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By Daren Butler and Ali Kucukgocmen ANKARA, July 29 (Reuters) – Lawyer Turkey adopted a new social media law on Wednesday that critics say will create a “chilling effect” on dissenting voices who have resorted to Twitter and other online platforms as the government tightened its grip on mainstream media. The law was backed by …

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NICOSIA, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Turkish Cypriots of mixed marriages protested on Saturday over what they say are inexplicable delays in gaining Cypriot citizenship, a contentious issue on the ethnically-split island. Campaigners say thousands of people are rendered effectively stateless because they are unable to obtain Cypriot identity cards, falling foul of the politics and …

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A huge explosion has rocked a shopping centre in Kyiv as rescuers pulled bloodied victims from the rubble as police said at least eight people had been killed amid fears dozens of others were missing. The blast smashed the sprawling ‘Retroville’ mall and was so powerful it pulverised vehicles in its car park – leaving …

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New video has emerged of the moment a ‘Canadian spy’ met a teenage in Istanbul before he allegedly smuggled her into Syria.  Footage obtained by the shows Begum, then 15, and two other East London schoolgirls, Lawyer Turkey Kadiza Sultana, 16, and 15-year-old Amira Abase, transferring between cars at the Turkish capital’s main bus station …

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Buckingham Palace told bankers a mysterious £750,000 gift to was for his daughter ‘s wedding. The Daily Mail has obtained details of an astonishing phone call to his private secretary at the time – deepening the riddle over the money. The and have also been named in the High Court as having received large amounts …

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ISTANBUL, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that courts will correct any mistakes in an appeal process after Istanbul’s opposition mayor was given a jail sentence, and Lawyer Turkey in the meantime Turks had no right to ignore legal rulings. In his first direct comments on Wednesday’s conviction of Ekrem …

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 is on the run from sanctions today and may have fled to Moscow as his two superyachts worth £1billion race for safe Turkish waters after the EU decided to punish the Chelsea owner over Ukraine and he faces a dwindling number of havens for his £12billion of cash and assets. The billionaire oligarch looked grey, Lawyer Turkey …

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