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Erdogan’s election blow will shape Turkey’s foreign policy
Recent local elections delivered a stunning blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, marking his most significant electoral defeat to date.
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Diyarbakir residents voice demands as era of trustee mayor ends
Residents in Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakir province listed their wishes and demands, as the current government-appointed trustee mayors were replaced in the local elections by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality…
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Illustrated novel about Ocalan released
An illustrated novel depicting the life of Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), has been published in three different languages.
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23 arrested in Turkey for protesting overturning of Kurdish mayor’s election victory
Turkish courts arrested 23 people among hundreds detained over protests that erupted across Turkey in response to a local electoral authority’s decision to annul the victory of a pro-Kurdish party candidate in eastern…
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Turkey’s top judicial body launches inquiry into court that reinstated Van mayor’s political rights
One day after Turkey’s election authority decided to reinstall a Kurdish politician who had been initially denied the mandate to serve as mayor of the eastern province of Van, the country’s Board of Judges and Prosecutor…
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Turkey reinstates pro-Kurdish Mayor in Van after widespread protests
Turkey’s election authority has reinstated the winner of the mayoral elections from a pro-Kurdish party in the eastern city of Van, shortly after initially removing his candidacy.
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Five things to know about local elections in Turkey
People in Turkey will vote Sunday in local elections as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sets his sights on winning back Istanbul, the country’s economic powerhouse, after he was re-elected head of state in a tight…
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Turkey’s Erdogan to visit Iraq, discuss ambitious agenda
Security cooperation and transport corridor plans are expected to top the agenda of the Turkish president’s visit to Iraq in April, the first of its kind since 2011.
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Biden to host Erdogan at White House for the first time on May 9
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel to the United States on May 9, for the first time as an official guest of President Joe Biden, Turkish media reported on Tuesday, without citing official sources.
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Europe has abandoned the Kurds in favor of Erdogan
Kurds in European countries are feeling increasingly unsafe in the face of attacks by Turkish ultranationalists and European countries adopting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s narrative against them.
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Kurds of Iraqi Kurdistan bear brunt of PKK's insurgency against Turkey*
Perched in the family home of Omar Ismail is a photo of one of his sons, Dimokrat, wielding a heavy machinegun during the war against ISIS in northern Iraq in 2014.
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Turkey Pro-Kurdish candidate fights anti-migrant sentiment in local elections
A pro-Kurdish candidate who lost his arm in prison during a police raid after a hunger strike in 2000 has turned three decades of social activism into a fight against the anti-migrant sentiment dominating local…