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❹ Foundation gives award to Rojava peoplehttps://t.co/lLJrU11fzd pic.twitter.com/DCcbTMFvDQ— MedyaNews (@1MedyaNews) December 16, 2022
Turkish President Erdoğan has offered Russian leader Putin a trilateral meeting with the Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad. However, backed by Russia, Damascus has a hesitant approach to Turkey’s rapprochement efforts.
Istanbul’s popular opposition mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was sentenced to more than 2.5 years in prison over insulting a public official during the highly controversial local elections in 2019. The twice-victor and potential presidential candidate for next year will be banned from holding office if the sentence is approved.
Executive Council Member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party Murat Karayılan said Abdullah Öcalan’s position is critical and asked the European anti-torture body, the Committee for the Prevention of Torture to provide the public with detailed information about its September visit to İmralı Prison.
In other news, the Danielle Mitterrand Foundation dedicated its annual award to “the builders of utopias in North and East Syria” at a Paris ceremony on Wednesday.
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