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The imprisoned leader of the Kurdish rebels has called for the start of "meaningful and deep" talks with Turkey to end a nearly three-decade-old conflict.Abdullah Ocalan's message was relayed by Kurdish legislators Monday days after his rebel group accused Turkey of not taking steps toward granting greater rights for Kurds. The group, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, also warned it could end a unilateral cease-fire that began six months ago.The PKK has already suspended a planned pullout from Turkish territory into bases in northern Iraq, saying Turkey has not kept its promises.Ocalan said he still hopes for a solution but warns that "in-depth" negotiations must start soon. Ocalan is leading the peace talks with Turkey from an island prison off Istanbul....
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A Turkish fighter jet shot down a Syrian military helicopter on Monday after it entered Turkish airspace and ignored repeated warnings to leave, an official said.The...
Turkey's parliament has extended for another year a mandate allowing the military to carry out operations against Kurdish rebels based in neighboring northern Iraq.L...
Turkey's parliament will discuss a government motion authorising military strikes against Syria on Thursday, the deputy prime minister said.Bulent Arinc declined to ...
ANKARA, Turkey -- A Turkish court on Wednesday began questioning a man and three alleged accomplices suspected of attempting to kill a former Chechen separatist lead...
Turkey's prime minister on Monday announced democratic reforms seen as key to the stalled peace process with the country's Kurdish minority.Recep Tayyip Erdogan said...
The European Court of Human Rights says Turkey must pay 5 million euros in damages to two Greek nationals who sought to acquire three buildings in Istanbul bequeathe...
Police have detained 15 suspected Al Qaeda militants who were allegedly planning to attack the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey's capital, the state-run news agency sa...
A European football official says Istanbul is the front-runner to host the 2020 European Championship semifinals and final.Thirty-two countries - more than half of U...
A 4,000-year-old human brain, preserved by a combination of mineral-rich soil, fire and something known as "corpse wax," has been found in Turkey.The brain looks mor...
Turkish PM says Turkey to build new waterway to bypass Bosphorus.
Turkish state TV says the country's appeals court has upheld the convictions of 240 military officers, including the former air force and navy chiefs, for plotting t...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is meeting Hamas chief Khalid Mashaal in Ankara.An aide to Erdogan said the two would discuss "regional developments" dur...
Turkey's state-run Anatolia news agency says a 22-year-old protester in southern Turkey has died after being hit in the head by a police tear gas canister.Ahmet Atak...
At least 27 people died and scores were wounded in a car-bomb explosion Monday in the northern Syrian town of Darkush near the Turkish border, activists and oppositi...
Emmanuel Emenike scored twice as African champion Nigeria came from behind to win 2-1 at Ethiopia on Sunday in the first leg of the African qualifying playoffs for n...
For the first time, the more than 237,000 attorneys who work in California will be led by a Latino who not only was raised in Mexico, but knows first-hand what it’s ...
The Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland have clinched berths from Europe for next year's World Cup by winning their qualifying groups and four more ...
Steve Centanni reports from Washington