Thousands of opposition protesters demonstrated in Istanbul on Sunday against a crackdown on MPs from Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party and municipal chiefs in the southeast. At least 5,000 people — mainly supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the secular Republican People’s Party (CHP) — gathered on the ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday warned NATO against sheltering “terrorist” soldiers after Turkish officers in the alliance’s command reportedly sought asylum after a failed putsch. “How can a terrorist, a terrorist soldier, a soldier who has been involved in plotting a coup, be employed in NATO?” Erdogan told ...
