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Turkey’s main opposition ups support for Kurdish opposition after removal of mayors

Turkey’s main opposition increased its support for a Kurdish opposition party on Monday after three Kurdish mayors were dismissed by the Turkish government last week over...

5 Turkish generals stationed in northern Syria resign

Five generals in the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have submitted their resignations, including the commander and deputy commander of a mechanized division currently stationed in northern Syria’s...

Municipal trustee used public funds to buy gifts for ErdoÄŸan, ministers: report

Mustafa Yaman, who for the second time has been appointed by the Turkish government as a trustee to replace the mayor of Mardin in southeastern Turkey,...

Ex-PM Davutoğlu ignites debate on Turkey’s bloodiest summer in 2015

Former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on Friday sparked a debate on Turkey’s bloodiest summer, between June and November 2015, which saw successive terrorist attacks, saying that...

Turkey bans another pro-LGBT event in Ä°stanbul: report

Authorities in Ä°stanbul have banned the "Queer Olympix," organizers said Saturday, becoming the latest pro-LGBT event to be cancelled in Turkey, AFP reported. Some 130 participants were...

Video showing husband stabbing wife sparks outrage in Turkey

The murder of a Turkish woman by her ex-husband in front of her daughter sparked outrage on Friday after a video of the attack went viral...

Babacan’s new party to be established by end of year: report

An aide of Turkey’s former deputy prime minister Ali Babacan has said a new political party that Babacan aims to found will be established by the...

Turkish journalist detained on terrorism charges released on probation

Ayşegül Tözeren, a columnist for the Evrensel daily and a poet who was detained by police early Tuesday on suspicion of terrorist links. was released from...

17 detained in Ankara during protests over removal of Kurdish mayors

Police on Thursday detained 17 people who took part in a demonstration in Turkey’s capital city of Ankara in protest of a recent decision by the...

Governor’s office removes 4 neighborhood officials from posts in Batman province

The governor’s office of the eastern Turkish province of Batman removed four elected neighborhood officials, or muhtars, from their posts shortly after the mayors of three...

Diyarbakır Governor’s Office instigated removal of Kurdish mayor a day after the election: report

While the Turkish government maintained that the recent ousting of three Kurdish mayors from office was the result of investigations that were launched after the election, a...

Ä°zmir police detain 27 lawyers at protest over removal of Kurdish mayors

Police in Ä°zmir detained 26 lawyers and one journalist during a protest on Thursday over the removal of recently elected Kurdish mayors from office, the Mezopotamya news...

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