Turkish party leader says his arrest is part of a crackdown on Erdogan's political opponents
The leader of a Turkish nationalist party has said he was arrested and detained on political grounds as part of an opposition ...
Turkey arrests opposition mayor over alleged tender-rigging, state media says
A Turkish court formally arrested an Istanbul district mayor from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) over alleged tender-rigging, state-owned Anadolu news agency said on Tuesday, amid ...
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Turkey’s Erdoğan tries to sink popular rival in flood of court battles
Popular Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is seen by many as a likely next president — as long as Erdoğan’s authorities don’t ...
Kurdish leader Ocalan issues message from prison, urging PKK to disarm to make peace with Turkey
Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has called on his militant group to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a bid to end a four-decade long conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of l ...
PKK declares ceasefire in Turkey ending years of bloodshed
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia declared an immediate ceasefire in Turkey following jailed leader Abdullah ...
Turkey's pro-Kurdish party expects statement from militant leader Ocalan soon
ANKARA - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party expects to visit Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan in jail within days after which he is expected to make a statement on the Kurdish ...
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Jailed PKK leader Ocalan expected to call for peace with Turkey
A delegation from Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party met with Ocalan at his ... Ocalan has been serving a life jail term without parole on Imrali island since his arrest in Nairobi in February 1999. Since ...
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Jailed Kurdish leader issues call to lay down arms
He said the movement - banned as a terrorist group in Turkey, the EU ... politicians have been targeted by a wave of arrests and jail sentences in recent years. Last year the two leaders of ...