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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 Erdoğan, 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,...

Erdoğan: EU countries will come knocking when Turkey finds natural gas off Cyprus

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday said European countries that oppose Ankara’s drilling activities off Cyprus will knock on Turkey’s door when it find natural gas...

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...

Turkey sees US deal on Syria safe zone as start of purging Kurdish militia: report

Turkey sees its deal with the US to carve out a narrow security zone in northern Syria as just the beginning, two Turkish officials told Bloomberg,...

İzmir police detain 27 lawyers at protest over removal of Kurdish mayors

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

Turkish minister says removal of Kurdish mayors was counterterrorism operation

Turkey’s interior minister, Süleyman Soylu, on Thursday said the removal of three Kurdish mayors from office earlier this week was a counterterrorism operation, the state-run Anadolu...

ECtHR asks Turkey to provide defense for Wikipedia ban by end of October

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has asked Turkey to provide a defense statement justifying a two-year-long ban on popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia by Oct....

Erdoğan aide denies plans for removal of İstanbul, Ankara mayors

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s aide İbrahim Kalın has denied reports about government plans to remove from office the İstanbul and Ankara mayors, who are both...

503 forest fires scorch 1,344 acres of Turkish land in a month: report

Turkey has experienced 503 forest fires in the last month, according to the Habertürk news website, destroying 1,344 hectares of land. A total of 1,345 forest fires...

Turkey notified of attacks on HTS militants in Idlib: Lavrov

Turkey has been notified about attacks on Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) militants in Syria’s Idlib region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, according to Sputnik International,...

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