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Voters in Turkey return to polls to elect next president
Voters in Turkey returned to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country’s longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.
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Turkey jets renew airstrikes in mount Matin
Turkish aircraft renewed their airstrikes on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) positions in the Mount Matin range on Friday, following a four-day hiatus.
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Saudi Arabia to invest $3bn in Iraq
According to Arab News, Muteb Al-Shathri, the Saudi-Iraq Investment Co.’s interim CEO, and his team based in Saudi Arabia will search for funding possibilities in a variety of sectors, including infrastructure, mining, agricultural, real estate development, and financial services.
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Kilicdaroglu faces uphill battle in Turkey’s runoff election
Turkey’s secular opposition leader may have succeeded in forcing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan into his first-ever runoff, but his chances of winning on May 28 are remote.
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Three Yazidi fighters killed in Turkish drone strike in Shingal
Three fighters linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in a Turkish drone strike near Shingal, Kurdistan Region, on Tuesday, the Counterterrorism Service of Iraqi Kurdistan said in a statement.
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Turkey braces for momentous runoff after election race
Neither the state media count nor the one presented by the opposition avoids the possibility of Turkey holding another presidential vote in two weeks.
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Polls close in Turkey elections
Election polls have closed in Turkey where President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 20-year leadership hung in the balance after a strong challenge from an opposition candidate.
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US says it won't interfere in Turkey elections
The spokesman of the White House said the fate of Turkey will be determined by the people of the country, and that the United States does not want to comment on the country's election candidates.
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Turkey to decide Erdogan's future in knife-edge vote today
Turkey votes Sunday in a momentous election that could extend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 20-year grip on power or put the mostly Muslim nation on a more secular course.
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Ties with Turkey will continue, no matter who wins election: Iraqi FM
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said he does not expect the outcome of the Turkish election to affect Iraq-Turkey ties.
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Turkish opposition accuses Russia of election interference ahead of vote day
Turkey’s leading opposition candidate has accused Russia of election interference days before the country’s most consequential vote in a generation.
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Finland says YPG is not a terrorist group
Helsinki does not share Ankara’s view that the People Protection Units (YPG), the PKK group's Syrian wing, is part of the terrorist organization, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said Tuesday.
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Iraqi Kurds keep nervous eye on Turkish election race
As Turkey's presidential vote nears, Iraqi Kurds are keeping a close watch on the tightest electoral battle yet for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the outcome of which could have major security and economic implications for their region.
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Roadmap in the works to mend Syria-Turkey ties: Russia
Russia said on Wednesday that a roadmap to normalize ties between Syria and Turkey will be drafted following a meeting of their foreign ministers in Moscow, Agence France-Presse reported.
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Iraqi PM to visit Kurdistan Region
A member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) announced the Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani to planned to make a visit to the Kurdistan Region.
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Will the Turkish State Accept Kilicdaroglu as President?
It was the perceived need by the Turkish state to check the Kurdish political movement that precipitated the transition to the presidential system. Today, it is Kemal Kilicdaroglu's determination to abolish this system that has secured him the support of the Kurdish movement and set him on a path to victory on May 14.
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Arab League readmits Syria as relations with Assad normalise
Arab League foreign ministers have adopted a decision to readmit Syria after more than a decade of suspension, consolidating a regional push to normalise ties with President Bashar al-Assad.
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AKP officials make contradictry claims over gov’t’s alleged talks with Ocalan
Two officials from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have made contradictory statements regarding claims that the government is engaging in talks with Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the Arti Gercek news website reported on Friday.
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Kilicdaroglu vows to end the appointment of trustees to municipalities in Turkey Kurdish region
Leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party and presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu has promised to stop the practice of removing duly elected mayors from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and replacing them with government-appointed trustees, the Kronos news website reported.
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The Turkish Elections and the Future of Northwest Syria: Scenarios and Policy Implications /Fares Halabi
Introduction In mid-March 2023, amid the widespread destruction caused by the Feb. 6 earthquake in southern Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections would take place on May 14, notwithstanding the ongoing recovery efforts.
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Turkey closes airspace to Armenian flights over monument unveiling
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the monument in Armenian capital Yerevan which commemorate the killings of Ottoman officials responsible for Armenian genocide show that “Armenians are not well-intentioned” towards Turkey.
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Interior minister say Erdogan ordered him to appoint trustees to Kurdish municipalities
According to Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, President Tayyip Erdogan six years ago told him: “Suleyman, I am giving you this instruction. You will remove them from their positions.”
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Kurdish MP urges Iraq's top court to revoke minorities seats in Kurdistan Region parliament
A Kurdish MP in the Iraqi Council of Representatives requested Iraq's Supreme Federal Court to revoke the allocation of 11 quota seats for minorities in the Kurdistan Region parliament.
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Turkey election pledges foretell bigger budget deficit / Mustafa Sonmez
Both the government and the opposition have made a seemingly endless stream of economic pledges in the run-up to Turkey’s crucial May 14 elections.
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Masoud Barzani meets Hudapar high-ranking delegation
In a meeting between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Leader Massoud Barzani and a high-level delegation of Hudapar, opinions were exchanged about the peaceful resolution of issues between the nations of the region through dialogue.
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US Congressman says Erbil should resume its oil export
A member of the American Congress called for the resumption of oil exports from the Kurdistan Region, saying: "It is necessary to implement the provisions of the agreement concluded between Erbil and Baghdad regarding oil export from the Kurdistan Region."
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Leader says Americans are no friends to Iraq
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei told the Iraqi president not to trust the Americans' friendship claims, saying that even the existence of one single American is too much.
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Erbil sends high-profile official to Turkey to discuss resuming oil exports
The government of the Kurdistan Region has dispatched a senior official to Turkey to explore mechanisms for resuming the region's oil exports, a well-informed source told Shafaq News Agency.
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For the Kurds, taking the road to Damascus will have a price
In a bid to keep his presidential candidacy alive, Lebanon's Suleiman Frangieh travelled the road to Damascus last week for an informal meeting with Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. It was reported that French presidential adviser Patrick Durel sent a message to Lebanon's parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri asking him to call a parliamentary session to elect a president. These moves prompted speculation that the country's political deadlock could come to an end before June, the deadline given by foreign mediators for choosing a president.
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Turkey, Syria defense chiefs discuss ‘normalization' in Russia meeting
The Turkish and Syrian defense and intelligence chiefs discussed the concrete steps that could be taken to normalize Ankara-Damascus ties on Tuesday, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said.