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European mayors call for immediate release of İstanbul counterpart

A group of European mayors has strongly condemned the detention of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and other local elected officials in Turkey, describing it...

İmamoğlu: İstanbul’s powerful mayor and Erdoğan’s biggest rival

İstanbul's powerful mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's biggest political rival, has faced a growing barrage of legal challenges aimed at stopping his...

Turkish university cancels degree of Erdoğan’s strongest rival

A Turkish university said Tuesday that İstanbul's opposition mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu — already the target of a number of court cases — falsely obtained...

Turkish justice minister, pro-Kurdish party dispute possibility of release for militant leader

Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has ruled out the possibility of releasing Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Öcalan from prison amid an ongoing peace process,...

Pro-Kurdish party delegation to meet with Erdoğan after Öcalan’s call

A group of lawmakers and officials from Turkey’s leading pro-Kurdish party who played a key role in recent peace talks with jailed militant leader...

Erdoğan says Syria’s agreement with Kurds will ‘serve peace’

An agreement to integrate autonomous Kurdish institutions in Syria's northeast into the new Syrian national government will "serve peace," Turkey's president said on Tuesday. "The...

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party says Syria-SDF deal in line with Öcalan’s peace call

Tuncer Bakırhan, co-chair of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), has welcomed a new agreement between the Syrian government and the...

İstanbul mayor testifies to prosecutors as part of ‘falsified’ degree probe

İstanbul’s popular Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has recently faced multiple investigations, testified to prosecutors as part of a probe into allegations that he falsely...

Turkish gov’t rules out concessions to PKK following historic call from Öcalan

A spokesperson for Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) has ruled out any concessions to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) following a recent...

Turkey debates possible release of Kurdish politician amid conciliatory gestures from Erdoğan, ally

Turkey is once again debating the possible release of Selahattin Demirtaş, a jailed Kurdish politician, following recent conciliatory gestures from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

What’s next after Öcalan urges the PKK to disband?

Jailed militant leader Abdullah Öcalan's call for his Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to disband and lay down its arms after decades of armed struggle has...

Öcalan’s historic call to disband PKK elicits mixed reactions from opposition leaders

Jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan’s historic call for the militant group to lay down its arms and disband has sparked a...

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