Critics say the arrest of Istanbul's mayor is part of a mounting crackdown by Turkey's president to silence all dissent.

The mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, was detained after prosecutors accused him of corruption and terrorism. The opposition said the ...

The detention of İmamoglu, Erdogan's main political opponent, marks a new stage in Turkey's descent into dictatorship under ...

Long-serving, autocratic-leaning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking to extend his tenure beyond ...

Turkish authorities detained 37 people for sharing “provocative” content on social media, the interior minister said Thursday ...

In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul, Ocalan said that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, should hold a congress and decide to disband.

Whetstone was convicted of capital murder in Lee County in 1984 and sentenced to life in prison. He killed Loretta Darlene Steele, 27, in 1983. Whetstone pleaded guilty to the murder after being ...

Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire on ... arms and disband after visiting him on his island prison. The White House praised the call for peace ...

Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his militant group Thursday to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end a four-decade long conflict with Turkey's government ...

In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul ... The DEM party has long pressed for greater democracy in Turkey, rights for the country’s Kurdish population and to improve conditions ...

A group of bipartisan House lawmakers are introducing legislation to redesignate Turkey as a Near Eastern country at the State Department, rather than a European country, as Ankara has moved away ...

Vaughn Correctional Center officer after they say she smuggled methamphetamines into the prison. Police say they were called to the Smyrna prison for a drug investigation on March 16, 2025.