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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 650

Fulya Ozerkan

This handout photograph taken and released by the Republican People's Party (CHP) press office on March 29, 2025, shows an aerial view of a large crowd gathering during a rally called by the CHP, Turkey's main opposition party, in support of Istanbul's arrested mayor Ekrem Imanoglu in Maltepe, on the outskirts of Istanbul. (HANDOUT / Republican People's Party (CHP) Press Service / AFP)
March 29, 2025, 8:44 pm
Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, gather at Istanbul rally to protest against Erdogan
After controversial arrest of Istanbul’s mayor, week of unrest culminates in giant demonstration in Turkey’s largest city, with some estimates putting crowd size in the millions
By Fulya Ozerkan and Anne CHAON
Youngsters hold a photograph of the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, Abdullah Ocalan as they gather to watch live on a tv screen a Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM, delegation members releasing an statement from Ocalan, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu)
March 1, 2025, 11:54 am
PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey after 40 years of armed struggle
Declaration by outlawed group comes after jailed leader said it should lay down arms, disband
By Fulya Ozerkan
Supporters display a poster depicting jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan, 75, after he called on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to disarm and dissolve itself in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, on February 27, 2025. (Yasin Akgul / AFP)
February 27, 2025, 8:10 pm
In major shift, Kurdish PKK founder urges group to disarm, end conflict with Turkey
Jailed separatist Abdullah Ocalan accepts olive branch extended by Ankara to end decades-long insurgency – but declaration’s influence on US-backed fighters in Syria unclear
By Fulya Ozerkan
Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, shakes hands with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, at al-Shaab presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, October 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)
July 7, 2024, 5:00 pm
Erdogan says Turkey may invite Syria’s Assad ‘at any moment’ as ties appear to thaw
Relations between countries froze when Ankara tried to topple Assad at start of Syrian civil war; Erdogan says Putin urged meeting amid a rise in violence against Syrian migrants
By Fulya Ozerkan
An election representative holds a ballot with presidential candidates at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, May 28, 2023 (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
May 28, 2023, 9:27 am
Polls open in Turkey as Erdogan seeks third decade of rule in presidential runoff
Incumbent is favorite to win despite freefalling economy, defying critics; opponent Kilicdaroglu turns rightwards in attempt to salvage votes
By Fulya Ozerkan and Burcin Gercek
Supporters of Turkish president and AK Party (AKP) react after early exit polls of Turkey's general elections at the AK Party headquarters in Ankara, on May 14, 2023. (Adem ALTAN/AFP)
May 15, 2023, 8:41 am
Turkey set for historic run-off vote after Erdogan falls just short of majority
Incumbent president wins 49.3% in first poll, vows to lead country for for another five years, while rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu trails at 45%, below survey predictions
By Fulya Ozerkan, Burcin Gercek and Remi Banet
A giant election billboard of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the People's Alliance's presidential candidate, during a campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, May 13, 2023. (Emrah Gurel/AP)
May 14, 2023, 9:49 am
Polls open in Turkey for knife-edge presidential vote that could unseat Erdogan
Country’s longest-serving leader and his Islamic-rooted party face their most serious challenge ever from secular 6-party alliance led by Kemal Kilicdaroglu; high turnout expected
By Remi Banet, Fulya Ozerkan and Burcin Gercek
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he addresses a speech during his campaign rally in the Sultangazi district of Istanbul, on May 12, 2023. (Ozan Kose/AFP)
May 13, 2023, 3:58 pm
Trailing in polls, Erdogan vows to respect democracy if he loses Sunday’s election
Turkey’s president, who has held the post since 2014, is fighting for his political life against an energized, unified opposition
By Fulya Ozerkan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his campaign rally in the Sultangazi district of Istanbul, on May 12, 2023. (Ozan Kose/AFP)
May 12, 2023, 4:58 pm
Erdogan rallies his base ahead of Sunday’s toughest election in his 20-year reign
Turkish president trailing in polls behind secular challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who aims to stabilize faltering economy and restore civil liberties
By Fulya Ozerkan and Burcin Gercek
Rescue teams continue to search for victims and survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria earlier in the week, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 13, 2023. (Ozan Kose/AFP)
February 14, 2023, 5:30 am
Search for survivors winds down as Turkey-Syria quake death toll hits 35,000
Rescue teams turn focus to humanitarian disaster, as international pariah Assad allows more aid to rebel-held areas and estimated 5 million Syrians left homeless
By Fulya Ozerkan, Joris FIORITI and Maher Al Mounes
People stand on top of rubble of collapsed buildings during rescue operations after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria last week, in Hatay, Turkey, February 12, 2023. (BULENT KILIC/AFP)
February 13, 2023, 11:46 am
In miracle rescues, survivors pulled from rubble a week after Turkey-Syria quake
7-year-old boy, 62-year-old woman saved from collapsed buildings, as more than 32,000 Turks, over 8,000 international workers participate in search and rescue efforts
By Fulya Ozerkan, Joris FIORITI and Maher Al Mounes
People bury their loved ones, victims of the earthquake, in Adiyaman, Turkey, February 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
February 11, 2023, 12:10 pm
Death toll passes 24,000 as aid trickles in for quake survivors in Turkey, Syria
Freezing temperatures hamper rescue efforts, compound suffering of millions; UN warns up to 5.3 million people homeless in Syria; anger grows in Turkey over government response
By Fulya Ozerkan and Remi Banet
Turkey's President and leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting to address the parliamentary group of his party at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara on January 4, 2023. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)
January 5, 2023, 11:56 am
Feuding hampers Turkish opposition’s efforts to unite against Erdogan
Despite recent gains, top 6 opposition heads failing to capitalize on veteran leader’s relative weakness, impeded by his stranglehold on media and courts
By Fulya Ozerkan
The Russian-flagged cargo ship 'Zhibek Zholy' anchored on Black Sea coast of Karasu district in Sakarya, Turkey, July 5, 2022. (Ozan Kose/AFP)
July 7, 2022, 7:22 pm
Ship carrying allegedly stolen Ukrainian grain returns to Russian waters from Turkey
Kyiv fuming that Ankara did not impound ship, as Turkey struggles to maintain relations both with Ukraine and Russia
By Fulya Ozerkan
US President Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of the opening session of the G20 summit at the La Nuvola conference center, in Rome, on October 30, 2021. (Erin Schaff/Pool Photo via AP)
June 28, 2022, 2:18 pm
Erdogan to meet Biden at NATO summit for crucial talks on Russian invasion
Analysts say talks aimed at getting Turkey to drop its opposition to Sweden’s and Finland’s membership bids over accusations that they shelter Kurdish militants
By Fulya Ozerkan
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