The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

Turkey’s defense ministry says five military academy graduates and three of their immediate superiors have been dismissed ...

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk — after the formal ceremony had ended. The graduates also took the Officer’s Oath about defending a secular and democratic Turkey, which was discontinued in 2022.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Five military academy graduates ... raising their swords and chanting “We are the soldiers of Mustafa Kemal” — a reference to the secular founder of modern Turkey ...