Turkey on Thursday formally exited a treaty combatting femicide and domestic abuse, in a controversial move by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned by the West and rights groups. Erdogan sparked outrage in March by pulling out from the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women, known as the Istanbul Convention. The […]
turkey
Turkish reporters demand protection after violent arrest
Dozens of reporters in Istanbul and Ankara rallied on Tuesday demanding protection from the police following the violent arrest of an AFP photographer during a banned Istanbul Pride event. Award-winning photographer Bulent Kilic filed a “violent arrest” complaint against police officers who pinned him to the ground with their legs against his neck and back […]
Turkish resort frets over second lost summer
The Russians are finally coming but the mayor of this empty Turkish resort doubts their converted rubles will save what looks to be another lost summer. “We closed the last tourism season down 75 percent,” Bodrum mayor Ahmet Aras told AFP in a lavish library overlooking the Aegean Sea. “We expect a recovery from July […]
Turkey disappointed at EU summit outcome
Turkey on Friday expressed disappointment after an EU summit ended with a critical statement about Ankara’s rights record and no clear progress on a customs treaty or commitment on aid. The EU in March held out a string of incentives to convince President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to make good on pledges to mend fraught relations. […]
Turks defend nature against Erdogan’s development push
Lush, thick woodland and green tea fields coat the slopes of an idyllic valley, a slice of pastoral heaven near the Turkish president’s familial home that will soon be gone. A government-friendly company plans to extract 20 million tons of stone from a quarry in the northeastern town of Ikizdere for one of President Recep […]
Top Turkish court puts pro-Kurdish party on trial
Turkey’s top court on Monday put the main pro-Kurdish party on trial over alleged links to outlawed militants, setting the stage for its possible closure and heightened tensions with the West. The fate of the leftist Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) — parliament’s third-largest group — could also play a role in deciding President Recep Tayyip […]
Woman killed in attack on pro-Kurdish party office in Turkey
An assailant killed a woman in an attack on a provincial office of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party on Thursday, the party said. The HDP identified the victim as Deniz Poyraz, a party official in the western province of Izmir where the morning attack occurred. The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is the Turkish parliament’s third-largest party, […]
Qureshi arrives in Turkey to attend Antalya Diplomacy Forum
Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi has arrived in Turkey for an official visit to participate in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum from 17-20 June 2021 at the invitation of Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. The Foreign Minister will also be participating in a panel discussion on ‘Regional Cooperation in Asia’ along with other Foreign […]
Italy and Turkey get ball rolling as Euro 2020 begins under Covid cloud
An in-form Italy face Turkey in Rome on Friday as Euro 2020 finally gets underway a year behind schedule and with the coronavirus pandemic casting a shadow over the tournament. Postponed 12 months ago because of the pandemic, the European Championship — with Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal the holders — is being played for the first […]
Five Iraqi Kurd troops killed in clash with PKK rebels
Five Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga troops were killed Saturday in a clash with fighters of Turkey’s outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a senior Iraqi Kurdish official said. The PKK maintains rear-bases in northern Iraq which have come under renewed assault by Turkish forces since April. Two peshmerga troops were also wounded in Saturday’s clash in the […]