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Sweden's leader courts Turkey's support for NATO membership

A top Turkish official says Sweden has “many steps to take” before winning Turkey's approval for its NATO membership bid

The Independent UK

Swedish PM vows firmer stance in search for Turkey's approval for NATO bid

Sweden's new prime minister vowed on Tuesday a firmer stance on fighting crime and terrorism during a visit to Turkey where he will seek the approval of President Tayyip Erdogan for his country's bid to join NATO.

Reuters

Finland and Sweden call on Hungary and Turkey to ratify Nato applications

Erdoğan demands action against ‘terrorist’ Kurdish militants as Nordic pair maintain united front

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Iran's protesters find inspiration in a Kurdish revolutionary slogan

"Jin, jiyan, azadi!" — "Woman, life, freedom!" — has become the rallying cry for people in Iran and beyond who are protesting the death of Mahsa Amini in Iranian police custody.

WEKU

Turkey: Top doctor jailed on terror propaganda charges

Turkish authorities have placed the president of the Turkish Medical Association under arrest on “terrorist propaganda” charges

The Independent UK

Head of Turkish Medical Association Arrested over Chemical Weapon Use Claim

Turkish police detained on Wednesday the head of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), Sebnem Korur Fincanci, for allegedly "spreading terrorist group propaganda". Fincanci had confirmed allegations that the Turkish armed forces had used chemical weapons against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. An investigation was launched over statements…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkish doctor detained for proposing chemical weapons probe

Police have detained the president of the Turkish Medical Association after she called for an investigation into allegations that Turkey used chemical weapons against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

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Turkey detains medical group head on 'terrorist propaganda' charge - media

Turkish police have detained the head of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), Sebnem Korur Fincanci, for allegedly "spreading terrorist group propaganda", the state-owned Anadolu news agency said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Türkiye Detains 11 Journalists Working for Pro-Kurdish Media

Police carried out raids in several Turkish cities on Tuesday and detained 11 journalists affiliated with pro-Kurdish media for their alleged links to Kurdish militants, officials and reports said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sweden's top diplomat: We'll fulfil deal with Turkey on NATO

Sweden's foreign minister says the country's new center-right government will fulfil all requirements under a deal with Turkey to join NATO and will concentrate the country’s external relations to its immediate neighborhood while abandoning the previous government’s “feminist foreign policy.”

The Independent UK

Exclusive-In letter, Sweden lists 'concrete actions' on Turkey's concerns over NATO bid

Sweden has taken "concrete action" to address Turkey's concerns over its NATO membership bid, including stepping up counter-terrorism efforts against Kurdish militants, Stockholm told Ankara in a letter dated Oct. 6 and seen by Reuters.

Reuters

Erdogan says Turkish army has never used chemical weapons

President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey's armed forces have never used chemical weapons and that legal action would be taken against those who make such allegations, broadcaster NTV reported on Friday.

Reuters

Türkiye Denies Use of Chemical Weapons Against Kurdish Fighters

Türkiye on Thursday blasted as "completely unfounded and untrue" claims that its military used chemical weapons in its fight against outlawed Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq. Media outlets close to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Ankara and its Western allies list as a terror group, claimed that the Turkish…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey slams allegations of chemical weapons use in northern Iraq

Turkey's defence ministry and top government officials on Thursday firmly rejected allegations that the Turkish Armed Forces had used chemical weapons in their operations against Kurdish militants.

Reuters

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Foreign Affairs

An Exit Strategy for Syria

The case for withdrawing U.S. troops.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye Strikes PKK Members in Northern Iraq Air Raid

Türkiye struck 23 members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in an air raid some 140 kilometers into northern Iraq, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday. It said all the group had been "neutralized", which typically means killed. Türkiye regularly carries out cross-border air strikes, often with armed drones, in…

Reuters

Turkey strikes 23 PKK members in northern Iraq air raid

Turkey struck 23 members of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in an air raid some 140 kilometres (90 miles)into northern Iraq, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Salih Muslim: Divorce Is Inevitable Between the Syrian Regime, Türkiye

Salih Muslim, the co-chairman of the Democratic Union Party, the main party of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, has rejected the PYD having any links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Muslim, however, admitted that the PYD and PKK, which is blacklisted as a terrorist organization in…

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Syria and the Kurds

Kurdish leader has said that one of their negotiating counterparts in Damascus questioned whether the registration of Kurdi, the Kurdish language, in the Syrian constitution could one day lead to establishing whistled languages in Syria. The Syrian-Kurdish negotiator said there shouldn’t be an issue with whistled languages if they could…

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Explosion Near Police Building in Türkiye Kills One Police Officer

One police officer was killed late on Monday when a bomb exploded near a residence that houses police in the southern Turkish province of Mersin, while a second officer was wounded, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said. He said the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was responsible for the attack, which occurred…

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2 PKK Members Killed, 1 Injured in Turkish Attack in Sinjar

Two members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed on Sunday and another was seriously injured in a Turkish attack on a car in Sinjar, west of Nineveh governorate in north Iraq. The Counter-Terrorism Group in the Kurdistan Region reported that a Turkish drone targeted a car of PKK-linked…

Reuters

Turkish court orders pro-Kurdish politician jailed on terrorism charge

A Turkish court has ordered the pre-trial jailing of a pro-Kurdish member of parliament on a terrorism charge, Istanbul police and her lawyer said, while her party called the detention illegitimate and unethical.

Reuters

Turkish police detain pro-Kurdish parliamentarian whose immunity was lifted

Turkish police detained a pro-Kurdish member of parliament who was wanted over alleged terrorism charges, the Interior Ministry said on Friday, months after her parliamentary immunity had been lifted.

Reuters

Turkey says it 'neutralised' seven PKK members in northern Iraq

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Financial Times

Fast, cheap, deadly: the budget drone changing global warfare

The Bayraktar TB2 has made Turkey one of the world’s top drone powers. It also heralds a disconcerting new era

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