Negotiators, MPs, ex-combatants: tough road ahead for Turkey-Kurdish talks
In contradictory developments in Turkey, the government has appeared to signal interest in negotiations with the Kurdish political movement...
Turkey’s far-right government partner defends trusteeships, criticises CHP, DEM Party
Devlet Bahçeli, leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), voiced support on Tuesday for the government’s recent appointment of...
DEM Party condemns forced removal of sister party HDP representatives by KDP
The Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party has strongly condemned the recent forced closure of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP)...
Fears of more elected mayors being deposed as Turkey investigates Kurdish municipalities
The Turkish government is reportedly planning to investigate 37 municipalities governed by the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party...
Amedspor releases new anthem symbolising Kurdish resilience amid supportive fan chants
Amedspor, a prominent Kurdish-majority football club based in Diyarbakır (Amed) in Turkey, recently released a video introducing a new anthem...
Experts in five global conflicts to discuss Turkey-Kurdish negotiations
Unexpected and contradictory political developments in Turkey have once again raised the prospect of negotiations between Turkish authorities and the...
Turkish court papers granting ISIS captors custody of Yazidi child revealed 18 months on
A Yazidi child rescued from ISIS captivity in Turkey was placed under the guardianship of a family linked not only...
Erdoğan labels deposed Kurdish mayors ‘unsavoury types’; Ahmet Türk defends democratic mandate
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has labelled deposed Kurdish mayors as “unsavoury types", prompting a strong response from Ahmet Türk,...
DEM Party reiterates call for democratic solution to Kurdish issue as tensions rise
On 9 November, the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party held an urgent board meeting and issued a statement calling...
KDP closes HDP office in Iraqi Kurdistan as trusteeship imposed in Turkey’s Kurdish majority cities
After five years of established presence, the office of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Erbil (Hewlêr) was forcibly closed...
