Despite pressure from EU, Turkish president refuses to budge and instead threatens to scrap deal aimed at securing visa-free travel
There have been reports of growing differences between Erdogan and the prime minister, who has voiced concern over an ongoing crackdown on the president's critics
With conflict still raging across much of Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeast, many Kurds are trying to escape turmoil by focusing on success of football team Amedspor
With the conflict still raging across much of Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeast, between the rebel PKK and the Turkish state, many Kurds are trying to escape the turmoil by focusing on the success of their football team Amedspor in Diyarbakir. The club is increasingly becoming a symbol for Kurds, not only in Diyarbakir but beyond. Dorian Jones reports from southeast Turkey.
In a sign of the rising power of Islamists in Turkey, more than 100,000 people recently gathered in Diyarbakir, the main city in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeast, to mark the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. The gathering highlighted tensions with the pro-secular Kurdish nationalist movement. Dorian Jones reports from Diyarbakir for VOA.
More than 100,000 people gathered last week in Diyarbakir, main city in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeast, to mark birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Tens of thousands of people have been forced from Diyarbakir in fight between Kurdish PKK, Turkish government forces
Pressure on journalists appears to be spreading to foreign media; this week, four reporters were denied entry into the country
Trials started Friday for four academics charged with terrorist propaganda after signing a petition, case also resumed for two prominent journalists facing charges of espionage
Turkey’s top appeals court has overturned convictions of senior military officers who had been charged with planning to overthrow government
Turkey's president pledges return of Armenian-held area to Azerbaijan as renewed fighting flares in disputed enclave
Move widely seen as aimed at pro-Kurdish HDP, with its leading members facing charges of supporting terrorism
Erdogan's emboldened response shows how Ankara will exercise its newly-found power over Europe regarding the refugee crisis, some predict
Tentative efforts to improve bilateral relations have been made, but one analyst says nations' leaders are trapped by their urge to protect their strongman reputations
Rapprochement driven by common interests - cooperation in Syrian civil war, concerns over Iran's rising influence
Greek officials say none of those sent to Turkey had applied for asylum in the EU
Turkish military crackdown on the Kurdish rebel group the PKK has become the focal point of growing differences between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
Deal between Ankara and EU calls for illegal migrants and failed asylum seekers in Greece to be deported to Turkey
There is growing concern about media freedom in Turkey. National and international attention is focused on the case of Erdem Gul and Can Dundar of Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper. They face two consecutive life sentences plus 30 years in jail for publishing a story accusing the government of being behind arms shipments to Syrian jihadists. VOA's Dorian Jones reports.
Can Dundar, on trial for a story about alleged Turkish government arms shipments to Syrian jihadists, says 'democracy can be overcome' if it's not fought for
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