No time to wait—Parliament must launch Kurdish peace talks while wars rage, says DEM’s Hatimoğulları
"History does not give us the luxury of waiting – it never has," said Tülay Hatimoğulları, co-chair of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish ...
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Anthropologist: Öcalan’s peace model offers blueprint for global democracy
Anthropologist Dr. Felix Padel has called Abdullah Öcalan’s peace initiative an “incredible breakthrough” and argued that the Turkish state should ...
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Turkey must solve Kurdish question to ensure peace, DEM’s Bakırhan says amid regional tensions
As regional tensions escalate, Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party co-chair Tuncer Bakırhan has called on Turkey ...
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‘I want to visit Öcalan’: EP left co-chair Schirdewan backs peace push
European Parliament Left Group co-chair Martin Schirdewan demanded that Turkey lift its 26-year isolation of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan ...
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Serxwebûn magazine publishes Öcalan’s perspectives sent to PKK congress in historic last edition
In its latest issue, the Kurdish monthly magazine Serxwebûn (Independence) has published all the documents from the 12th Congress of ...
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Waiting for peace must not become waiting for Godot, says DEM Party co-chair Hatimoğulları
“Millions are waiting for peace like waiting for Godot—and it is the government’s responsibility to act,” said Tülay Hatimoğulları, co-chair ...
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DEM Party leaders commemorate 12th anniversary of Gezi Park protests
The co-chairs of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party commemorated the 12th anniversary of the Gezi Park protests, ...
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Support for the historic 12th Congress and call of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party
Dr Abbas Mansouri All freedom-loving forces worldwide are called upon to support this call and the historic efforts of the ...
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Pro-Kurdish DEM Party slams Ankara’s takeovers, demands legal safeguards
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party has accused the government of attempting to undermine local democracy by continuing ...
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DEM Party co-chair Bakırhan: Kurds, Alevis must be equal citizens in Turkey
"Let our route be peace and democratic equality, not pain and repression," said Tuncer Bakırhan, co-chair of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ ...
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