Tag: Turkey

On Feb. 27, Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of Turkey’s Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), called on the group and its armed affiliates to lay down their weapons and disband. The ...

ATHENS, Greece – At least seven people have died, including two children, after a boat carrying migrants from Turkey to a nearby Greek island capsized, Greece’s coast guard said Thursday. ...

The Syrian energy ministry on Tuesday attributed a nationwide blackout to a “technical malfunction in the electrical system.” The lights went out on Tuesday evening, and by Wednesday morning power ...

Just days before he was due to be selected as a contender for president of Turkey, Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul from the secular Republican People’s Party (CHP), was ...

On March 19, Ekrem Imamoglu—the mayor of Istanbul and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival—was detained by police in a dawn raid; he was later formally charged with corruption ...

As Brazil prepares to host this year’s BRICS summit in July, the bloc is celebrating a historic expansion. Yet it also faces uncertainty about its future. In January, BRICS officially ...

Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and chief rival for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the 2028 election, was arrested on Wednesday in a move denounced by opposition leaders as ...

Last September, under pressure from the Turkish government, Netflix agreed to release one of its new series only in Greece and Cyprus. Famagusta depicts the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. ...

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s SitRep. Spring is almost here—we can feel it! Alright, here’s what’s on tap for the day: The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces make a deal with ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is working to establish Turkey as one of Ukraine’s most devoted supporters amid a public feud between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S.  President Donald ...