Kurds across Europe protest Turkish attacks on North and East Syria
Kurds across Europe have taken to the streets to protest Turkey’s ongoing airstrikes in North and East Syria, condemning the ...
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Turkey’s rights leaders support bill allowing conditional release for life-sentenced prisoners
Human rights advocates and lawmakers in Turkey are calling for reforms to end the no-parole policy for life-sentenced prisoners. A ...
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European politicians call for response to Öcalan’s peace message
A message from imprisoned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan, relayed by his nephew, DEM Party MP Ömer Öcalan, ...
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From ‘Collapse Doctrine’ to new peace talks: Kurdish resistance at the edge of victory
Sinan Önal Originally published in Turning Point Magazine on 23 October 2024. A recent series of deadly drone strikes in ...
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A chink of light in İmralı prison, as lights go out in Syria – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn This has been a rollercoaster week in Kurdish politics, which has left political pundits reeling. As Lenin wrote, ...
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Not Öcalan but the state should declare the end of terrorism
Fréderike Geerdink Finally, PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan received a visitor in İmralı Prison: his nephew Ömer Öcalan, who is also ...
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Öcalan talks: Is there a path to peace?
Matt Broomfield Jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) head Abdullah Öcalan has been visited by a relative for the first time ...
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Cengiz Çandar reads Öcalan’s peace message in Turkish Parliament, calls for Kurdish reconciliation
Abdullah Öcalan’s recent messages were read by pro-Kurdish party MP and veteran journalist Cengiz Çandar in Turkey’s Parliament on Thursday, ...
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HPG: Ankara attack planned well in advance, conducted independently of Turkey’s political agenda
The People’s Defence Centre (HSM), the military command of the People’s Defence Forces (HPG), has claimed responsibility for the recent ...
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KCK calls for renewed peace dialogue as Zübeyir Aydar endorses Öcalan’s message
The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) has reaffirmed Abdullah Öcalan’s central role in resolving the Kurdish question, calling for an end ...
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