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Int’l community sees Öcalan’s call to PKK as opportunity to end decades-long conflict

The international community has welcomed jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) founder Abdullah Öcalan’s call for the militant group to lay down its arms, with...

Ankara cautious, Kurds jubilant, opposition quiet on Öcalan’s historic call to disband PKK

Jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan on Thursday issued an unprecedented call for the militant group to lay down its arms and...

İstanbul mayor to appear in court in June for ‘targeting’ expert witness

İstanbul’s popular Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is set to appear in court in June after an indictment filed against him for allegedly targeting an expert...

Opposition mayor among 21 detained in İstanbul dawn raids in bid-rigging probe

Turkish police detained another main opposition party mayor in İstanbul along with 20 others in pre-dawn raids, part of a bid-rigging and corruption investigation,...

Turkey among top 10 countries with sharpest decline in freedoms: Freedom House

Turkey is among the top 10 countries that have seen the sharpest decline in freedoms over the past decade, the Stockholm Center for Freedom...

Turkey’s Baykar set to sign deal with Italy’s Leonardo for drone production: report

Turkish drone maker Baykar is finalizing a production partnership agreement with Italian defense and aerospace company Leonardo to enhance Europe's drone production capabilities, according...

Öcalan expected to call on PKK to lay down arms this week in historic move: report

Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), is expected to call on the group to lay down its arms this...

EU less vocal about rights abuses in Turkey because it is no longer seen as candidate for membership: rapporteur

The European Parliament’s Turkey rapporteur, Nacho Sanchez Amor, has said persistent human rights violations and democratic backsliding in Turkey are now drawing less criticism...

Alleged Gülenists in Turkey face ongoing detentions, social exclusion: Dutch gov’t report

A newly published report by the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security briefing the relevant authorities on asylum applications notes that Turkish authorities continue...

İstanbul mayor’s lawyers refute falsified degree allegations amid ongoing probe

The legal team of İstanbul’s opposition mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, has denied claims that he falsified his university degree, presenting university transfer records and academic...

126 arrested for Gülen links in investigation into döner restaurant chain

Turkish courts have arrested 126 people out of more than 350 detained last week as part of an investigation into a popular döner restaurant...

10th pro-Kurdish party mayor removed in eastern Turkey

Turkey's interior ministry announced on Monday the removal of a 10th pro-Kurdish party mayor in eastern Turkey in less than a year for alleged...

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