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Turkey Refuses to Let Pro-Kurdish Mayor Take Office, Installs Member of Erdogan’s Party Instead

Turkish election officials on Tuesday refused to allow pro-Kurdish Mayor-Elect Abdullah Zeydan take office in the city of Van. Instead, the national government tried to install a member of authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party as mayor, even though Zeydan defeated him by almost 30 points in the election. The decision was reversed by Turkey’s High Election Board on Wednesday after unrest spread across southeastern Turkey.

HATAY, TURKEY - 2024/04/02: A Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) supporter carrie

Turkey’s Erdogan: ‘Hamas Is Not a Terrorist Organization’

The radical Islamist president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, defended the genocidal terrorist organization Hamas in an incendiary address on Wednesday in which he abruptly canceled a planned visit to Israel in light of the horrific Hamas mass murder of over 1,400 people on October 7.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers attends to a press conference with President of El Salvador

Turkey Bombs Iraq Following Kurdish PKK Terror Attack

The government of Turkey announced a bombing campaign on Sunday consisting of airstrikes on 20 alleged strategic positions within the borders of Iraq, a response to a suicide attack against the Turkish General Directorate of Security in Ankara this weekend.

TOPSHOT - Members of Turkish Police Special Forces secure the area near the Interior Minis