Kurdish regions mark May Day with calls for democracy, peace, workers’ rights
Large-scale rallies were held across Kurdish-majority provinces in Turkey and parts of northern Syria and Iraq on Thursday to mark ...
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Halfeti Newroz celebrations focus on Abdullah Öcalan and calls for democratic change
Tuncer Bakırhan, co-chair of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM), made a speech demanding action over the continued imprisonment ...
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Newroz declaration calls for intensified efforts for peace and democracy in Turkey
Newroz, the annual March celebration symbolising Kurdish resistance, freedom and renewal, will centre on the political demand for the release ...
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Kurdish politicians urge Ankara to recognise Öcalan’s potential role in peace solution
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) co-chair Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar has warned that the deepening political crisis in Kurdistan is ...
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Rojava: A symbol of unity amid conflict, say Turkey’s pro-Kurdish parties
Leading members of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party and the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) have urged Turkey to ...
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Kurdish women never yielded to special warfare policies, says DBP Co-Chair
Women are the primary targets of special warfare policies in Kurdistan, but Kurdish women have never yielded to these pressures, ...
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Protesters defy police demanding solution to Turkey’s Kurdish issue, freedom for Öcalan
Thousands of protesters across Diyarbakır (Amed), Turkey, defied police restrictions on Sunday, gathering to demand the release of imprisoned Kurdistan ...
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Calls to lift Öcalan’s isolation echo in Diyarbakır demonstrations
PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan and a democratic resolution to the Kurdish issue. The protesters mobilised in different areas of the ...
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Ruling party MP called to testify in child murder case in Turkey
Kurdish groups are calling for Galip Ensarioğlu, a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) MP for Diyarbakır (Amed), to testify ...
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