A rightist ally of President Erdogan, Devlet Bahceli of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party, this week openly questioned Greece’s sovereignty over the islands of the southeastern Aegean. In so doing Mr. Bahceli challenges the provisions of international laws and agreements such as the 1923 Lausanne Treaty.
A fresh drive to bring an end to Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict has seen politicians from the pro-Kurdish party meet jailed leaders
The PKK/YPG terrorist group occupying and plundering one-third of Syria is the most significant threat in the post-Assad era, the Turkish president
"In future, we will take decisive steps to realize our vision for Turkey and an entire region without terror," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in his New Year's Day speech. These words were a reference to the current reconciliation process between
Turkish nationalist leader Devlet Bahceli has urged Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed PKK leader, to declare the group's disbandment. This follows a rare meeting with pro-Kurdish DEM Party officials, hinting at Ocalan's willingness to broker peace.
Is new life being breathed into the long-stalled Kurdish peace process in Turkey
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) must be dissolved “without any conditions,” Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli said on Tuesday, with the country’s main pro-Kurdish party set for an expected second meeting with the jailed PKK leader.
The remarks by Devlet Bahceli, leader of the nationalist MHP ... peace hopes but the precarious situation of Kurdish forces in Syria, where rebels took over the country after 13 years of civil ...
and the reconfiguration of power in Syria after the toppling of President Bashar Assad. The cautious process was initiated in October by Devlet Bahceli, a firebrand ultranationalist who has ...
As mentioned above, Jabhat al-Nusra, HTS’s precursor organization, was formed in Syria in 2011 as al-Qaeda’s affiliate within the opposition to the Assad regime. Nusra’s leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, quickly established a capable organization ...
A long-awaited call by Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the PKK terrorist group, may be delayed further. Öcalan is expected to urge the group to
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party said it will send a delegation to meet Abdullah Ocalan, head of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in jail on Wednesday for a second time as part of a political effort to end a decades-long conflict.