Daily Archives: April 22, 2019

Özgür Töre 18 April 2019 The European Commission revealed statistics for Schengen Visa applications in 2018. A total of 879,238 applications lodged in Turkey. 74 thousand of the applications are declined and Turks spent 52,754,280 euros in 2018 for Schengen … Continue reading →

Erdogan’s Turkey Crackdown Chronicle April 18, 2019 Özgür Öğret 14 trials in one week for Özgür Gündem publisher Over the course of one week, Turkish courts agreed to proceed with 14 cases involving Ziya Çiçekçi, a former publisher of the … Continue reading →

Turkish court halts new Istanbul mayor’s order to copy municipality database A Turkish administrative court on Friday halted Istanbul’s new mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s order to copy the database of the municipality and its associated companies, Habertürk reported . More:Turkish court … Continue reading →

Istanbul’s new mayor signals oversight of funds transferred to AKP-affiliated foundations The newly-declared opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu has suggested that he will shed light on and put a stop to municipality funds transferred to … Continue reading →

Turkey’s ruling party comes under fire on social media over attack against opposition leader The ruling party has faced a storm of criticism on Sunday after Turkey’s main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was attacked by a group of people at … Continue reading →

Attack on CHP leader worrying for Turkey It is very unfortunate and worrying for Turkey and Turkish politics to observe a mass physical attack against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the chairman of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), in Çubuk district of Ankara … Continue reading →

Former Turkish PM Davutoglu sharply criticizes Erdogan’s AK Party[Reuters]By Orhan Coskun,Reuters•April 22, 2019 By Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) – A former prime minister and close ally of President Tayyip Erdogan strongly criticized the ruling AK Party on Monday, blaming policy … Continue reading →