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Turkey’s jailed Kurdish leader Demirtaş accuses Erdoğan of power grab

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is seeking to ensure victory in the next election by "illegally" trying to ban Turkey's pro-Kurdish party, its former leader...

Turkey’s Kurds protest political repression in New Year celebration

Tens of thousands of people gathered in the city of Diyarbakır in southeast Turkey on Sunday to celebrate the Kurdish New Year and protest...

Turkey tries to calm market turmoil after top banker sacked

Turkish officials on Monday tried to calm the turmoil triggered by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's abrupt decision to sack his reformist central bank chief,...

Biden ‘disappointed’ as Turkey quits domestic violence treaty

US President Joe Biden said he was "deeply disappointed" Sunday after Turkey withdrew from the İstanbul Convention, the world's first binding treaty to prevent...

[UPDATE] Expelled pro-Kurdish MP released after brief detention in dawn raid

Turkish authorities on Sunday briefly detained a pro-Kurdish opposition MP who had refused to leave parliament for several days after his parliamentary status was...

Expelled pro-Kurdish MP‘s ‘justice watch’ at parliament in third day

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a former MP from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who was stripped of his parliamentary status on Wednesday and has...

İstanbul mayor slams HDP closure case, deputy’s expulsion in call to party chair

İstanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu criticized the launch of a closure case against the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the expulsion of one of...

Twitter appointing representative to Turkey in line with controversial law: pro-gov’t daily

Popular social media giant Twitter will appoint a representative to Turkey in line with a controversial social media law after the company and others...

HDP equated with outlawed PKK in indictment seeking to shut down party

A top Turkish prosecutor said there was no difference between the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the third-largest group in parliament, and the outlawed...

Turkey accuses Greece of leaving handcuffed migrants at sea

Turkish officials on Friday accused Greek coast guards of handcuffing seven migrants and throwing them into the Aegean Sea without life jackets, resulting in...

Erdoğan chastises Biden for ‘killer’ Putin comment

Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday waded into the war of words between the US and Russian presidents, chastising Joe Biden for calling Vladimir...

Rockets fired from Syria land in Turkey, no casualties: ministry

Rockets fired from regime-controlled areas in Syria landed in a border region of southern Turkey but caused no injuries or damage, the Turkish defense...

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