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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Popular Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is seen by many as a likely next president — as long as Erdoğan’s authorities don’t ...

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The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia declared an immediate ceasefire in Turkey following jailed leader Abdullah ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tayyip Erdogan's long-held goal of ending Turkey's conflict with Kurdish militants is a step closer after their jailed chief's peace call, giving the president a potential political boost at home and ...