Kurds

A Swedish court on Thursday found a Turkish citizen guilty of "attempted terrorist financing" for the pro-Kurdish PKK, a first in the Scandinavian country seeking Ankara's approval to join NATO. Issued…

The Swedish government decided Monday to extradite a Turkish citizen resident in Sweden who had been convicted in 2013 of drug crime in Turkey.  Issued on: 12/06/2023 - 17:41Modified: 12/06/2023 - 17:45…

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been reelected in a runoff that experts say is the latest trend in the rise of illiberal democracies. The Kurdish heartland of Diyarbakir has been there before,…

Nationalism has been one of the major themes of the Turkish presidential elections, with both President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and opposition challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu using its rhetoric as both sides draw on nationalist…

Issued on: 22/05/2023 - 16:55 The third-placed contender in the Turkish presidential elections on Monday formally endorsed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the…

Issued on: 12/05/2023 - 16:23 From our special correspondents in Iskenderun, Turkey – With just two days to go ahead of Turkey’s high-stakes presidential and…

From our special correspondent in Turkey – As Turkey prepares to go to the polls on May 14 to choose between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Turkey’s 15 to 20 million Kurdish…

Issued on: 18/04/2023 - 11:37 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's chief rival in next month's election defended Kurdish rights on Tuesday and accused the Turkish leader of…

Issued on: 04/04/2023 - 16:23 France was on Tuesday set to try 11 alleged senior members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), accused of extortion, terrorist financing…

Article content (Bloomberg) — Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said it has reached an agreement with the federal government to resume oil exports through Turkey this week, after a legal spat pushed up crude prices.  Article content…