ANKARA, Turkey, March 17 (UPI) -- The Turkish Constitutional Court on Monday said it will consider a request to ban the ruling political party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

ANKARA, Turkey, March 10 (UPI) -- Iraq's oil minister reaffirmed ties with Turkey and rejected Iraqi Kurdistan's oil deals in visits to Ankara over the weekend.

ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Opposition parties in the Turkish government circulated a petition Wednesday to block the removal of a ban on women's headscarves at universities.

ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Turkey has lifted its ban on wearing headscarves at the predominately Muslim nation's university campuses, but universities are reportedly divided on the move.

ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- The Turkish military said it is setting the ground work for a large-scale ground invasion into northern Iraq targeting the Kurdistan Workers' Party.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The leader of the Christian Democratic bloc in the European Parliament says adult women in Turkey should be able to choose to wear headscarves.

ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Several thousand Kurds from 28 Turkish cities ended a rally near the Iraq border Wednesday protesting Turkey's attacks on Iraqi Kurds, Turkish media reported.

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The deaths of nine Turkish nationals in a fire in a western Germany city raised suspicions of racially motivated arson, officials said.

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