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 European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against Greece in a landmark immigration case for illegally deporting a Turkish migrant and accused the nation of employing systematic "pushback" practices
Turkish media reported the arrest of 30 Afghan asylum seekers in Bitlis, Sivas, and Balıkesir as arrests and deportations of Afghan migrants in Turkey continue to rise. According to Turkish media reports, these individuals were detained on Tuesday, January 7, from various cities and transferred to deportation centers.
A delegation from Turkey's pro-Kurd DEM political party met Saturday with its former president, jailed since 2016, as it pursues an effort to end decades of conflict between Ankara and the outlawed Kurdish PKK rebel group.
Ahmet Turk, a veteran Kurdish politician, called for a renewal of the “brotherhood” between Kurds and Turks, echoing the sentiments of jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan amid new hopes for peace in Turkey.
The European Court of Human Rights in a landmark ruling has found that Greece illegally deported a woman back to neighboring Turkey.
ISTANBUL — A delegation from one of Turkey's biggest pro-Kurdish political ... Selahattin Demirtas, at Edirne prison near the Greek border. The meeting with Demirtas — jailed in 2016 on ...