Turkish police have detained the strongest rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a move that experts say is aimed at ...

Turkey detained Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival of President Tayyip Erdogan, on charges of corruption and ...

The events mark a dramatic escalation in an ongoing government crackdown on the opposition in Turkey and has seen supporters ...

If accepted by Turkey, the declaration could ... an independent Kurdish state in the country’s southeast. But in recent years the group has called for more autonomy within Turkey instead.

Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms and disband, and their group declared a cease-fire. By Ben Hubbard and ...

Now, the group’s imprisoned founder, Abdullah Ocalan, has called on Kurdish ... toward Kurdish rights inside Turkey. For most Turks, Mr. Ocalan remains the country’s most hated terrorist.

Turkey on Sunday called on the European Union to unconditionally lift sanctions on Syria, ahead of an international aid ...