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Turkey Kurd Leader Risks up to 142 Years in Jail

Turkish prosecutors are demanding up to 142 years in prison for pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-leader Selahattin Demirtas on charges of links to Kurdish militants, state media said on Tuesday. The charismatic Demirtas was detained in November along with another nine HDP lawmakers and his female co-leader Figen Yuksekdag. ...

January 17, 2017

Middle East

Turkish Police Catch Nightclub Gunman in Istanbul Raid

Turkish police were questioning Tuesday the suspected Takfiri who slaughtered 39 people on New Year’s night at an Istanbul nightclub, after capturing him in a raid on a residential area of the city after a long manhunt. The alleged assailant, named as Abdulgadir Masharipov, was found along with his four-year-old ...

January 17, 2017

Middle East

Eight Turkish police officers were killed and 45 more people injured on Friday when a car bomb exploded in the southeastern town of Cizre

Three Police Killed in Turkey Roadside Bomb Attack

Three police officers were killed and three others wounded when a roadside bomb exploded Monday as a police vehicle passed by in Kurdish-majority southeastern Turkey, the local governor’s office said. The attack took place in the Sur neighborhood of Diyarbakir province, where the Turkish army launched an intensive campaign last ...

January 16, 2017

Middle East

Turkish Cargo Boeing Crashes over Populated Area in Kyrgystan

A Turkish cargo jet has crashed near Kyrgyzstan’s Manas airport, killing at least 32 people, most of them residents of a village struck by the Boeing 747 as it tried to land in dense fog, Kyrgyz officials said. According to the airport administration, the plane was supposed to make a ...

January 16, 2017

Middle East

Member of parliament for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Garo Paylan

Turkey Suspends Pro-Kurdish Lawmaker for ‘Genocide’ Comment

A pro-Kurdish lawmaker has been temporarily suspended from the Turkish parliament for saying the word “genocide” during heated discussions on changes to the constitution, state media said on Friday. Member of parliament for the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Garo Paylan said four communities had been lost and “driven from these ...

January 14, 2017

Middle East

Turkey Arrests Two Uighurs over Nightclub Attack

Turkey has arrested two Chinese nationals of Uighur origin in connection with a mass shooting in a nightclub in Istanbul on New Year’s Eve claimed by the Takfiri ISIL group, media reports said. The suspects, named as Omar Asim and Abuliezi Abuduhamiti, were arrested on charges of “being members of ...

January 14, 2017

Middle East

Turkey Says Russia Accord Will Prevent Warplane Clashes in Syria

Turkey on Friday said an accord with Russia to coordinate their air forces in Syria will prevent clashes between its warplanes and those of Russia and also the Syrian army. Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik confirmed Russian statements that Moscow and Ankara had agreed to coordinate their air forces in ...

January 13, 2017

World

Turkish Troops Must Leave Cyprus: Greek Cypriot President

Any deal to reunify Cyprus must include the withdrawal of some 30,000 Turkish troops from the eastern Mediterranean island, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said Friday. “Our position remains… that we must agree on the withdrawal of the Turkish army,” he told reporters, as Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said such ...

January 13, 2017

Middle East

Erdogan Says ‘out of Question’ for Turkey to Withdraw All Troops from Cyprus

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Athens and Greek Cypriots still have “different expectations” on resolving the Cyprus problem from their Turkish counterparts, after crunch talks this week in Geneva. Erdogan said Turkish Cypriots “are working intensely and bring sincerity” but the Greek Cypriot Republic of Cyprus ...

January 13, 2017

Middle East

Turkey Arrests Soldiers for ‘Helping Terror Group’

Turkey has arrested five soldiers in connection with a deadly suicide attack on the military claimed by a Kurdish radical group in the central city of Kayseri, state media said Friday. A bus — carrying low-ranking privates and non-commissioned officers — was attacked after leaving the commando headquarters in the ...

January 13, 2017