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Pro-Kurdish party supporter gets 3 years on terrorism charges for live-streaming Kurdish songs

A supporter of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has been sentenced to three years in prison on terrorism charges for live-streaming Kurdish songs...

Turkey frees Kurdish politician with dementia from jail

Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk was released from jail in northwest Turkey late Thursday after a medical report that her dementia did not allow her...

Sweden will address Turkey’s concerns over NATO bid: new FM

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said on Tuesday the new government was committed to overcoming Turkey's objections to Sweden's historic bid to join NATO,...

Turkey investigates prominent rights activist over remarks about use of chemical weapons

Şebnem Korur Fincancı, a famous human rights activist and head of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), is under investigation due to her comments on...

Erdoğan says Turkish army has never used chemical weapons

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey's armed forces have never used chemical weapons and that legal action would be taken against people who make...

Pro-Kurdish party asks Justice Ministry for meeting with jailed PKK leader

A group of politicians from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has applied to the Justice Ministry for a meeting with Abdullah Öcalan, the...

Erdoğan accused of racism and equating Kurds with terrorists in remarks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has attracted widespread accusations of racism and of equating Kurds with terrorists of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)...

Erdoğan advises secular politician to have more children as he accepts him into AKP

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urged former military officer and former secular opposition party politician Mehmet Ali Çelebi and his wife to have more children,...

Jailed former HDP lawmaker gets 11 more years on terrorist propaganda charges

A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of 11 years, seven months to a former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party...

Turkish, Swedish delegations hold talks in Ankara about Turkey’s extradition requests

A delegation from the Swedish justice ministry met with a delegation from its counterpart in Turkey on Wednesday to discuss Turkey’s requests for the...

Top court finds rights violation in re-arrest of Kurdish politician despite election as deputy

Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled by a majority vote that Kurdish politician Leyla Güven’s re-arrest despite her election to parliament in the 2018 general...

Kurdish lawmaker faces up to 15 years in prison on terrorism charges

A lawmaker from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who was stripped of her parliamentary immunity and jailed earlier this month, faces a prison...

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