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US pastor denies terror links as trial begins in Turkey
Evangelical pastor Andrew Craig Brunson went on trial in Turkey on Monday on charges of aiding terror groups and spying in a case that has deepened tensions with Washington.
Turkish troops killed in attack by Kurdish PKK militants
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants staged an attack near a military base in southeast Turkey’s Siirt province, killing six Turkish security force members and wounding seven,…
Afrin offensive: PKK fires rockets at Turkey in solidarity with Syrian Kurds
FRANCE 24's Jasper Mortimer brings us the latest on Turkey's military offensive against the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin.
Erdogan vows to destroy ‘terror nests’ in Syria
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday vowed Turkey would soon begin an operation against towns in Syria controlled by Kurdish militia, calling the areas “nests” of terror.
Kurds march to demand justice for slain activists in Paris
Thousands of Kurds protested in Paris on Saturday over the failure of the French authorities to convict anyone over the 2013 murders of three female Kurdish rebels in the French…
Erdogan stumps for ‘yes’ vote in Kurdish city
Weeks ahead of a critical constitutional referendum, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a campaign rally over the weekend for a “Yes” vote in the southeastern city of…
Car bomb explodes in western Turkish city of Izmir
Four people were killed, including the two attackers, after a car bomb exploded outside of a courthouse in the western Turkish coastal city of Izmir, according to local officials.
Suspect in murders of Kurdish activists dies in Paris hospital
A 34-year-old Turkish man suspected of killing three Kurdish activists, including one of the cofounders of the banned PKK, in Paris in January 2013 died Saturday morning in a…
More than 200 detained in Turkey bombing raids
Turkish police have detained more than 200 people in raids across the country targeting officials from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) over allegations of links…
Turkey jails newspaper staff after bomb blast kills children in southeast
An Istanbul court on Saturday ordered the formal arrest of nine employees of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper, widening Turkey’s crackdown on dissenting voices. The arrests…
Deadly car bomb strikes Kurdish city in Turkey
A minibus laden with explosives tore through a building in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir on Friday, killing at least eight people and wounding 100…
