The government’s move to replace the elected co-mayor of Van with a state-appointed trustee has drawn criticism from ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkey’s Interior Ministry on Saturday dismissed the Kurdish mayor of Van, Abdullah Zeydan, and ...

The mayor of an eastern Turkish province was convicted of helping the PKK terrorist group at a retrial on Tuesday. A heavy ...

Shafaq News/ On Saturday, the Turkish Ministry of Interior announced the dismissal of a second pro-Kurdish mayor, Abdullah ...

VAN, Turkey - A Turkish court sentenced the mayor of Van city to three years and nine months. The Kurdish politician claimed ...

Turkey on Saturday removed another elected pro-Kurdish provincial mayor over convictions on terrorism-related charges and appointed a state official in his place, the interior ministry said. The local ...

Turkey’s government dismissed the Kurdish mayor of the eastern province of Van after he was sentenced to prison for terrorism ...

A ninth mayor from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM party, the third largest in parliament, has been removed from office because of ...

Mehmet Alkan, the co-mayor of Kağızman district in Kars, eastern Turkey, has been sentenced to six years and three months in ...

“Sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for aiding a terrorist organisation, the mayor of the municipality of Van, Abdullah Zeydan, has been temporarily suspended from his duties ...

Two senior leaders of Turkey’s largest business association have been banned from foreign travel for 'disseminating false ...