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Elmas Topcu

Elmas Topcu

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Peace with PKK could boost Turkey's status in Middle East

After its four-decade insurgency against Turkey's government, the Kurdistan Workers' Party has symbolically laid down its arms. The historic turning...

14.07.2025 40

Deutsche Welle

Elmas Topcu

Turkey's main opposition party CHP set for showdown

The CHP's presidential candidate is in prison, and its chairman under investigation. Now, a court case is looming. Turkey's largest opposition party,...

01.07.2025 50

Deutsche Welle

Elmas Topcu

Turkish authority granted power to censor Quran translations

Concerns about religious freedom in Turkey have been growing since early June, when a new law gave the Diyanet the right to ban translations of the...

16.06.2025 50

Deutsche Welle

Elmas Topcu

Why having a drink in Turkey can mean life or death

Since the beginning of 2025, more than 160 people have died from poisoning after drinking bootleg alcohol in Turkey. How did going out for a drink...

09.03.2025 10

Deutsche Welle

Elmas Topcu

An end to the violence? PKK leader calls on group to disband

After announcing a "historic declaration," on Thursday, Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned head of the militant Kurdish Workers' Party, called...

01.03.2025 10

Deutsche Welle

Elmas Topcu

Popular Turkish TV series a mix of commentary, propaganda

Turkish television series have been exported to more than 170 countries, raking in hundreds of millions of dollars. Not only are they a global export...

27.01.2025 20

Deutsche Welle

Elmas Topcu

Erdogan has interests in Syria's reignited war

The 13-year civil war in Syria has flared up once again. What role is Turkey playing? And what are President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's aims in...

05.12.2024 4

Deutsche Welle

Elmas Topcu