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PKK claims attacks on Kurdish security forces in northern Iraq

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Thursday claimed responsibility for two attacks in northern Iraq that wounded five Kurdish security personnel earlier this...

Turkey must lift ban on May 1 demonstrations in İstanbul’s Taksim Square: Amnesty

Turkey must lift its ban on May Day demonstrations in İstanbul's Taksim Square, Amnesty International said Wednesday after police detained some 100 people who...

Opposition slams Erdoğan over Meloni’s praise for stopping migrants

Turkish opposition figures criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday after Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni thanked him for reducing migration from Turkey to...

Swedish reporter gets 11-month suspended sentence for insulting Erdoğan

A Turkish court on Wednesday gave a Swedish journalist a suspended sentence of just over 11 months for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, an...

Amnesty’s annual report condemns ongoing human rights violations in Turkey

Amnesty International’s 2024-2025 report, published on Tuesday, said human rights violations continued in Turkey and emphasized the ongoing lack of judicial independence, the Stockholm Center...

Rights groups cite genocide convention in call for Ankara to stop ship carrying F-35 cargo to Israel

Two Turkish rights groups said on Monday that they had filed a criminal complaint demanding the halt of a ship carrying F-35 fighter jet...

92 detained in İstanbul ahead of May Day demonstrations

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has announced that police detained 92 people across İstanbul on Tuesday in a preemptive operation ahead of May...

Erdoğan says 4 million migrants reside in Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced that Turkey is currently home to 4.03 million migrants, including 2.76 million Syrians under temporary protection status, the...

Turkey rises to 17th place in global military spending: SIPRI report

Turkey climbed to 17th place among the world's biggest military spenders in 2024, up from 19th place a year earlier, according to the latest...

PKK says it is waiting for Öcalan’s freedom before convening congress to lay down arms

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said it is waiting for steps to allow its jailed leader, Abdullah Öcalan, to "live and work freely"...

Kurdish delegation from Turkey joins Syria conference on country’s future

A delegation from Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) participated in a Kurdish conference in northeastern Syria on Saturday, as Syrian...

İstanbul city officials among 47 detained in new crackdown after Erdoğan rival’s arrest

Turkish authorities detained 47 people on Saturday, including senior officials from İstanbul’s opposition-run municipality as well as the brother-in-law of the city's recently suspended...

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