Turkish Justice Ministry: Gulen could flee US
Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said that Turkey is receiving intelligence that the Muslim cleric it blames for orchestrating a coup attempt, Fethullah Gulen, could flee his residence in the …
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Bekir Bozdag: death penalty to be returned if people demand
The issue of whether or not Turkey should bring back capital punishment after a failed coup should be considered from a legal standpoint and not in terms of what the European Union wants, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag told …
Turkish authorities suspend 3,000 country's judges after coup attempt
Turkish authorities suspend almost 3,000 judges following military coup attempt, Sputnik repoted, citing local media. A total of 2,745 judges and prosecutors from Supreme Board of Judges …
Attempted military coup underway in Turkey
Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said a group within Turkey's military has engaged in what appeared to be …
Istanbul airport explosions: 28 dead, 60 injured
At least 28 people have been killed and 60 others wounded in the attack on Istanbul Ataturk Airport in Turkey. Several attackers blew themselves up at Turkey’s largest airport after a confrontation with police on Tuesday night, according to Turkish authorities and television reports. Earlier, the justice minister, Bekir Bozdag, said that one of the attackers had fired an automatic weapon before detonating explosives, The New York Times reports. According to the TV channel CNN Turk, a Turkish government official said that the police fired shots at two suspected attackers at the entryway to the airport’s international terminal, in an effort to stop them before they reached the building’s security checkpoint. The two suspects then blew themselves up, the official said.
Turkey’s Justice Ministry sends more than 100 parliamentary cases to prosecutors
Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said legal proceedings had been launched which could pave the way for dozens of members of parliament from the pro-Kurdish HDP opposition party to be prosecuted over alleged militant …
Candidates for post of Turkey's ruling party chairman named
Candidates for the post of chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party in Turkey have been named, the Turkish newspaper Milliyet reported May 5th, Trend informs. The country's Minister of …
Five Turkish citizens jailed for insulting Erdogan
Five men have been jailed in Turkey for 'insulting' Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Agence France-Presse reports. The five from the southern province of Sanliurfa were accused of damaging the president on social media, …
1845 people accused of insulting Erdogan in Turkey
To date, the number of criminal cases initiated into alleged insults against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have reached 1845, Justice Minister of the Republic Bekir Bozdag stated, speaking in the …
Ismet Yilmaz: new constitution should be adopted in Turkey
The primary task of the new Turkish Parliament is adoption of a new constitution, new speaker of the parliament Ismet Yilmaz said. Turkish opposition has always opposed such a proposal, believing that a new constitution will lead to a …
