Turkey’s Suppression of the Kurds Fuels a Deadly Armed Conflict

Kurds are often denied equal access to political representation, economic resources and cultural freedoms in Turkey. Read More

Turkey Replaces Kurdish Mayor With Government Candidate Two Days After Vote

Turkey Replaces Kurdish Mayor With Government Candidate ... were judicial matters and the government could not intervene. The leader of Turkey's main opposition party CHP said handing the ... Read More

Clashes after Turkey annuls pro-Kurdish mayoral candidate's win

Turkey's election officials have overturned the election of a pro-Kurdish ... DEM leader, said in a statement from prison where he has been held since 2016 on terrorism charges. "We call on ... Read More

Turkey reinstates pro-Kurdish election winner Zeydan after days of unrest in Van

Turkey's election authority ... years in jail on charges of links to Kurdish militants that targeted a number of party colleagues, including two leaders who remain behind bars. Read More

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Britain’s Parliament passed contentious legislation to allow the deportation of asylum seekers to the African country, a political victory for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. By Mark Landler and ... Read More

Turkey denies pro-Kurdish mayor-elect the right to assume office

Turkey’s electoral ... had removed elected pro-Kurdish mayors from office for alleged links to Kurdish militants and replaced them with state-appointed trustees. Fox News' "Antisemitism Exposed ... Read More

Kurdish People Fast Facts

(CNN) — Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, western ... Read More

Turkey’s top election authority restores newly elected pro-Kurdish mayor’s right to hold office

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s highest electoral authority on Wednesday restored the right of a newly elected mayor from a pro-Kurdish party to hold office, overturning an earlier decision by ... Read More

Turkey denies newly elected pro-Kurdish mayor the right to hold office in country’s east

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s electoral authorities on Tuesday denied the newly elected mayor from a pro-Kurdish political party the right to hold office in an eastern city and replaced him ... Read More

Turkey replaces Kurdish mayor with government candidate two days after vote

The leader of Turkey's main opposition ... Coming soon: Get the latest news and expert analysis about the state of the global economy with Reuters Econ World. Sign up here. Additional reporting ... Read More

Turkey denies newly elected pro-Kurdish mayor the right to hold office in country's east

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s electoral authorities on Tuesday denied the newly elected mayor from a pro-Kurdish political party the right to hold office in an eastern city and replaced him with ... Read More