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Turkey orders dozens of arrests, including Kurdish opposition, over Kobani protests
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Turkey orders dozens of arrests, including Kurdish opposition, over Kobani protests

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish authorities on Friday ordered the arrest of 82 people including members of a pro-Kurdish opposition party,…
Turkish court rules Kurdish leader’s jailing violated rights
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Turkish court rules Kurdish leader’s jailing violated rights

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the lengthy jailing of a former head of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish…
Turkey says its jets struck Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq
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Turkey says its jets struck Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s jets carried out new cross-border airstrikes on Monday targeting Turkish Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq,…
Turkey detains 38 over suspected links to armed attack: governor
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Turkey detains 38 over suspected links to armed attack: governor

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkish authorities have detained 38 people including the local head of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)…
Special Report: How Turkey’s courts turned on Erdogan’s foes
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Special Report: How Turkey’s courts turned on Erdogan’s foes

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — It took 16 judges to convict Kurdish politicians Gultan Kisanak and Sebahat Tuncel of belonging to a…
Jailed pro-Kurdish leader unwell but not taken to hospital: lawyer
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Jailed pro-Kurdish leader unwell but not taken to hospital: lawyer

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — The jailed former head of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party lost consciousness after experiencing chest pains last week…
A look at who’s who in northeast Syria as war fears rise
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A look at who’s who in northeast Syria as war fears rise

BEIRUT (AP) — President Donald Trump’s announcement that U.S. troops in Syria would step aside to make way for a…
Turkish court acquits an academic in 2016 Kurdish letter case
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Turkish court acquits an academic in 2016 Kurdish letter case

ANKARA (Reuters) – A Turkish court for the first time ruled on Friday to acquit one of nine academics who…
AP Explains: Turkish military move into Syria is high risk
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AP Explains: Turkish military move into Syria is high risk

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s combative president is threatening to launch a military operation in northeastern Syria that is designed to…
Turkish military launches operation against militants in northern Iraq
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Turkish military launches operation against militants in northern Iraq

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s military launched an operation with commandos, backed by artillery and air strikes, against Kurdish militants in…
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