Erdogan critic Canan Kaftancioglu, the head of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Istanbul branch, has been sentenced to five years in jail for insulting Turkey's president on social media.
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's foreign ministry summoned the ambassador of the United States on Sunday to convey discomfort over an alert the embassy p.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's foreign ministry summoned the ambassador of the United States on Sunday to convey discomfort over an alert the embassy published on its website related to an opposition rally in central Istanbul, foreign ministry sources said.