Turkey demands Finland and Sweden end ‘support’ for Kurdish rebels before joining Nato
Turkey has condemned alleged support from Sweden and Finland for the PKK Kurdish rebel group, which Ankara designates as a…
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Turkey frees Syrian Kurdish singer after detaining him over alleged YPG links
Syrian singer Omar Souleyman has been freed in Turkey after two days in custody over alleged links to Kurdish separatists….
Turkey labels France’s Macron a ‘terror sponsor’
The Turkish foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of being a “sponsor of terrorism”, in response…
Turkey ignores Trump as Syria bombing starts
Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Turkey’s economy over its strikes against US allies in Syria. But Turkish planes have…
Syrian Kurd held in Prague
The Czech police have detained a Syrian Kurdish political leader on an Interpol red notice, which describes him as a…
Berlin angered by Kurd attacks
Germany is facing calls to halt arms exports to Turkey after reports that German Leopard tanks were being used in…
Erdogan purge deepens
US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta addresses US Air Force crew at Incirlik Air Base in 2012. The US presence…
32 die in Ankara bombing
February 17’s bombing killed 29 people. Source: Wikimedia A car bomb has torn through a crowded transport hub in Ankara,…