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The dissolved Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) announced on Thursday, October 8, the withdrawal of all its armed forces from inside Turkish territory and areas near the border, saying that the move “completes the necessary requirements to end the armed struggle against Turkey and move to political action.” The party leadership …

That is why the Imamoglu comparison belongs here. If the fund scandal tests what happens when scrutiny moves towards financial, bureaucratic and political power, his case shows how it operates towards the opposition. Campaign group Human Rights Watch says Imamoglu received roughly 80,000 pages of case material on six DVDs …

Ankara appears to be moving toward greater alignment with U.S. sanctions, but its willingness to commit to full cooperation remains in question. On September 4, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Turkey’s Golden Global Bank, a relatively small institution, for having “facilitated tens of millions of dollars’ worth of transactions for …

Turkey is weighing military support for Saudi Arabia as Ankara, Riyadh and Islamabad move to deepen cooperation under the Mecca defence pact. Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are set to hold high-level defence talks in Riyadh on Monday as Ankara signals its readiness to support the kingdom against continued Houthi …

Washington has done well targeting Tehran’s shipping, banking and financial networks. The regime is increasingly being pushed onto costlier land routes. But some countries are leaving one major artery relatively open to Iran: the sky. Turkey is among the worst offenders; Washington needs to rein it in. After Iran reopened …

Under the conditions of power monopoly in Afghanistan, the proposal of ideas such as ‘Southern Turkestan’ can become a platform for foreign intervention, ethnic polarization, and further disintegration of national cohesion. This project could also serve as a tool for future pressure on Iran, Russia, and China. IntroductionThe introduction of …

Growing tensions surrounding the Russia-Ukraine war risk bringing the conflict within NATO’s borders, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned. “We do not disregard the risk of the Russia-Ukraine war spreading to a wider region,” Erdogan told Newsweek in an exclusive interview. “Allegations of sabotage and hybrid activities in Europe …

Turkey and Hezbollah are quietly expanding channels of communication as Ankara seeks to manage the group and stop it from playing any destabilising role in Syria, while also trying to deter what it sees as growing Israeli threats in the region, according to analysts. The contacts come as tensions between …

Ilham Ahmed affirmed in an extensive interview with Turkish journalists that the integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces into the Syrian army marks the beginning of a new political chapter for the Kurdish question in Syria. She explained that the priority in the coming period will shift toward securing Kurdish …

Le conflit entre la Turquie et Israël s’intensifie, passant du plan diplomatique et économique au domaine judiciaire. À l’heure actuelle, la Turquie a non seulement bloqué tous les canaux commerciaux et économiques avec Israël, mais elle a également engagé des poursuites contre Netanyahou et 35 autres hauts responsables israéliens devant …