the CHP mayor of Istanbul’s Esenyurt district. Ozer has been behind bars since October as part of a separate investigation into his alleged connections to the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. The tender-rigging scheme was allegedly led by a man ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Turkish interior ministry on Friday removed the mayor of Istanbul’s Besiktas district days after he was arrested and accused of bribery and membership in a criminal organization.

The Republican People’s Party, Turkey’s main opposition party, condemned the arrest as politically motivated, with Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu calling it an attempt to sway public opinion. #EuropeNe

A fresh drive to bring an end to Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict has seen politicians from the pro-Kurdish party meet jailed leaders.

Two pro-Kurdish Turkish lawmakers met Wednesday with the jailed founder of the PKK, part of an effort to revive dialogue between Ankara and the banned militant organisation.

Talks aimed at ending a 40-year-old militant conflict have fostered peace hopes in Turkey but the precarious situation of Kurdish forces in Syria and uncertainty about Ankara's intentions have left many Kurds anxious about the path ahead.

A delegation from one of Turkey’s biggest pro-Kurdish political parties has met a leading figure of the Kurdish movement in prison, the latest step in a tentative process to end the country’s 40-year conflict.

the CHP mayor of Istanbul’s Esenyurt district. Ozer has been behind bars since October as part of a separate investigation into his alleged connections to the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party ...

Negotiators are zeroing in on a potential deal to resolve one of the most explosive questions looming over Syria’s future:

In an interview with Saudi Arabia’s Asharq Al Awsat’s News channel on Tuesday, SDF commander Mazloum Abdi said the alliance’s “basic demand” is for decentralized administration – a potential challenge to Syria’s new leadership, which wants to bring all of the country back under the government’s authority after ousting Bashar al-Assad last month.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Wednesday that a total of 240 suspects were apprehended in two weeks of “Operation Mace-39”

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), irked by investigations targeting its mayors and officials over corruption and threats,