EFDbackup: For the record, Turkey’s constitutional court weakened legal civil marriage against religious marriage…

Turkey court ruling on religious marriages spurs uproar

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Legal and rights circles slam the verdict that allows couples to be religiously married without a legal civil marriage.

Top court ruling on religious marriages sparks debate in Turkey

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has legalized the right to be religiously married without obtaining a civil marriage, sparking debate over the decision’s impact on women and children

Ghosts of Gezi Park

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Emerging Turkish opposition party might give protesters what they were denied in 2013.

Turkish army forms ceremonial Ottoman unit on Erdoğan’s order

A new ceremonial military brigade, dressed as Ottoman soldiers, will attend celebrations to mark the 562nd anniversary of the Turks’ conquest of Istanbul

Petkim and Arçelik Workers on Strike

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Workers went on strike owing to disagreement in labor contract. After the resignations from trade union, production halted in Arçelik LG until the weekend.

Probe launched into Turkish principal throwing money over students

An investigation has been launched into a primary school principal who was seen in a video throwing money over students who were successful in a competition

INTERVIEW: Turkey’s People’s Houses expose the challenge of state social engineering

Alexandros Lamprou, the author of a new title on the People’s Houses of the early Turkish Republic, talks to HDN about his book and the limits of social engineering in Turkey

Inside Turkey’s conservative heartland

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