The attacker who shot dead 39 people on New Year’s night at an Istanbul nightclub has been identified as an Uzbekextremist who belongs to the Takfiri ISIL group, Turkish press reports said. There had been confusion over the identity of the attacker — who remains on the run — with ...
Turkey’s parliament will next week start a fortnight of debates on a controversial new constitution aimed at expanding the powers of the presidency under Recep Tayyip Erdogan, state media said on Saturday. The new constitution, which will replace the basic law drawn up in the wake of Turkey’s 1980 military ...
