Bahçeli rejects Erdoğan’s withdrawal from re-election bid
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent declaration that he has “no intention” of seeking re-election has drawn a public rebuke ...
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Buldan backs call for parliamentary commission on Kurdish issue
İmralı Delegation member and senior pro-Kurdish DEM Party figure Pervin Buldan has called for immediate negotiations to establish a parliamentary ...
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Turkey’s far-right leader calls for Peace Commission after PKK disarmament
Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and a long-time ally of the ruling Justice and Development ...
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‘Peace needs two wings to fly’: Bahçeli urges Turkish response to PKK disbandment
Peace, according to Turkish nationalist leader Devlet Bahçeli, “is not a bird that can fly with one wing.” In a ...
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Bahçeli thanks Öcalan after PKK announces disbandment: “Seeds of peace have finally germinated”
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has welcomed the announcement of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) of their disbandment, ...
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Former Turkish nationalist declares himself Kurdish in call for peace
In a striking personal and political statement, Mümtaz’er Türköne, a former Turkish nationalist intellectual and long-time commentator, has declared his ...
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Ahmet Türk hails PKK’s expected move to end armed struggle as Turkey’s ‘Good Friday’ moment
Senior Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk has likened the expected Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) decision to end its armed struggle to ...
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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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