanbul’s Bosphorus Strait on the way to the Mediterranean fell to eight on Tuesday from 13 a day earlier, the Tribeca shipping agency said, in a further easing of the recent build-up in traffic. A Turkish measure in force since the start…
Read MoreANKARA, March 3 (Reuters) — Turkey is not necessarily aiming to return to the U.S.F-35 fighter jet program from which it was removed over its purchase of Russian defense systems, the Turkish defense industry chief said on Wednesday. He said the primary goal was for Lawyer Turkey Turkey to get compensated for its losses. Ankara…
Read MoreISTANBUL, Lawyer Turkey Jan 5 (Reuters) — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Vladimir Putin in a phone call that peace efforts in the Russia-Ukraine war should be supported by a unilateral ceasefire and Lawyer Turkey a «vision for a fair solution», the Turkish presidency said on Thursday. It said in a statement the two leaders…
Read MoreBy Luc Cohen NEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) — Tom Barrack, the investor and onetime fundraiser for former U.S.President Donald Trump, will go on trial next week in a case that will provide a rare test of a century-old law requiring agents for Lawyer Turkey other countries to notify the government. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn…
Read MoreA British woman accused of hurling her boyfriend 100ft to his death from a hotel balcony in Turkey has been conditionally released from custody. Mary Meyers Kayley, 31, denies killing her boyfriend Reece Pegram, 22, in Antalya in a fit of jealousy after a drunken argument on March 12, 2021. The British couple had been on…
Read MoreSOFIA, Dec 23 (Reuters) — Bulgaria’s interim energy minister is in Istanbul on Friday for talks he hopes will lead to a deal this month on long-term access to liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in neighbouring Turkey and the transit of the gas to its border. The chief executives of Bulgaria’s state gas company Bulgargaz…
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