Umut Oran

Jailed MP’s kid faces discrimination in class

Mar 30, 2013 |

The 12-year-old daughter of jailed deputy and journalist Mustafa Balbay was allegedely treated badly at a high school, where son of President Gül had reportedly faced a similar discrimination

Main opposition concerned over THY controversy

Feb 18, 2013 |

Turkish Airlines’ (THY) controversial decision to remove alcohol from the in-flight menus of...

Main opposition chairman raises five key raid questions

Feb 18, 2013 |

Turkey’s main opposition leader raised five questions in relation to the fatal attack at Turkey’s Cilvegözü border gate in Hatay province along the Syria border, in an interview with the Hürriyet Daily Newsyesterday on his way...

Main opposition leader due in Portugal for Socialist International meeting

Feb 2, 2013 |

Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu will visit Portugal on Feb. 4 and 5 to...

Solidarity and search for justice in Dink case continues

Jan 29, 2013 |

It’s been six years since Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of the Turkish-Armenian newspaper...

Textile nation suffers from cotton exports

Jan 15, 2013 |

Turkey, a leading textile exporter, is increasingly a cotton importer, and its trade deficit in cotton and related products has become more than $9 billion in the last 10 years, according to a report prepared by an opposition...

Chambers’ head worried over economy

Jan 6, 2013 |

The Turkish economy is entering 2012 with new fragilities as Cabinet members responsible for...

Number of women taking shelter after abuse on rise

Dec 19, 2012 |

Some 4,489 women suffering from domestic violence have sought shelter in state intutions in the first nine months of this year, up from 4,195 in whole 2011. Family and Social Affairs Minister Fatma Şahin says a proper database...

CHP Leader Renevvs Terror Session Call – Hurriyet Daily News

Aug 25, 2012 |

CHP deputy chair Umut Oran, for his part, suggested that the government should either resolve this issue, or step aside “as a government that cannot maintain its people’s right to live is expected to do.”

CHP leader aims to be VP of socialist group

Jul 24, 2012 |

CHP leader aims to be VP of socialist group ANKARA Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has officially petitioned to become a vice president of the Socialist International (SI), the...

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