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

CHP and DEM members protest outside the courthouse as unconfirmed reports claim that Ahmet Özer will be replaced by a ...

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

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

Turkish opposition parties protested Thursday against what they said was the politically-motivated arrest of an opposition ...

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

A mayor from Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) was arrested late on Wednesday after prosecutors accused him of belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), banned as a ...

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 ...

Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged "terrorism" charges, despite Ankara's ...

Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors facing terrorism charges in the Kurdish-majority southeast and replaced them with trustees, the interior ministry said.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday sued the main opposition leader and Istanbul's powerful mayor for alleged slander in a forceful legal blow against his political rivals.

Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged "terrorism" charges, despite Ankara's ...