Turkish government

From left to right, Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Ahmet Türk.

A delegation from the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) is scheduled to visit Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed PKK leader serving life on a prison island off Istanbul, for the second time next week.

The Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has initiated a series of high-level talks in parliament following a rare meeting with Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed PKK leader serving life on a prison island off Istanbul.

The visit was the party's first in almost a decade. The pro-Kurdish DEM Party's predecessor, the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), last met Öcalan in April 2015.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has described a rare meeting between a Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) delegation and jailed PKK head Abdullah Öcalan as "the momentum of an auspicious beginning."

A delegation from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) visited Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed PKK leader serving life on a prison island off Istanbul.

The visit was the party's first in almost a decade. DEM Party's predecessor, the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), last met Öcalan in April 2015.

The Turkish government has decided to allow the pro-Kurdish party DEM to have private talks with the leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan in prison where he is being held, the DEM said today.

The 13-year civil war between Syria's government and rebel fighters has ended. But the peril is not over for Syria's Kurdish minority.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Özgür Özel has said Türkiye should not withdraw its military forces from Syria until the country's territorial integrity and political stability are ensured.

"The Turkish Armed Forces will be where they need to be for Türkiye's security," Özel told daily Hürriyet in an interview published on Dec. 12.

The iconic dome of Hagia Sophia, described as “hanging from the heavens” with its magnificent mosaics and unique architecture, envisioned by Anthemios to “rise as high as the glory of God,” is being dismantled as part of restoration works.

As Syria embarks on a new chapter following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime over the weekend, the Turkish top diplomat has urged the Syrian people to seize this golden opportunity to rebuild their nation with security, prosperity and stability.