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

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

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 ...

Ahmet Ozer, Esenyurt district mayor and member of Turkiye's main opposition party CHP, was detained for alleged links to 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.

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

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

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 ...

A distinguished academic in Turkey, Prof. Özer was elected the mayor of Esenyurt in the 2024 local elections. Academic and ...

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