Turkish threats to cut water flow to Iraq behind attack on Kurdish refugee camp
The UN-recognised Makhmour (Mexmûr) refugee camp, which is located near Iraq’s Mosul and built by Kurdish refugees in the 1990s,...
Kılıçdaroğlu secures majority vote in Turkey’s largest provinces despite election defeat
Turkey's opposition presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu won the majority of votes in the country's five largest provinces, where one-fourth of...
Vote in southeast reflects discontent with Erdoğan’s crackdown on pro-Kurdish circles
In a resounding display of defiance against the hardline approach of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and...
Turkish Elections
Jürgen Klute While I am writing this text, not all votes in the run-off of the Turkish presidential election have...
Violence erupts in Turkey’s presidential election, celebrations turn deadly
As President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan emerged as the victor of Turkey’s presidential elections holding over 50 percent of votes in...
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition calls for strengthening of democratic politics amidst election turmoil
The spokespersons of the Green Left Party and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) described the Turkish presidential election as a...
Kurdish politician defies defeat, calls for undeterred fight for democracy
“We have not been defeated, and because of that, there is no reason for anyone to lose hope. Let us...
Erdoğan slams Turkey’s LGBT community in first speech after election
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke to a crowd of his supporters in Üsküdar, Istanbul’s conservative district where the president has his...
Child killed by Turkey-backed groups in Syria’s Afrin as they celebrate Erdoğan’s presidency
A child fell victim to heavy gunfire by Turkish-backed Syrian rebel groups on Sunday in Afrin (Efrîn), northern Syria, while...
LIVE BLOG: Turkey at ballot boxes for second round of presidential elections
YSK Chairman Ahmet Yener updated the results at 20:00 to 75.42 percent of votes counted, and incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
