Turkey’s main opposition party said its Istanbul head was sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison on Friday over her social media posts, including “insults” to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Canan Kaftancioglu of the secular Republican People’s Party (CHP)’s Istanbul branch, was also found guilty of “terrorist propaganda”, ...
Turkey on Friday said Ankara wanted to witness itself the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters from parts of northern Syria after such remarks by Syrian Kurdish authorities this week. “There is information from the Americans that the YPG has withdrawn, that some emplacements were destroyed but these must be confirmed,” Turkish ...
