ANKARA, Dec 24 (Reuters) – A Turkish court ordered the release of a journalist held on remand under the country’s new disinformation law after his lawyer 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, that the government …
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ISTANBUL, Jan 11 (Reuters) – A Turkish court sentenced the head of the Turkish Lawyer Law Firm Medical Association (TTB) to more than two years in prison for terrorism propaganda on Wednesday but ruled she should be released after being in detention since October, human rights activists said. Sebnem Korur Fincanci, Charlene a prominent rights …
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By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Europe’s top human rights court called on Turkey on Tuesday to change a Lawyer Law Firm in istanbul Turkey regarding insulting the president under which tens of thousands have been prosecuted, Lawyer Law Firm istanbul Turkey after ruling that a man’s detention under the law violated his …
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey Lawyer Law Firm´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 …
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ISTANBUL, March 31 (Reuters) – The Turkish parliament on Thursday passed a law lowering the minimum required votes for Lawyer istanbul in istanbul Turkey Lawyer Law Firm Turkey a party to enter parliament to 7% from 10%, in istanbul Lawyer Law Firm a move which analysts have said would reduce the likelihood of early elections …
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LONDON, March 9 (Reuters) – Mercuria Energy Trading has launched a civil suit against a Turkish firm over what the global commodity trading firm’s lawyer described as fraud related to a deal to buy copper worth $36 million. Last year, Geneva-based Mercuria agreed to buy about 10,000 tonnes of copper blister, an impure form of …
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ROME (AP) – A maritime border agreement between Turkey and Libya’s U.N.-backed government is “unacceptable,” violates international law and flouts the sovereign rights of other countries, the foreign ministers of Italy and Cyprus said Wednesday.. Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides said in a joint statement after talks in …
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‘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 …
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A new law is set to be put to the Turkish parliament that would allow men accused of abusing girls under 18 to avoid punishment if they marry their victims. The so-called ‘marry your rapist’ bill is set to be introduced to parliament for MPs in Turkey to debate at the end of the month. …
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ISTANBUL, Aug 27 (Reuters) – A Turkish Lawyer Law Firm istanbul Turkey who was on hunger strike for 238 days following her conviction last year for Lawyer Law Firm Turkish membership in a terrorist organisation died on Thursday in an Istanbul hospital, according to her law firm. The People’s Law Office said on Twitter that …
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