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Issued on: 18/04/2023 - 11:37 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's chief rival in next month's election defended Kurdish rights on Tuesday and accused the Turkish leader of…

Two Ontario women were arrested on terrorism allegations on Thursday after returning to Canada from camps in Syria for captured ISIS suspects. Dure Ahmed and Ammara Amjad were to appear in court in Brampton, Ont., north of Toronto,…

Issued on: 04/04/2023 - 16:23 France was on Tuesday set to try 11 alleged senior members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), accused of extortion, terrorist financing…

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Issued on: 22/03/2023 - 11:17 Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party said Wednesday it would not field a presidential candidate in May elections, giving tacit support to Recep…

Issued on: 10/03/2023 - 22:13Modified: 10/03/2023 - 22:21 Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, the leader of Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP), has emerged as the main challenger…

Issued on: 07/02/2023 - 07:19 Prisoners mutinied in a northwestern Syria prison Monday following a deadly earthquake, with at least 20 escaping the jail holding mostly…

Issued on: 21/01/2023 - 08:46 Turkey said on Saturday that it had called off a visit by Sweden's defence minister over a planned anti-Turkey protest in Stockholm.…

Issued on: 20/01/2023 - 16:10 Sweden is bracing for demonstrations Saturday that could complicate its efforts to persuade Turkey to approve its NATO accession.…

Issued on: 14/01/2023 - 15:26 A new Turkish ground offensive in Syria is "possible any time", a top aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday, despite a…