Twitter rights experts and overseas hubs hit by staff cull * Musk says moderation is a priority as experts voice alarm * Activists fear rising censorship, surveillance on platform By Avi Asher-Schapiro LOS ANGELES, Nov 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Elon Musk’s mass layoffs at Twitter are putting government critics and opposition figures around the …
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ISTANBUL, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Turkey has extended its lira bank deposits’ withholding tax support until the end of June next year, in Turkey Lawyer Law Firm the Official Gazette showed on Thursday. The measure, first announced in September 2020, lowered the withholding tax on deposits up to six months to 5% from 15%, Lawyer …
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Even now, all these years later, David Dein still has The Unpleasant Dream. It is 5pm and he is sitting in his office. A man comes in and presents him with a sheet of paper. Sometimes it is a death warrant. Sometimes a death certificate. Either way, it signals the end. The man is Peter …
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Imamoglu faces charges of ‘insulting’ public officials after beating Erdogan’s ally to become Istanbul mayor Turkish prosecutors on Friday sought to jail Istanbul’s mayor for at least 15 months, which would bar him from politics, over a remark he made after defeating an ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in elections, his lawyer said. Ekrem …
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Defiant president Volodmyr today pledged to ‘destroy the occupiers’ as he said his country’s army had successfully repelled Russian forces advancing on Kyiv. In a video message to the besieged nation, Zelensky accused the Kremlin of attempting to seize the capital, Turkey istanbul Lawyer overthrow the government and install a ‘puppet’ regime ‘like in Donetsk’, one …
has launched a fresh appeal over the loss of her UK citizenship by claiming she was trafficked into Syria as a child to have sex with older men. Her lawyers have argued that Miss Begum was influenced by a ‘determined and effective propaganda machine’, and should have been treated as a child trafficking victim. Dan …
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March 26 (Reuters) – Russian oligarchs are welcome in Turkey but must abide by international law in order to do any business, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday. Turkey has strongly criticized Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but opposes sanctions imposed by its NATO allies on principle. “If Russian oligarchs … or any Russian …
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Roman Abramovich is unable to pay the Queen ‘tens of thousands’ of pounds a year in rent for his £150million London mansion that sits on land owned by the Crown Estate after the UK Government froze his assets, it has been reported. Britain has sanctioned nearly two dozen Russian oligarchs with alleged links to Vladimir Putin’s …
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – A Turkish court on Monday released pop star Gulsen from jail but placed her on house arrest as she awaits trial on charges of “inciting hatred and enmity” for a joke she made about Turkey´s religious schools. Last week, the 46-year-old singer and View Web Page songwriter, whose full name is …
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ANKARA, Feb 20 (Reuters) – The common interests of Turkey and the United States outweigh their differences and Ankara wants improved cooperation with Washington, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday striking a rare conciliatory tone. Ties between the two NATO allies have been strained over a host of issues.In December, the United States sanctioned Turkey …
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