Turkey

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

G20 Nations Parrot ‘Two-State Solution’ Demand both Israel and Hamas Reject

Participants at an ongoing meeting of the top diplomats of G20 states achieved “virtual unanimity” on demanding the establishment of a state of “Palestine” carved out of Israel, host country Brazil declared on Thursday – in apparent disregard of the fact that both Israel and the government of Gaza, the terrorist organization Hamas, reject that proposal.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - 2024/02/03: A protester holds a placard in support of the Two-Sta