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Turkish military forces are poised to launch a ground offensive in Syria against US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces, accused by Ankara of attacks on Turkey. But Ankara is facing stiff opposition from both Washington and Moscow.

Moscow welcomed on Friday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's proposal to establish a three-way mechanism for diplomacy between Türkiye, Russia and Syria, Russian state news agencies reported, citing a deputy foreign minister. Mikhail Bogdanov said Moscow received Erdogan’s proposal "very positively." The RIA Novosti news agency also reported that Syria's…

Inside the Turkish government’s decision to push Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu out of politics

Supporters of Ekrem Imamoglu rally in Istanbul after a court sentenced the mayor to prison and banned him from politics.

Thousands of Turks swarmed a central Istanbul square on Thursday in solidarity with the city's opposition mayor after he was banned from politics ahead of next year's presidential election.

Six months from an election in which Turkey's opposition has its best shot at unseating President Tayyip Erdogan in 20 years, a jail sentence against one of its brightest hopes has raised the stakes in the struggle to agree a presidential challenger.

Thousands of people have gathered for a rally outside the Istanbul municipal building for a second day to denounce a legal verdict that could lead to the city’s popular mayor getting ousted from office and barred from running in elections

Opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu has been handed a jail sentence and a politics ban ahead of general elections in 2023.

Thousands of people rallied in Turkey on Thursday to oppose the conviction and political ban of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, chanting slogans criticising President Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK Party before elections next year.