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Erdoğan aide, justice minister slam The Economist over report on Turkish gov’t crackdown

The Turkish presidency’s communications director and the country’s justice minister have condemned a recent report by The Economist detailing a renewed government crackdown on...

Families yearn for an end to decades-long PKK-Turkey war

A mother weeping for a teenage daughter shot dead by a Turkish sniper and a father mourning a son killed by outlawed Kurdistan Workers’...

Jailed PKK leader working on peace plan to end Kurdish conflict: lawmaker

Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), is working on a "democratic" settlement to the four-decade-long conflict between Turkey...

Police storm city hall, detain 127 as Turkey removes another Kurdish mayor from office

The Turkish government removed a Kurdish mayor from office in the eastern province of Van following a terrorism conviction, appointing the governor as trustee...

Turkish foreign minister, US secretary of state discuss Syria, Ukraine in Munich

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday during the Munich Security Conference to discuss regional security...

US weighs F-35 sale to India despite S-400 purchase, while Turkey remains blocked

The United States has floated the sale of F-35 fighter jets to India, although both India and Turkey have acquired the Russian S-400 air...

European Parliament backs sanctions on Turkish officials over removal of opposition mayors

The European Parliament has passed a resolution condemning the dismissal and arrest of opposition mayors in Turkey, calling for sanctions on officials responsible for...

‘We want peace but have little hope’ say Turkey’s Kurds

Rolling his cigarette between sips of tea, Süleyman Ilcan is excited about a message from jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan that...

Turkish court arrests 10 opposition municipal officials on terrorism charges

An İstanbul court ruled for the arrest of 10 senior municipal officials from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Thursday following their...

Turkey seeks legislation to prevent exiled dissidents from claiming damages in its courts

Fatma Zibak Turkey’s Justice Ministry is seeking to amend a law that allows anyone with legal capacity to file a lawsuit in the country, either...

Turkish Jewish business leader faces assassination threats decades after father’s murder

Turkish Jewish business leader İzzet Garih has filed a criminal complaint after receiving death threats and facing an attempted break-in at his company’s headquarters,...

US Congress could ‘reconsider’ Turkey’s participation in the F-35 program: report

The US Congress may revisit Turkey’s exclusion from the F-35 fighter jet program, the pro-government Türkiye daily reported on Wednesday, citing a December report...

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