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Protesters that gathered on Saturday near Ankara’s main train station for a peaceful rally organized by several workers’ unions and other groups for increased democracy and an end to the violence between the Kurdish rebels and Turkey’s forces witnessed violence Read more
Tension between political parties has been increasing ahead of the November 1 elections and the decision on Saturday by the country’s independent Supreme Election Board (YSK) to reject requests of some local election boards from districts in the eastern and Read more
The opening session of the Turkish parliament’s legislative year by president Erdogan was marked by protests from some opposition members of parliament claiming that he had been biased during last June parliamentary elections, in addition to the fact that the Read more
The European Union (EU) and the United States are urging Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to return to the negotiating table because continuous attacks will affect the civilian population and worsen the situation of the turbulent region with neighboring Read more
An early Thursday morning attack on Kobane by ISIL left many people dead and stirred anger in Turkey with one of the key leaders of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) alleging that Ankara cooperated with the extremist group to commit“massacre.” Reports Read more
President Erdoğan has attacked opposition parties ahead of the parliamentary elections on Sunday in a bid to lure votes for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). He alleged that the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) “is controlled from the mountain;” Read more