“Now the leading power has bigger resources to exert pressure over the part centralized in big cities, they are reporters, political scientists, human right defenders, environmentalists and etc. I don’t observe any opportunity that democracy supporters were able to win Erdogan at least until 2019, when these changes will come into force,” he said.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has stunned the UK political world by calling for an early general election, seeking a stronger mandate in talks over leaving the European Union, BBC reports.
One of the frontrunners in the French presidential election, far-right leader Marine Le Pen, says she would suspend all legal immigration to France, BBC reports.
The pair appeared to speak briefly on Monday following the Armenian international’s kind gesture as he and his United team-mates gear up to face Anderlecht in the Europa League quarter-finals on Thursday.
Over 20 million USD of proceeds from the Armenian Genocide themed movie ‘The Promise’ will be directed towards creating a new institute in the UCLA’s law school, Daily News reports.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump, Anadolu reported. President Trump congratulated Erdogan on the victory in the April 16 constitutional referendum.
But love is The Promise’s stock in trade. “Along with this heavy topic, we’ve created a very moving and emotional love quadrangle that carries us through the film,” says Terry George (Hotel Rwanda), the film’s director and co-writer. “We set out to create something that would appeal to a broader audience. This is a big, old-fashioned love story that takes place during a very dark period in history.”
Over 1000 American and 500 South Korean personnel are participating in the exercises, along with US 7th Air Force and South Korean Air Force gunships. The exercises are held amid sharp escalation of the situation in the Korean Peninsula.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel also said on Monday that Turkish authorities needed to address concerns about the content and procedure of the referendum raised by a panel of European legal experts.
“The referendum results created a divided country. The EU’s cooperation with this country in the future will become more difficult,” he said.
