Abdullah Zeydan of the pro-Kurdish DEM Party was replaced after being convicted for 'assisting an armed terrorist organisation'.

Turkey’s government dismissed the Kurdish mayor of the eastern province of Van after he was sentenced to prison for terrorism ...

Turkey on Saturday removed another elected pro-Kurdish provincial mayor over convictions on terrorism-related charges and ...

The European Parliament has passed a resolution condemning Turkey's removal of elected opposition mayors and their ...

By the end of 2011, the Syrian Civil War had started, becoming a long-standing symbol of conflict in the Middle East.

The interim government in Damascus has called for a powerful Kurdish-led militia backed by the United States to disarm and ...

The European Parliament has criticized Turkey's detention and removal of opposition mayors, demanding their release and ...

The European Parliament has condemned Turkish legal action against mayors from opposition parties, and called for municipal officials who have been detained in recent weeks to be released, acquitted ...

Rolling his cigarette between sips of tea, Suleyman Ilcan is excited about a message from jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan ...

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After 40 years of insurgency and 40,000 lives lost, Ocalan is expected to call for PKK fighters to lay down their arms. However, with President Erdogan's democratic backsliding and continued crackdown ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sees the upheaval in neighboring Syria as an opportunity to thwart Kurdish nationalism.