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67 pct of Turks want ‘Erdoğan era’ to end, poll shows

Sixty-seven percent of Turks oppose another presidential bid by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, according to a new nationwide poll. A recent poll from the Saros Political...

Erdoğan declares ‘Turkey has won’ after PKK militants destroy weapons in Iraq

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday that the country had achieved “victory” after Kurdish militants began destroying their weapons, marking a symbolic...

Top PKK commander says militants want to return to Turkey and join politics

One of the top commanders of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has said the group’s members are ready to return to Turkey and...

Ankara’s account of 2016 coup false, top general framed, say ex-air force officers in new documentary

A new documentary featuring former Turkish Air Force officers disputes the official account of a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 and...

Germany investigates Turkish consulate employee, police officer over suspected espionage

German federal prosecutors have launched an investigation into a Turkish Consulate employee and a police officer of Turkish descent on suspicion of spying for...

LeMan magazine editor detained at İstanbul Airport over controversial cartoon

Aslan Özdemir, the managing editor of Turkish satirical magazine LeMan, was detained at İstanbul Airport on Friday as part of an ongoing investigation into...

Turkish leaders hail ‘irreversible turning point’ after PKK ceremony to burn weapons in northern Iraq

Turkish political leaders on Friday welcomed a symbolic ceremony held by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq to burn their weapons,...

Turkey bans 8 global eSIM providers, curbing access for travelers

Turkey’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) has blocked access to eight international eSIM providers, a move critics say pressures travelers into using domestic...

Erdoğan adviser who promoted unorthodox economic policies dies at 53

Yiğit Bulut, a senior adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and a longtime advocate of unorthodox economic policies that drew widespread criticism from economists...

Teenager arrested in Turkey for insulting President Erdoğan

A Turkish court arrested a 16-year-old teenager in İstanbul on Thursday for allegedly “insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan” and “inciting hatred and enmity among...

Drones shot down near Iraqi Kurdish forces ahead of PKK ceremony

Two drones were shot down overnight near Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga bases, authorities said on Friday, hours before the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants...

Kurdish PKK militants burn their weapons at symbolic ceremony in Iraq

Thirty outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants destroyed their weapons at a ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday, two months after the Kurdish militants...

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