The massive street protests gripping Turkey may have been triggered by the arrest of Istanbul’s popular opposition mayor but ...

The massive street protests gripping Turkey may have been triggered by the arrest of Istanbul's popular opposition mayor but ...

By Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State UniversityIstanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu had expected to become Turkey’s opposition presidential nominee on March 23, 2025; instead, he lost his freedom and college ...

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the horizon ...

AKRE. Iraq (AP) — Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and ...

Three weeks after jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan urged his militants to disband, Turkey's Kurds were celebrating their ...

The detention of Istanbul's popular mayor risks undermining Turkey's move to end the PKK militant group's 40-year-old ...

Devlet Bahceli, leader of Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party and ally of President Erdogan, has called for the PKK to disband by May 4. This is in response to a call from imprisoned leader Abdullah ...

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

With the disintegration of the Syrian state after 2011, the Kurds in northeast Syria became key players in shaping the country’s future. The recent agreement between Damascus and the Kurdish-led ...

Turkish authorities arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogans key political rival, on charges of ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival on Wednesday on charges ...