DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY( REUTERS)-Rain fell on Mr Bicar Icli's fields in southeastern Turkey for the

In the past, customers used to buy two kilos of carrots.... If( the government) could solve this, why didn't they do it?... " One week ago, before the government moves, one dollar was worth 18 lira....

Sixteen Turkish journalists linked to pro-Kurdish media outlets were remanded into custody on Thursday, pending trial and accused of belonging to a “ terrorist organisation, ” a lawyer said. The journalists worked for media aligned with the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party( HDP), which risks being banned in Turkey over alleged links to outlawed militants waging a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state. The 16 were detained, along with four other journalists, on June 8 in Diyarbak

Join our Whatsapp channel Turkiye was headed for a fourth straight night of protests late on Saturday, as the biggest street unrest the country has seen in over a decade raged on over the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. Officials said 343 people have been arrested in the demonstrations, which have seen hundreds of thousands hit the streets in Turkiye’s biggest cities in a massive show of defiance. ADVERTISEMENT Next Stay Playback speed 1x Normal Quality Auto Back 360p 240p 144p Auto Bac

Not just for Turkiye, which has waged a decades-long war against the group, but for the region at large, ” said Hamish Kinnear, senior analyst at Verisk Maplecroft.... Syrian Democratic Forces( SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi said he welcomed the historic call by Ocalan for the PKK to drop its decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish state, which he said would have positive consequences in the region.... Abdi said Syrian Kurdish authorities would be organising their own local dialogue on th

ADVERTISEMENT Officials reported that a Russian cruise missile strike targeted infrastructure in Ukraine's western Lviv region, resulting in the death of one man on Sunday. Another person died in a separate attack in the northeast, they said.... Republican People's Party, or CHP, supporters gather outside the City Hall in Ankara, Sunday, March 31, 2024.... All rights reserved Turnout was around 76%, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency, compared to 87% last year. Some 594, 000 security pe

ADVERTISEMENT Police were out in force across France on Saturday as protesters held a sometimes restive fourth round of protests over government pension reforms. Over 960, 000 people marched in Paris, Nice, Marseille, Toulouse, Nantes and other cities, according to the Interior Ministry.... It is important that the voice of( France’s) parents and students is heard.” French lawmakers began a rowdy debate earlier this week on the pension bill to raise the retirement age. Saturday’s protests featu

Kurds do not have an official homeland or country.... Portions of the region are recognized by two countries: Iran, where the province of Kordestan lies; and northern Iraq, site of the autonomous region known as Kurdistan Regional Government( KRG) or Iraqi Kurdistan.... Kurds make up about 10% of the population in Syria, 19% of the population of Turkey, 15-20% of the population of Iraq and are the second largest ethnicity in Iran....

ADVERTISEMENT In the days after two deadly earthquakes hit south eastern Turkey and northern Syria, most people online have been searching for the latter over the former.... Millions of internally-displaced people have been sheltering there and getting enough help to them was already a challenge.... Tents have generally not been affected, but other key facilities have fared poorly." The camps are terrible....