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Turkey's pro-Kurdish party keeps faith in Erdogan rival


Thursday, 25 May, 2023 , 14:32 AFP Turkey's pro-Kurdish party decided Thursday to continue backing the main opposition leader despite his overtures to far-right groups in the run-up to this weekend's historic presidential runoff.

France arrests military personnel over 2021 Channel migrant boat tragedy


Thursday, 25 May, 2023 , 14:24 AFP France has detained around a dozen people, including several military personnel deployed as coastguards, in the probe over the 2021 sinking of a migrant boat crossing the Channel to Britain, sources close to the case said Thursday.

Turkey kicks off Syria housing project for refugee returns


Thursday, 25 May, 2023 , 14:19 AFP Turkey has launched the construction of nearly a quarter million housing units to resettle refugees in rebel-held northern Syria, Turkish media said, as repatriation efforts loom large in Turkey's presidential runoff.

Turkey's pro-Kurdish party keeps faith in Erdogan rival


Thursday, 25 May, 2023 , 12:22 AFP Turkey's pro-Kurdish party decided Thursday to continue backing the main opposition leader despite his overtures to far-right parties in the runup to this weekend's historic presidential runoff.

Turkish opposition leader sues Erdogan ahead of runoff


Thursday, 25 May, 2023 , 10:17 AFP President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's election rival has lodged a $50,000 lawsuit against the Turkish leader for airing a campaign video linking the opposition to Kurdish militants.

Sensing Erdogan victory, Turkish youth ponder life abroad


Thursday, 25 May, 2023 , 09:26 AFP Hasibe Kayaroglu hoped Turkey's presidential election would usher in changes.

Grave of Mahsa Amini vandalised in Iran: lawyer


Wednesday, 24 May, 2023 , 14:28 AFP The grave of Mahsa Amini, the young Iranian Kurdish woman whose death sparked a protest movement that rattled Iran's clerical leadership, has been vandalised, according to activists and the family lawyer.

Turkey's opposition woos Erdogan's vast housewife vote


Wednesday, 24 May, 2023 , 05:47 AFP A feminist voice rings out from behind the mounds of strawberries and olives in an Istanbul bazaar: "Let's get rid of Erdogan!"

Turkish strike kills 3 Yazidi fighters in north Iraq: officials


Tuesday, 23 May, 2023 , 09:22 AFP A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq on Tuesday killed three Yazidi fighters affiliated with the rebel Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), security officials in the autonomous Kurdish region said.

Three Yazidi fighters killed in Turkish drone strike: Iraq Kurds


Tuesday, 23 May, 2023 , 07:57 AFP A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq early Tuesday killed three Yazidi fighters and wounded three more, the counter-terrorism service of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said.