Turkey – Page 6 – War Watch

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei | Benjamin Netanyahu | Donald Trump | Gaza | Hamas | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Lebanon | Middle East and north Africa | Nuclear weapons | Palestinian territories | Petrol prices | Qatar | Turkey | United Arab Emirates | US news | World news

Gulf leaders call on Trump to rein in Israel after Qatar emergency summit
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor September 15, 2025September 15, 2025

Arab states say US should use its leverage and influence as they promise to ‘activate joint defence mechanisms’ Gulf leaders meeting at an emergency summit in Qatar have called on the Trump administration to use its leverage to rein in Israel following…

Read More Gulf leaders call on Trump to rein in Israel after Qatar emergency summit
Corruption (Institutional) | Erdogan, Recep Tayyip | Imamoglu, Ekrem | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Istanbul (Turkey) | Political Prisoners | Politics and Government | Turkey

Arrests in Turkey Silence Erdogan’s Rivals, Opposition Says
ByBen Hubbard and Safak Timur August 16, 2025

Turkey has arrested at least 390 people associated with the political opposition since March.

Read More Arrests in Turkey Silence Erdogan’s Rivals, Opposition Says
Corruption (Institutional) | Erdogan, Recep Tayyip | Imamoglu, Ekrem | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Istanbul (Turkey) | Political Prisoners | Politics and Government | Turkey

Arrests in Turkey Silence Erdogan’s Rivals, Opposition Says
ByBen Hubbard and Safak Timur August 16, 2025August 16, 2025

Turkey has arrested at least 390 people associated with the political opposition since March.

Read More Arrests in Turkey Silence Erdogan’s Rivals, Opposition Says
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei | Benjamin Netanyahu | Donald Trump | Gaza | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Iraq | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Kurds | Middle East and north Africa | Nuclear weapons | Palestinian territories | Petrol prices | Turkey

Kurdistan Workers’ party fighters burn weapons in disarming ceremony – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian July 11, 2025

Senior PKK figure Bese Hozat read a statement in Turkish outside the mouth of a cave near Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan region of Iraq’s north on Friday. ‘We voluntarily destroy our weapons, before your presence, as a step of goodwill and determination…

Read More Kurdistan Workers’ party fighters burn weapons in disarming ceremony – video
Erdogan, Recep Tayyip | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Iraq | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Kurdistan | Kurdistan Workers' Party | Kurds | Ocalan, Abdullah | Politics and Government | Secession and Independence Movements | Turkey

Kurdish PKK Fighters Burn Weapons in Step Toward Peace With Turkey
ByBen Hubbard and Safak Timur July 11, 2025

The disarmament of the P.K.K., a group that has battled since the 1980s for Kurdish independence, could end a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people.

Read More Kurdish PKK Fighters Burn Weapons in Step Toward Peace With Turkey
Erdogan, Recep Tayyip | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Iraq | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Kurdistan | Kurdistan Workers' Party | Kurds | Ocalan, Abdullah | Politics and Government | Secession and Independence Movements | Turkey

Kurdish PKK Fighters Burn Weapons in Step Toward Peace With Turkey
ByBen Hubbard and Safak Timur July 11, 2025July 11, 2025

The disarmament of the P.K.K., a group that has battled since the 1980s for Kurdish independence, could end a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people.

Read More Kurdish PKK Fighters Burn Weapons in Step Toward Peace With Turkey
Erdogan, Recep Tayyip | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Kurdistan Workers' Party | Kurds | Ocalan, Abdullah | Turkey

Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares the End to PKK’s Armed Struggle In Turkey
ByBen Hubbard and Safak Timur July 9, 2025

In the first footage of him to be released publicly in 25 years, Abdullah Ocalan said the P.K.K. insurgency against Turkey would be replaced by politics.

Read More Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares the End to PKK’s Armed Struggle In Turkey
Erdogan, Recep Tayyip | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Kurdistan Workers' Party | Kurds | Ocalan, Abdullah | Turkey

Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares the End to PKK’s Armed Struggle In Turkey
ByBen Hubbard and Safak Timur July 9, 2025July 9, 2025

In the first footage of him to be released publicly in 25 years, Abdullah Ocalan said the P.K.K. insurgency against Turkey would be replaced by politics.

Read More Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares the End to PKK’s Armed Struggle In Turkey