Peace and democratisation before early elections
Veysi Sarısözen In his column yesterday, Cumhuriyet writer Orhan Bursalı wrote: “The Palace and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) ...
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Peace process accelerates in Turkey: Major steps ahead
Amed Dicle Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned Kurdish leader held for 26 years in İmralı Island Prison, issued his "Peace and ...
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EU demands Turkey answer for human rights abuses after İmamoğlu arrest
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have passed a motion calling on the European Commission (EC) to respond urgently to ...
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2025 proposed as Sırrı Süreyya Önder Peace Year in Turkey
A Turkish opposition politician has called for 2025 to be declared the “Sırrı Süreyya Önder Peace Year” in recognition of ...
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KCK pays tribute to Sırrı Süreyya Önder, calling him a martyr of peace and democracy
The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) has paid tribute to the late Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a member of the İmralı Delegation ...
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Turkey’s ruling party touts PKK disarmament but sidesteps democratic reform details
Ömer Çelik, spokesperson for Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has called a directive by jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party ...
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Peace, as women imagine it – and democracy, as women build it
Necîbe Qeredaxî The societies of the Middle East and Kurdistan, due to the region’s geopolitical location, sit at the intersection ...
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Imprisoned İstanbul mayor sends May Day message calling for change
İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, currently imprisoned, sent a message of solidarity to workers marking International Workers’ Day ...
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Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyers convey May Day greetings and message on democratic socialism
The lawyers of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan have sent a message to the International Workers’ Day Festival in Zurich, ...
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Urgent steps needed for peace, says DEM Party co-chair Hatimoğulları
“We are the political party that has most strongly underlined the urgency of resolving this process quickly and without contamination,” ...
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