The appointment of trustees to replace elected mayors is a blatant attack on basic democratic rights. The Socialist Equality ...

This follows a series of similar removals from office and is associated with recent efforts to address the government's long-standing conflict with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), classified as a ...

Turkey dismissed the pro-Kurdish mayors of three southeastern cities on Monday for alleged ties to Kurdish militants, just ...

Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged "terrorism" charges, despite Ankara's ...

Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged "terrorism" charges, despite Ankara's apparent desire to seek a rapprochement with the Kurdish community.

Angry protesters hit the streets of several cities in mainly-Kurdish southeastern Turkey on Monday after the authorities sacked three mayors on "terrorism" charges, sparking a rebuke from Europe's ...

After the government removed three mayors from the pro-Kurdish DEM Party due to alleged terror ties, the DEM Party and other opposition parties accused it of 'stealing municipalities it could not win ...

Turkey has removed three elected pro-Kurdish mayors from office over terrorism-related charges and replaced them with ...

Turkey stripped three elected pro-Kurdish mayors of their posts in southeastern cities on Monday, for convictions and charges on terrorism-related offences, the interior ministry said, appointing ...

Kenya’s reputation as a safe haven for refugees has been blemished with its recent deportation of four Turkish nationals who ...

Erdogan was pleased with the progress made by the Iraqi authorities to combat the activity of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK, banned and recognized as a terrorist group by Ankara) on its territory.

Hundreds of people have gathered in Istanbul to protest against the arrest and removal from office of a mayor from Turkey’s ...