Turkey ousts 3 elected pro-Kurdish mayors from office and replaces them with state officials
Turkey has removed three elected pro-Kurdish mayors from office over terrorism-related charges and replaced them with state-appointed officials
Turkey sacks 3 pro-Kurdish mayors for 'terror ties'
Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged "terrorism" charges, despite Ankara's apparent desire to seek a rapprochement with the Kurdish community.
Turkey unseats Kurdish mayors in crackdown after peace proposal
Turkey dismissed the pro-Kurdish mayors of three southeastern cities on Monday for alleged ties to Kurdish militants, just two weeks after President Tayyip Erdogan's main ally made a proposal for ending the militants' 40-year insurgency in the southeast.
Turkish police, protesters clash after pro-Kurdish mayors removed
Turkish police scuffle with protesters condemning the removal of pro-Kurdish mayors:: Batman, Turkey::Protesters gathered at a roundabout in the centre of Batman city, where the Mayor Gulistan Sonuk was removed from her seat.
Turkey replaces pro-Kurdish mayors with state officials in southeast
Local governors replaced the mayors in the provincial centers of Mardin and Batman, while the mayor of Halfeti in Sanliurfa province was also unseated
Turkey Removes Pro-Kurdish Mayors for Alleged PKK Ties
On Monday, Turkey dismissed pro-Kurdish mayors from three southeastern cities, alleging connections to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), just weeks after a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proposed a plan to end the group’s four-decade conflict.
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U.S.-allied Kurds in Syria say 12 killed in strikes as Turkey responds to attack on state-run defense firm
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Ankara gun assault revives memories of past attacks in Turkey
Two attackers killed five people and wounded 22 others on Wednesday in a gun attack on the headquarters of Turkey's largest ...
Kurdish leader in Syria calls for diplomatic solutions to conflict with Turkey
The leader of the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in northeast Syria has called for international mediators to continue pushing ...
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Turkey sacks 3 mayors on 'terror' charges, sparking fury in southeast
Angry protesters hit the streets of several cities in mainly-Kurdish southeastern Turkey on Monday after the authorities ...
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Turkish air strikes hit PKK targets in Iraq again after Ankara attack
ANKARA - Turkey carried out air strikes against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq overnight, hitting dozens of targets for the second night in a row, the Defence Ministry said on Friday ...
Turkey Moves To Broaden Its Africa Reach
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Turkey announces initial payment for $23B F-16 jets deal
The first batch of payments has been made in Turkey’s nearly five-year effort to purchase new F-16 fighter jets from the ...
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US vote unlikely to revitalise Turkey ties
The outcome of Tuesday's knife-edge US election is unlikely to have much of an impact on the tepid ties between Washington ...
Kartal Municipality strike in Turkey exposes CHP, DISK and the pseudo left
Under conditions where the workers in Kartal and other municipalities were not able to take matters into their own hands by ...