Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said his opinion that the July 15, 2016, coup attempt was a “controlled” one was strengthening and that he had a file concerning this.
The headline in one of the pro-government newspapers on April 3 was “A fully independent HSYK will elevate justice.” The HSYK is the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors.
The Constitutional Court has reached a very important decision upon an individual application, which is about the highly debated freedom of press. The decision rules, “Giving a jail sentence for a press offence is openly contradictory to the journalist’s freedom of expression and freedom of press.”
The deputy general manager of Halkbank in charge of international banking, Mehmet Hakan Atilla, has been arrested in New York in relation to Iranian-Turkish businessman Reza Zarrab’s ongoing case in the U.S.
Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said that on the day of the referendum, on April 16, the nation would take possession of the seal. When I read this, I thought, “Well, this means the seal was in the hands of others beforehand.”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan must be curious about the situation of jailed journalists, as he was presented with a list. “I was looking at the 149-name list that was put in front of me,” he recently said.
Special Forces Commander Gen. Zekai Aksakallı, as a witness in the case regarding the shooting of noncommissioned officer Ömer Halisdemir, said the first measure to be taken in a crisis in the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) is to give the order, “No personnel to leave the barracks!”
Assessments in the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) reveal that there is no change in up to 9 percent of the undecided parts of the party.
While President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was answering questions on private broadcaster ATV the other evening, he spoke about the proposed amendments on the constitution. In the new system, to form the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), he said,
