Turkish minister warns pro-Kurdish party it could face moves to ban it

Turkey's justice minister warned the country's main pro-Kurdish DEM party on Wednesday that it would face the risk of legal action, and even a closure case like its predecessor, if it did not distance ... Read More

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

Zeydan had been elected to parliament ... of links to outlawed Kurdish militants -- during Sunday's municipal vote captured control of mayorships of large towns in Turkey's Kurdish-majority ... Read More

Turkey Replaces Kurdish Mayor With Government Candidate Two Days After Vote

Turkey Replaces Kurdish Mayor With Government Candidate Two Days After Vote ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish authorities on Tuesday prevented the newly elected mayor of a pro-Kurdish party taking up ... Read More

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’s suppression of the Kurdish political movement continues to fuel a deadly armed conflict

The world has 91 democracies and 88 autocracies. Yet 71% of the worlds population (some 5.7 billion people) are living under autocratic rule, a big jump from 48% ten years ago. This trend towards ... 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

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

ANKARA, Turkey (AP ... clashes erupted Tuesday in the mostly-Kurdish town of Pervari between supporters of a ruling party politician who won the vote there and his rival, who came in second. 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

ISTANBUL, April 2 (Reuters) - Turkish authorities on Tuesday prevented the newly elected mayor of a pro-Kurdish party taking up his post and announced a re-run vote ... The leader of Turkey's ... Read More