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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a conference in Istanbul, September 28, 2024. Photo: Turkish presidency

Turkey’s Erdogan dismisses calls for snap elections

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday dismissed the opposition’s calls for snap elections, stating that the government will stay until its term ends in 2028.

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Pro-Kurdish party denies talks with parliament speaker over constitution

Huda Par leader Zekeriya Yapicioglu speaking to Rudaw on September 18, 2024. Photo: Rudaw/screengrab

Amending Turkey’s constitution should be lawmakers’ right: Huda Par

Protesters hold portraits of Narin Guran during a protest at Kadikoy district in Istanbul on September 8, 2024. Photo: Ozan Kose/AFP

Confession links Narin Guran's death to uncle: State media

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Protesters hold portraits of eight-year-old Narin Guran during a protest at Kadikoy district in Istanbul, on September 8, 2024. Photo: Ozan Kose/AFP

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Outcry in Diyarbakir after body of missing Kurdish child found

An image showing one of the US military members attacked by Turkish ultranationalists in the western Izmir province on September 2, 2024. Photo: Screengrab/TGB social media

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Turkey arrests 15 for attack on US personnel in Izmir

Loqman Hakim, the Kurdish businessman, who was killed in Istanbul. Photo: Submitted

02-09-2024

Turkey denies Duhok businessman killed for speaking Kurdish

Makbule Ozer after her release from prison on August 31, 2024. Photo: submitted

31-08-2024

Elderly Kurdish woman released in Turkey after outcry over age

Excavation at Domuztepe Mound of Kahramanmaras province, Turkey. Photo: AA

30-08-2024

Two 7,600-year-old skeletons found in southern Turkey

30-08-2024

Diyarbakir Bar Association slams ‘racist’ attacks on lawyer’s Kurdish oath

Gulistan Kilic Kocyigit, deputy head of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) parliamentary bloc speaking at the Turkish parliament on August 26, 2024. Photo: DEM Party

26-08-2024

Turkey killing journalists in Sulaimani a ‘war crime,’ says pro-Kurdish MP

Images published by Turkish media showing the aftermath of the accident, and the victims.

25-08-2024

Three members of Kurdish family killed in car accident in Turkey

Amedspor fans. Photo: Amedspor on X

24-08-2024

Amedspor condemns ‘racist’ attack on fans in Turkey

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Skiing with wood; Kurdish villagers in Turkey preserve cultural heritage

A year on from the earthquake, survivors in Turkey's Malatya decry conditions

Heavy snowfall blankets southeastern Turkey, cutting off villages

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Rusen Firat speaking to Rudaw in Erzurum on December 29, 2023. Photo: Rudaw

Turkish court axes controversial flag ruling against Kurdish woman

Diyarbakir book fair returns after 4-year hiatus

Ex-Ankara football club president banned for punching referee

Skiing with wood; Kurdish villagers in Turkey preserve cultural heritage

A year on from the earthquake, survivors in Turkey's Malatya decry conditions

Heavy snowfall blankets southeastern Turkey, cutting off villages

In Turkey’s Kurdish southeast, heavy snow and cold temperatures have brought...

Diyarbakir book fair returns after 4-year hiatus

Ex-Ankara football club president banned for punching referee

Turkey's Alevis call for secular education, equality