For the first time, a member of the main opposition CHP has been removed from office over ‘terrorism’ charges against them.

Members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party organized the protests in Batman. While the protests ...

Hundreds of people have gathered in Istanbul to protest against the arrest and removal from office of a mayor from Turkey’s ...

Turkish opposition parties protested Thursday against what they said was the politically-motivated arrest of an opposition mayor for alleged links to the banned Kurdish PKK militant group. The ...

This arrest and the appointment of a trustee to replace an elected mayor is a clear attack on basic democratic rights. The ...

The accusations against Ozer come just days after the PKK claimed responsibility for an attack on Turkish defense company ...

State media say a mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party has been detained on suspicion of being a member of a banned Kurdish militant group ...

Ahmet Özer, the mayor of Istanbul’s Esenyurt district and a member of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), was detained on Wednesday by anti-terrorist police over his alleged connection to the ...

A mayor from Turkey's largest opposition party the Republican People's Party (CHP) has been arrested on terrorism charges and removed from office, the state news agency Anadolu reported on Thursday.

Ahmet Ozer, mayor of Istanbul's Esenyurt district, was arrested over alleged PKK links, sparking opposition backlash. This comes amid peace efforts with Kurdish militants. The CHP claims the arrest is ...

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Turkish opposition parties called for protests Thursday at what they said was the politically-motivated arrest of an opposition mayor for alleged links to the banned Kurdish PKK militant group.