Turkey: DBP’s Co-Chair Bayındır condemns trustees, calls for Öcalan’s path to peace
"Either you embrace Mr Öcalan’s democratic solution, or you cease to be a legitimate counterpart," warned Keskin Bayındır, Co-Chair of ...
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Trustee appointed to Turkey’s Akdeniz Municipality following arrest of elected co-mayors
The Turkish Interior Ministry appointed a trustee to the Akdeniz Municipality in Mersin, which had been led by the Peoples' ...
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Protests continue in Mersin after arrests of Akdeniz co-mayors; access to lawyers restored
The detention of the co-mayors and councillors of the Akdeniz Municipality of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party has ...
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Opposition condemns arrest of Akdeniz co-mayors as ‘attack on democracy’
The detention of Akdeniz Municipality Co-mayors Hoşyar Sarıyıldız and Nuriye Aslan, along with four municipal councillors, has sparked strong reactions ...
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Co-mayors of Turkey’s Akdeniz municipality detained in police operation
Hoşyar Sarıyıldız and Nuriye Aslan, Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party co-mayors of the Akdeniz Municipality in Mersin, were detained ...
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