PKK’s Kalkan: Without Öcalan’s freedom, peace remains an illusion
"Leader Apo has done more than his share. Truly, everyone was astonished," said Duran Kalkan, senior member of the Kurdistan ...
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Pervin Buldan confirms new phase in peace dialogue after meeting with Erdoğan
A senior member of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, Pervin Buldan, has confirmed that a new ...
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CHP leader Özgür Özel criticises Erdoğan’s ‘undemocratic’ approach to the Kurdish question
Özgür Özel, the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), the main opposition party in Turkey, harshly criticised President Recep ...
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Turkey’s former education minister condemns state’s racist stance on Kurdish rights
Hüseyin Çelik, a founder member of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) and a former minister of education, has accused ...
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Turkish government faces pressure as KCK leader criticises stalling in peace process
The Kurdish movement may reassess its approach if the Turkish government fails to honour promises made in recent peace talks, ...
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Turkey seeks to block arrested opposition İstanbul mayor’s social media
Turkish government-affiliated lawyers have requested, on Monday, to block the social media account of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the dismissed mayor of ...
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Erdoğan says conditions ripe for end of Kurdish conflict but offers no concrete steps in Eid speech
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated that global, regional, and domestic conditions provide an unprecedented opportunity for a resolution ...
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Council of Europe members call on Turkey to release İmamoğlu
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe has called for the immediate release of Istanbul ...
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Turkey evaluates request for family visit to Abdullah Öcalan, says Justice Minister
Turkey’s Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç said on Wednesday that authorities are assessing a request for Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader ...
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X suspends accounts of opposition supporters in Turkey, amid ‘political coup’
Social media platform X (formerly twitter) has suspended accounts belonging to opposition supporters in Turkey following the 19 March arrest ...
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