Turkey’s judicial reform package restricts women’s right to choose surname
The Turkish government is facing a backlash for its proposal on the 9th Judicial Reform Package, which will restrict women’s ...
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CHP against ‘trustees’: a twinkling light in the CHP tunnel?
Fréderike Geerdink Just in case you thought the protests against the replacement of the elected co-mayor of Hakkari by a ...
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Diyarbakır as exemplar of the Kurdish condition – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn Diyarbakır, or Amed to use its Kurdish name, is regarded as the capital of Bakur: North – or ...
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Daily News : 14 June 2024
14 /06/2024 – #DailyNews – #MedyaNews 📍 Duran Kalkan, a member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party or PKK Executive ...
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Tens of thousands of people from across Turkey demonstrate in Hakkari
Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Hakkari (Colemêrg) in southeast Turkey on 13 June. They were ...
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Thousands rally in Hakkari for democracy, against trustee policy
A major rally in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority city of Hakkari (Colemêrg) aims to expel a state-appointed trustee from the municipality and ...
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Acquittal of police officers in Tahir Elçi case ‘huge blow to justice’: Amnesty International
There has been widespread criticism both internationally and domestically in Turkey over the acquittal of three police officers in the ...
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Daily News : 12 June 2024
12/06/2024 – #DailyNews – #MedyaNews 🔸 The claimed downing of another Turkish drone by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), ...
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Turkey-wide protests ramp up against state trustee policy, ousting elected mayors
Protests against the state appointment of a trustee to replace the elected mayor in Hakkari (Colemêrg) are spreading to many ...
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Council of Europe delegation to Turkey discusses human rights with Kurdish MPs
A delegation from the Council of Europe, led by Media Freedom Rapporteur Stefan Shennach, discussed pressing human rights issues with ...
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