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‘We want peace but have little hope’ say Turkey’s Kurds

Rolling his cigarette between sips of tea, Süleyman Ilcan is excited about a message from jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan that...

Turkish court arrests 10 opposition municipal officials on terrorism charges

An İstanbul court ruled for the arrest of 10 senior municipal officials from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Thursday following their...

Turkey seeks legislation to prevent exiled dissidents from claiming damages in its courts

Fatma Zibak Turkey’s Justice Ministry is seeking to amend a law that allows anyone with legal capacity to file a lawsuit in the country, either...

Turkish Jewish business leader faces assassination threats decades after father’s murder

Turkish Jewish business leader İzzet Garih has filed a criminal complaint after receiving death threats and facing an attempted break-in at his company’s headquarters,...

US Congress could ‘reconsider’ Turkey’s participation in the F-35 program: report

The US Congress may revisit Turkey’s exclusion from the F-35 fighter jet program, the pro-government Türkiye daily reported on Wednesday, citing a December report...

X blocked access to 126 accounts in Turkey: rights watchdog

Social media platform X blocked access to 126 accounts following the February 5 ruling of an Ankara judge that cited the need for “protection...

Nerves fray in Turkey’s textile sector as Syria refugees mull return

As excitement swept through the Syrian community after Bashar al-Assad's overthrow, businesses in Turkey that rely on them for labor began quickly crunching the...

İstanbul court acquits 3 Gezi Park defendants in retrial

An İstanbul court has acquitted three defendants in a retrial over their involvement in the 2013 anti-government Gezi Park protests after the country’s top...

Turkish gov’t intensifies crackdown on opposition party with new wave of detentions

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 10 senior officials from nine district municipalities in İstanbul, most of which are run by the main opposition Republican...

US prosecutors ordered to drop charges against NYC mayor over corrupt dealings with Turkish gov’t

The US Justice Department ordered federal prosecutors on Monday to drop charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams over his alleged corrupt dealings...

[OPINION] Erdoğan mobilizes courts to determine opposition’s presidential candidate himself

Ömer Murat* In the old Turkey, the secular army used to issue memorandums to governments to keep political parties in line. The primary message conveyed...

DEM Party delegation leading peace talks to meet with Iraqi Kurdish leaders

A delegation from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) that has been involved in peace talks aimed at resolving an armed...

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