Establishing a direct land border between ... Turkey to the Turkic world and turning it into a regional superpower (a goal tied to “neo-Panturkism”). 3. Cutting off southern Armenia from ...

The push for renewed talks comes amid a broader effort to ease tensions between Greece and Turkey. Mr. Christodoulides recently proposed an eight-point plan to address issues like border crossings, a ...

The border between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a closed military zone. Despite this status quo, the border delimitation commissions of the two countries held their eleventh meeting earlier this ...

Claims over the Imia islets, small and large Imia, almost caused a war between Greece and Turkey in January in 1996. Public Domain The crisis over the sovereignty of Imia, a pair of small uninhabited ...

It also comes as a political effort is underway to end the 40-year conflict between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia and the state, which have fostered hopes for peace. The PKK is ...

In a move indicative of Turkey's stringent approach towards opposition parties, the government has dismissed Sofya Alagas, a pro-Kurdish mayor, due to alleged terrorism links. The Interior Ministry ...

raising concerns over the muzzling of dissent in Turkey. It also comes as a political effort is underway to end the 40-year conflict between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia and ...

Turkey today ousted another elected provincial mayor belonging to a pro-Kurdish party over charges ... effort to end the 40-year conflict between the outlawed PKK and the state that has raised ...

and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia. While Turkey views the PKK and YPG as one, the U.S. differentiates between them, having outlawed the PKK as terrorists but supporting the YPG in its battle against ...