Mazloum Abdî: Kurds must secure recognition and democratic unity amid regional turmoil
Mazloum Abdî, commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has expressed concern about the intensifying conflict between Israel and Iran, ...
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Erdoğan announces commission of ten lawyers to draft new constitution
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced the first steps towards constitutional reform. Efkan Ala, vice chairman of the Justice ...
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CHP rejects Erdoğan’s call for constitutional reform over rule of law concerns
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has rejected President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s call to cooperate on drafting a new ...
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Bahçeli calls for shared Turkish future as PKK weighs up disbanding
Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has centred his vision for Turkey on “building a structure everyone ...
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Kurdish-led AANES calls for inclusive national conference amid criticism of Damascus meeting
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) issued a statement on 2 February, urging the organisation of a ...
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AKP rules out reforms on mother tongue rights and general amnesty
The issue of mother tongue rights will not be addressed in Turkey's new constitution, according to Abdullah Güler, Group Leader ...
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Constitutional law expert criticises İstanbul Bar over failure to defend fair trial rights
Professor İbrahim Özden Kaboğlu has argued that the İstanbul Bar Association is failing to adequately defend the right to a ...
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