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DEATHS OF CHILD LABORERS SPARK PROTESTS
Authorities arrested 16 young leftists who were protesting the deaths of child laborers, many linked to MESEM, Vocational Training Centers run by the Education Ministry.
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CLASHING TESTIMONIES OVER ‘RED-HAIRED PROSECUTOR’ IN ISTANBUL PROBE
A red-haired prosecutor’s dismissal months after Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s March arrest was the headline of pro-government Sabah daily on Dec. 1, while her testimony and the fact that she was removed from office nine months after his detention have prompted questions.
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MHP FURY OVER BARZANI PHOTOS PUSHES INTERIOR MINISTRY TO INVESTIGATE ITS OWN STAFF
Images of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani accompanied by uniformed peshmerga fighters wearing red berets and carrying assault rifles weapons in Şırnak sparked outrage — particularly from MHP Chair Devlet Bahçeli — and drove the Interior Ministry to investigate itself.
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RULING AKP OPENS DOOR TO SCRAPPING TRUSTEE SYSTEM IN KURDISH PEACE TALKS
A key lawmaker, Mustafa Şen, from Turkey's ruling AKP suggested that the government should discontinue the practice of appointing state trustees to replace elected mayors. 'The terrorist organization has concluded its activity. Therefore, if a trustee was appointed to a municipality for that reason, we believe the practice should now be ended,' Şen stated.
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İYİ PARTY CONDEMNS ÖCALAN TALKS
İYİ Party Chair Müsavat Dervişoğlu condemned the parliamentary visit to İmralı, calling it a “national disgrace” and asserting that there is no statute of limitations for what he described as betrayal. İYİ Party deputy Alpaslan Yüce resigned from his party, saying it had abandoned its founding centrist ideals.
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RIFT BETWEEN RULING PARTNERS, MHP AND BBP
A rift has emerged between the two smaller nationalist partners in the People's Alliance, the MHP and the BBP, over talks held with Abdullah Öcalan.
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DP PULLS OUT OF COMMISSION, PROTESTS İMRALI VISIT
Democrat Party (DP) Izmir Deputy Haydar Altıntaş has announced the party's withdrawal from the National Solidarity, Brotherhood, and Democracy Commission, citing objections to the delegation’s visit to İmralı where PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan has been jailed since 1999.
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DEVA PARTY LOSES MP OVER İMRALI DELEGATION DECISION
Abdurrahim Aksoy, a founding member of the DEVA Party, resigned over the party’s decision not to participate in the proposed İmralı delegation.
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INTERNAL CRITICS RAISE THEIR VOICES, BUT ÖZEL'S CONTROL HOLDS
As the CHP prepares for its 39th Ordinary Congress, the party dissidents escalated their challenge to the leadership of Özgür Özel. Former CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu,76, lit the fire by calling on Özel to take disciplinary action against people named in the corruption indictment involving Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu.
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DEMİRTAŞ FACES NEW LAWSUIT FOR INSULTING PRESIDENT WHILE EXPECTING RELEASE
A new case has been opened against former HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş on charges of insulting the president, days after the European Court of Human Rights upheld its ruling that he should be released.
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EARLY PAROLE EXPANDED: UP TO 115,000 PRISONERS MAY BE RELEASED UNDER 11TH JUDICIAL PACKAGE
The ruling AKP submitted its 11th Judicial Package to Parliament, reviving a pandemic-era execution rule that could lead to the release of up to 115,000 inmates. The clause concerning juvenile offenders was removed from the final draft. Although the bill originally included prison sentences for LGBT+, this was also dismissed.
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ERBAKAN CALLS FOR END OF LAST LEGAL SHIELD FOR WOMEN
Islamist YRP Chair Fatih Erbakan has promised to repeal Law 6284, the main legal safeguard protecting women from violence and the only remaining protection after Turkey withdrew from the landmark Istanbul Convention in 2021.