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 ...
Turkey’s Erdogan makes risky bet on peace with Kurds
Making peace with the PKK could also lead to a big advance in Erdogan’s mission to stabilise Syria under a friendly new ...
Turkey peace call may boost Erdogan's domestic and Syria goals
Tayyip Erdogan's long-held goal of ending Turkey's conflict with Kurdish militants is a step closer after their jailed ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Turkey’s top appeals court upholds jail term for prominent opposition figure
Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...
Who is Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish militant leader urging peace with Turkey?
The 75-year-old militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has spent a quarter of a century in jail after leading his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to take up arms against the Turkish state to fight for a ...
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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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Turkey: Journalists face jail for revealing Isis backing
TWO TURKISH journalists could face jail for exposing government arms smuggling to Islamic State (Isis). Turkish media reported yesterday that state prosecutor Irfan Fidan requested arrest warrants for ...
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Turkey and the Kurdish PKK: 40 years of conflict
Signs suggest that Turkey may release its top state enemy, Abdullah Öcalan, the founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, from jail. Why is Turkey seeking peace now with the decades-long Kurdish ...