by Saeed Abdelrazek | Feb 15, 2017 | Middle East
Ankara- Turkish authorities have arrested a Frenchman of Turkish descent suspected of being one of the masterminds of the New Year attack at Istanbul’s Reina nightclub which left 39 people dead and 65 injured. Officials from the prosecutors’ office in Burdur announced...
by Said Abdul Razzak | Dec 13, 2016 | World
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced yesterday that 235 people have been arrested on charges of spreading propaganda for a terrorist group. The arrests were made against the backdrop of the bombings that took place in Istanbul on Saturday that left 44 people dead....
by Saeed Abdelrazek | Nov 24, 2016 | Middle East
Intensive talks held by the Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan Nechervan Barzani in Ankara on Wednesday focussed on the current battles to liberate Mosul from ISIS. It appears that Turkish officials are keen to prevent the establishment of a new base belonging to the...
by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Aug 17, 2016 | Middle East
Ankara-Turkey’s Parliament committee gathered for the first time Friday, excluding pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP), to discuss changes to the country’s constitution and carried out the discussions on Tuesday. In a move showing unity between the parties,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 7, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
ANKARA: Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan’s isolation in his island jail near Istanbul amounts to an “invitation to war,” a prominent pro-Kurdish lawmaker said Thursday, as conflict flares between security forces and rebels in southeast Turkey....
