Kurdish language textbook authors detained in Turkey
Three Kurdish authors—Mevlüt Aykoç, Sami Tan, and Ronayi Önen—have been detained in Turkey for their involvement in publishing Hînker, a ...
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Turkey: Amedspor fans mark Women’s Day with powerful choreography
Thousands of Amedspor Football Club fans transformed Diyarbakır’s (Amed) Tahir Elçi Stadium into a sea of purple on Tuesday, marking ...
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Peace Mothers urge government to act on Öcalan’s call
The Peace Mothers Assembly has announced its support for imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan's recent appeal for peace, and called ...
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Kurds prepare to celebrate Öcalan’s historic call in Diyarbakır, Van
Excitement is building in Diyarbakır (Amed) and Van (Wan), the two most populated Kurdish majority cities in east and south-east ...
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Diyarbakır Municipality promotes Kurdish language in public spaces
In a significant step to promote the use of the Kurdish language in public spaces, the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakır ...
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“We will stand against violence together”: actions announced leading up to 8 March
Women co-mayors of the People's Democracy and Equality (DEM) Party held a press conference in in Diyarbakır (Amed) on Friday ...
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Overwhelming support for mother tongue education in Turkey, survey reveals
An overwhelming 97.8% of participants in a recent survey conducted by the Sociopolitical Field Research Centre in Turkey, which primarily ...
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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 mother who received her son’s body in cargo box is sentenced to 6 years prison
The Kurdish mother Halise Aksoy, whose son's body was delivered to her in a cargo box, was sentenced to 6 ...
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‘A space specific to women’: Women’s library opens in Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır, Turkey
Kayapınar Municipality in Diyarbakır (Amed), Turkey, led by the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, has opened a new library, ...
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