ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival on Wednesday on charges including ...

Officials at the al Hol camp have long warned about a lack of rehabilitation facilities to de-radicalise the young who are ...

After decades of managing tensions through careful balancing, Turkey and Iran now find themselves increasingly at odds ...

Christians and other religious minorities in Syria fear the Middle Eastern nation has traded one oppressor for another since ...

Commenting on the possibility of easing the detention conditions for PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving a life sentence on Imrali Island in the Sea of Marmara, Tunc clarified that "any individ ...

Turkey's pro-Kurdish party said that President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling alliance had offered no clear steps during closed-door talks on Monday meant to advance a peace process after Kurdish militants ...

As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

Decades later, Halabja’s residents continue to suffer from poor public services, high unemployment, and unfulfilled political ...

Islam remains the religion of the head of state, Arabic is the sole official language and the constitutional declaration offers no guarantees or protections for Syria’s minorities.

The fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad's government has aggravated the already tense relations between Turkey and Israel, ...

Turkey’s foreign minister says Ankara is closely monitoring an agreement between the Syrian government and a U.S-backed ...

For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts ...