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Turkish gov’t announces $14 billion development plan for Kurdish southeast: report

Turkey announced a $14 billion regional development plan on Sunday that aims to narrow the economic gap between its mainly Kurdish southeast region and...

31 Kurdish, Turkish-backed fighters killed in Syria: rights group

A Syrian rights group said 31 combatants had been killed since Sunday in ongoing battles between Turkey-backed groups and Kurdish-led forces, Agence France-Presse reported. Swathes...

SCF report exposes systematic use of hate speech following Gülen’s death to dehumanize his movement

The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) on Monday published its latest report, “Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate...

Jailed PKK leader says strengthening Turk-Kurd brotherhood ‘historic responsibility’: pro-Kurdish party

Jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan said the strengthening of Turkish-Kurdish ties is vital and that he is ready to contribute to...

Erdoğan dismisses criticism of low minimum wage hike

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday defended a 30 percent increase in the minimum wage for 2025, arguing that it exceeds inflation targets,...

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party meets with jailed PKK leader

A delegation from Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) on Saturday visited Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’...

13 years on, justice still elusive for families of victims of Roboski massacre

The families of 34 Kurdish civilians killed in a 2011 Turkish military airstrike known as the Roboski massacre, the perpetrators of which have never...

Turkish authorities detained 93 people over alleged Gülen links in 10 days of operations

Turkish authorities have over the past 10 days detained 93 individuals due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya...

Amnesty urges Turkey to end crackdown on peaceful dissent following journalist killings

Amnesty International condemned Turkey’s suppression of the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in response to public reaction to the recent deaths of two Kurdish...

Over 324,000 Turkish university students suspend studies amid economic crisis

More than 324,000 university students in Turkey have paused or abandoned their education over the past five years, as continued economic hardship and rising...

At least 136 killed in clashes between SDF and Turkey-backed factions: rights group

At least 136 people have been killed, including 20 civilians, in 15 days of intense clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and factions...

Over 600 rights violations documented in Syria’s Turkish-controlled Afrin district in 2024

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Friday that over 600 human rights violations were documented during 2024 in Syria's Afrin district,...

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