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Jailed Kurdish leader rejects HDP’s offer to be its presidential candidate, citing legal obstacles

Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has said he is not legally eligible to run for the presidency, turning down a proposal from the pro-Kurdish...

US pressuring Turkey to end Russian flights with American-made planes: report

US officials are pressuring Turkey to stop Russian airlines from flying American-made airplanes to and from the country, officials familiar with the talks told...

Turkey’s opposition bloc says Erdoğan not legally eligible to run for presidency again

An opposition bloc of six parties in Turkey has said in a joint statement that the country’s current president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is not...

Soros’ Open Society Foundations denies any involvement in Gezi Park protests

A spokesperson for billionaire philanthropist George Soros’s Open Society Foundations has denied any connection between them and the anti-government protests at Gezi Park, including...

US State Department condemns rebuke of VOA reporter by Turkey’s far-right leader

The US State Department has condemned the rebuke of a Voice of America reporter by the leader of a far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)...

Jailed Kurdish leader Demirtaş urges unity against Erdoğan

Turkey's pro-Kurdish party should back the main opposition candidate instead of fielding its own against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in May elections, its former...

Pro-Kurdish party launches donation campaign after suspension of state funds

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has launched a donation drive to finance its campaign for the presidential and parliamentary elections in May after...

Turkey has largest number of cases pending before European rights court

Approximately 20,100 applications from Turkey are pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), making it the highest case-count country since Aug. 1,...

Erdoğan orders release of 2 retired generals serving life sentences for role in 1997 coup

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has used his constitutional power to commute the sentences of two retired generals due to their advanced age who...

Erdoğan cancels Germany visit due to disagreement over lawmaker’s controversial speech: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), canceled a visit to Berlin scheduled for Friday after the...

Turkey’s top court rejects delay to HDP closure ruling

Turkey's top court has rejected a pro-Kurdish opposition party's request to defer until after May elections a ruling on a case that could end...

Finland approves military sales to Turkey amid NATO row

Finland's defense ministry said Wednesday the country had issued the first commercial export license for military materiel to Turkey since 2019 -- a key...

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