Multiple arrests in nationwide raids targeting lawyers and party members in Turkey
Police detained scores of people, including lawyers, political party members and activists, in a series of early morning operations in ...
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Grief in Diyarbakır as journalist Aziz Köylüoğlu killed in targeted Turkish drone attack
A memorial for veteran journalist Aziz Köylüoğlu, who was killed in a Turkish drone strike on 27 January in Ranya, ...
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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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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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Unanswered calls for justice: Roboskî massacre 13 years on
Today marks the 13th anniversary of the Roboskî massacre, which claimed the lives of 34 Kurdish civilians, including 19 children, ...
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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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Turkey: Nine detained journalists released
Nine of the journalists arrested in Turkey this week have been released, according to the Mezopotamya News Agency. All nine ...
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Kurdish politicians, journalists detained in Turkey amid growing criticism
Turkish authorities detained dozens, including Diyarbakır's (Amed) Kayapınar (Peyas) District Co-Mayor Cengiz Dündar and journalists, in a wave of arrests ...
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End repression of Kurdish women: Thousands march across Europe
Turkish security forces confronting Free Women's Movement (TJA) organisers at the historic Ten-Eyed Bridge in the Sur district of Diyarbakır ...
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Turkey’s Kurdish protests spotlight opposition unity against trustee appointments
Turkey’s replacement of elected mayors in Kurdish-majority municipalities with government-appointed trustees has triggered mass protests across the country, uniting diverse ...
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