Authorities in Turkey have arrested dozens of people for “provocative” social media posts, after detaining the mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu on Wednesday. Imamoglu was one of more than 100 people held on charges including corruption and aiding terrorist groups – a move that has sparked protests in Istanbul and the capital Ankara. A member…
Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK has declared a ceasefire with Turkey after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on the movement to lay down its arms and dissolve itself. In a statement on Saturday, the PKK said it hoped Turkey would release Ocalan, who has been imprisoned in solitary confinement since 1999, so he can…
Deadly fire at Turkey ski resort hotel A day of mourning is under way in Turkey for the 76 victims of a fire that engulfed a popular ski resort hotel in the country’s north-west. The fire broke out at the wooden-clad 12-storey Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu at 03:27 local time (00:27 GMT) during a…
ISTANBUL -A mayor from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party was arrested late on Wednesday after prosecutors accused him of belonging to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party , banned as a terrorist group in Turkey. Turkey arrests opposition mayor accused of being PKK member The arrest of Ahmet Ozer, mayor of Istanbul’s Esenyurt district, followed an…
