(Bloomberg) -- On a plane back to Turkey following his capture in 1999, Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan declared that he loved his country and “would serve it if required.” More than a quarter ...
Men watch the announcement of PKK's abandonment of armed struggle on a television screen inside a traditional Turkish tea house, in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Ilyas Akengin/AFP via Getty Images Turkey’s ...
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Old Istanbul's bath houses hosted scheming Pashas and shapely concubines before modern bathrooms sent them into decline, but their appeal to tourists and the growth of the spa ...
Pope Leo XIV is heading to join Orthodox patriarchs in commemorating an important moment in Christian history IZNIK, Turkey -- IZNIK, Turkey (AP) — Pope Leo XIV traveled Friday to join Orthodox ...
Turkey’s peace process is advancing. In August 2025, three months after the Kurdistan Workers’ Party – commonly known as the PKK – announced its formal disbandment, a Turkish parliamentary committee ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alpaslan Ozerdem, George Mason University (THE CONVERSATION) Turkey’s peace process is ...