Legal experts say this stance violates the right of Turks to organise public meetings and demonstrations, a right upheld by the Constitutional Court in a ruling last October.
The explosion rocked Istiklal Avenue in central Istanbul Sunday, crowded with shoppers, tourists & families. The cause of the blast is not yet known based on media reports.
Students of Bogazici University campus are demanding the resignation of its new president, Melih Bulu, an Erdogan loyalist who was appointed over the weekend.
Turkey is set to convert the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia into a mosque. The envoy said the highest court’s ruling in the case is similar to Ayodhya verdict.
The Babri Masjid-Ram Janambhoomi case provides a template to imagine how the Supreme Court of India would have probably decided on the status of Turkey’s Hagia Sophia.
Liberals across the world may not be able to replicate Ekrem Imamoglu's win in Turkey, but his scale of victory has some takeaways that could work elsewhere.
In 2005, under the UPA’s watch, Chhattisgarh launched Salwa Judum. The state gave assault rifles to Adivasi boys and pushed them into battle against their own brethren.
Saudi Aramco will increase flagship Arab Light crude prices for May sales to a premium of $19.50 over regional benchmarks for refiners in Asia, still less than what traders anticipated.
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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