Umit Ozdag, head of the opposition Victory Party, also sought to stir nationalist passions, slamming the commission as a bid to legitimise the PKK and dismissing the event where 30 PKK members burned their guns as a "barbecue party". "You don't just burn 30 rifles and call it a day. Weapons are surrendered, and PKK members interrogated one-by-one."

In this episode of WorldView, Dr. Swasti Rao engages into an in-depth discussion with Dr. Omer Taspinar who is a professor at the National War College, National Defence University, DC and at the Johns Hopkins SAIS.

Turkish tourist season began on June 1, and the glaring absence of Indian tourists has already become noticeable

CHP’s chairman, Ozgur Ozel, was recently hit with an investigation for alleged insults against the president and threats to public officials, after slamming the government for the detention of three mayors.

Tayyip Erdogan's main political opponents have faced an unprecedented crackdown that has seen more than 500 detained in just nine months, according to a Reuters review of a sprawling investigation that has accelerated dramatically in recent days.

Many countries see Pakistan as a nation that cannot be fully trusted and now, even Turkey, once a strong friend, has faced the same bitter truth. Turkey had always supported Pakistan, especially during difficult times but despite this friendship,

The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu during a pre-dawn raid marks a new low in Turkey’s ongoing departure from democratic principles, the MENA Research Center announced just days after the mayor’s arrest.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called for full support of the disarmament of Kurdish militants that began with a handover of the first batch of weapons by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) forces,

If found guilty, he faces up to seven years in prison and a ban from politics.Before his arrest, Imamoglu, 55, was widely seen as the strongest threat to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s efforts to extend his hold on power,

UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed traveled to Turkey on Wednesday, according to reports in Emirati media.He is expected to meet with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and there are many issues on the agenda. Burhanettin Duran,

The Turkish lira was in free fall, inflation was soaring, and economists were warning of a full-scale financial crisis. But instead of raising interest rates like most countries do to fight inflation,

"I certainly think there are lessons to be learned there that the administration should be aware of," said Morningstar Wealth's Dominic Pappalardo.