Akin Nazli

2 days ago | intellinews.com | Akin Nazli

A congress of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) resolved to end all activities conducted in the name of the PKK, the militant organisation said on May 12. The announcement included an additional note: “The congress decided to dissolve the PKK’s organisational structure and end its armed struggle.” Observers might speak of weasel words. If the PKK is dissolved, its armed struggle, waged against Turkey for 40 years partly from hideouts in northern Iraq and Syria, disappears with it.

2 days ago | intellinews.com | Akin Nazli

A congress of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) resolved to end all activities conducted in the name of the PKK, the militant organisation said on May 12. The announcement included an additional note: “The congress decided to dissolve the PKK’s organisational structure and end its armed struggle.” Observers might speak of weasel words. If the PKK is dissolved, its armed struggle, waged against Turkey for 40 years partly from hideouts in northern Iraq and Syria, disappears with it.

3 days ago | intellinews.com | Akin Nazli

Turkey remained bottom of the class for headline annual inflation in March posted by OECD member countries, according to data in the intergovernmental organisation's monthly report. The country released an official 38.1% y/y reading for the month. Turkey's closest rival for the worst performance, Columbia, registered inflation of only 5% (see the story chart).

1 week ago | intellinews.com | Akin Nazli

X has blocked access to jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s account (@ekrem_imamoglu) in Turkey, the Directorate of Communications Center for Countering Disinformation (DMM, @dmmiletisim), a unit of the Turkish presidency’s Communications Directorate, said on May 8. The social network said it took the action in response to an order of an Istanbul court, which issued a ruling on a petition submitted by the Istanbul public prosecutor’s office.

1 week ago | intellinews.com | Akin Nazli

By Akin Nazli in Belgrade The unemployment rate in Poland increased minimally by 0.1pp y/y to come in at 5.2% in April, the Ministry of Family and Social Policy said in an estimate on May 6. Business activity in Russia’s private sector showed signs of stagnation in April, with services growth flatlining and manufacturing output continuing to decline, according to the latest PMI data released by S&P Global.