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Is Erdoğan preparing for a snap election after starting a new war on Kurds?

When Turkey's authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lost his governing majority in the June 2015 elections for the first time since his Justice and...

New allegations emerge about Turkey’s seizure of Afrin olives

Cevheri Güven Several reports have claimed that the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA), along with some businesspeople close to the Turkish government, have been engaged...

No light has been shed on Roboski massacre due to decisions made by MGK members, opposition MP says

A lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has said the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has failed to disclose the...

4 detained in police raid of Kurdish party branch, other locations in eastern Turkey

Four people were detained when Turkish police raided the provincial office of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and various other locations in the...

So much for Erdoğan’s reform talk

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s promises of reform have come up dry as he gave the cold shoulder to an advisor who criticized the state...

Kurdish deputy among 65 from Turkey seeking asylum in Greece: report

A Kurdish member of the Turkish parliament is among 65 people including other Kurds and former public servants who have fled government persecution in...

AKP wants to take revenge on Kurds for defeating ISIL, jailed Kurdish leader says

The Turkish government has ramped up a crackdown on pro-Kurdish politicians to avenge the defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...

Violence against Kurds in Turkey on the rise

Sixty-one-year-old Kurdish villager Şerali Dereli was shot dead by soldiers 50 meters from his house. In another incident, Ferit Kanlı and his wife Evin...

Turkey’s Kurds cancel Newroz festival on March 21 due to coronavirus fears

Turkey’s Kurdish parties and organizations have decided to cancel a March 21 Newroz festival marking the start of spring due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak,...

Turkey remains ‘not free’ according to Freedom House annual report

Turkey remains in the “not free” category in the “Freedom in the World 2020” report published by the Washington-based Freedom House on Wednesday. Freedom House kept Turkey in...

Turkish, Kurdish migrants among 9 killed by gunman in German city: report

A gunman with suspected far-right links shot dead nine people, some of them migrants from Turkey, in an overnight rampage through a German city before killing...

Erdoğan says Syria’s Idlib province suitable only for Arabs because it’s a desert

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Syria’s Idlib province is only suitable for Arabs, not Kurds, because it’s a desert, the Birgün daily reported on...

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