Kurdish politicians detained in Turkey
UPI - Fri Dec 25, 1:05 am ETANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Turkish police rounded up politicians Thursday from the Kurdish Democratic Society Party, disbanded by the Supreme Court two weeks ago.
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ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Turkish police rounded up politicians Thursday from the Kurdish Democratic Society Party, disbanded by the Supreme Court two weeks ago.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency says police have detained more than 30 people, including several Kurdish mayors, in a nationwide crackdown against Kurdish rebels.
Two weeks after the disbanding of the pro-Kurdish party in Parliament, Turkish security forces detained dozens of former party members, saying they were linked to a separatist rebel group.
Istanbul - A Turkish court on Thursday found a man guilty of murdering an 8-year-old girl in western Germany last January, sentencing him to life in prison. The court in the city of Soke in western Turkey ruled that Turkish national Ali Kur, 30, had ...
(RTTNews) - Police in Turkey have arrested 31 people in a nationwide crackdown on Kurdish separatists, said officials on Thursday.
It may be the first modern Christmas movie ever made for audiences in Turkey, a mostly Muslim country that does not celebrate Christmas.
ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Eight Turkish soldiers have been arrested in connection with an alleged assassination plot against Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, the army said.
ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Pro-Kurdish lawmakers in Turkey are awaiting direction from the imprisoned head of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party on the leadership of their party.
Istanbul - A prosecutor has filed a case against Aydin Dogan, Turkey's largest media owner, accusing him breaking the country's capital markets law, the Turkish press reported Friday. A lawyer for the company, Dogan Yayin, has confirmed that an Istan...
The governments of Turkey and Syria signed in Damascus 50 agreements and memoranda of understanding on economic and security issues. Syrian President Bashar Assad welcomed a delegation from Ankara led by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkish police detained 31 people, including eight Kurdish mayors, in a sweeping dawn operation Thursday targeting Kurdish separatists, a local security source said.
ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The flow of oil from Iraq to the Turkish port of Ceyhan could resume in the next few days following a shutdown from militant attacks, Turkish officials said.
Eight soldiers have been questioned over a presumed plot against Turkey's vice prime minister, the army said on its website on Saturday.
A Q&A about traveling to Turkey.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Kurdish lawmakers say they will boycott Turkish Parliament to protest a court ruling banning the nation's main Kurdish party.
Two Kurds protesting against the closure of a pro-Kurdish party were shot dead and seven were wounded on Tuesday when shopkeepers attacked them in the south-eastern Turkish town of Mus, security officials said.