Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), has responded positively to a call by the Nationalist ...

WHILE much of the focus in terms of foreign stories in 2025 will stem from Trump, and the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, other major events should also be on our radar. Among other more ...

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The Church of Hagia Sophia (literally "Holy Wisdom") in Constantinople, now Istanbul, was initially dedicated 360 by Emperor ...

Opposition leader Özgür Özel, who had called for a new minimum wage of 30,000 lira ($851.82), also criticized the wage ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to discuss the plight of Syrian Christians, ...

HAVANA TIMES – Here are the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Thursday, December 26, 2024.

In 1952, a very secular Turkey joined NATO amid concerns that the Soviet Union be problematic. Membership in NATO provided ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has threatened to “bury” Kurdish fighters in Syria unless they lay down their arms.

As foreign powers look to shape Syria’s political landscape after the toppling of the Assad regime, the country’s Kurdish population is in the spotlight.

Ankara has repeatedly insisted that the Kurdish YPG militia must disband and called on the US to stop supporting it.