President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has in the recent weeks forced from office several of Turkey’s big city mayors, in a purge of local officials designed to shore up support for his ruling party. In a fast-moving and sometimes ruthless chain of resignations, four top city mayors have stepped down at ...
Turkish prime minister said on Tuesday that Iraqi government forces took control of the key border crossing with Turkey in the Iraqi Kurdistan region after weeks of tensions between Baghdad and Arbil. The border crossing “has been handed over to the central government” of Iraq, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told ...
