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Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party seeks second meeting with jailed PKK leader

Officials from Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party have applied to the Justice Ministry for permission to meet with Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of the outlawed...

Erdoğan is behaving like a mob boss, says main opposition leader

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Özgür Özel accused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of behaving like a “political mob boss” after the...

[UPDATE] Turkey removes mayor of opposition stronghold from office after arrest

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has removed the mayor of the Beşiktaş district of İstanbul, one of the strongholds of the main opposition Republican People’s Party...

Erdoğan hails ‘progress’ in bid to resume Kurdish talks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday said "significant progress" had been made in efforts to revive dialogue between Ankara and the outlawed Kurdistan...

İstanbul mayor challenges gov’t to uphold his conviction to relieve pressure on party

A defiant Ekrem İmamoğlu, the popular mayor of İstanbul, has called on the government to ensure that his conviction in a politically charged trial...

Far-right leader expects Öcalan to announce PKK’s dissolution after second prison visit

Devlet Bahçeli, the chairman of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has said he expects an announcement from Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the outlawed...

Erdoğan hints at running for re-election after calling 2024 local elections his last

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has implied that he may run for re-election in 2028, despite previously announcing that the 2024 local elections would...

Erdoğan says potential peace talks with PKK will be aimed at its dissolution

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said any potential peace talks between his government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) would aim at...

Survey shows ruling AKP narrowly leading CHP with just over a 1-point margin

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) would secure a narrow lead of a little more than one point over the main opposition Republican...

Symbolic protest touted by main opposition leader draws ridicule, indignation

Özgür Özel, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), said earlier Thursday that he had a surprise announcement to make, which...

Pro-Kurdish party briefs main opposition, other parties on meeting with jailed PKK leader

Delegates from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) continued a marathon of meetings with political parties this week, briefing them on...

Turkey proposes that transitional government take over ISIL camps in Syria

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said the transitional government in Syria installed after the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad should take over the...

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