Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP pools sources to reach earthquake victims, calls for civil mobilisation
Turkey’s People’s Democratic Party (HDP) said on Tuesday that the country was witnessing one of the largest national disasters in ...
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Kurdistan Red Crescent’s campaign will provide relief for earthquake victims
The Kurdistan Red Crescent Society (Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê) campaign to meet the urgent needs of victims of Monday's devastating ...
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Death toll rises after earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale hits Turkey, Syria -live updates
19:31 (CET): Death toll rises to 1651 The death toll from the major earthquakes that struck the southeastern region of ...
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German Left Party co-chair Wissler visits pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP)
Janine Wissler, co-chair of the German Left Party, has travelled to Turkey to meet Saliha Aydeniz, co-chair of the Democratic ...
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Turkish pension authorities demand former mayor of Diyarbakır prove he is alive
The Turkish authorities have demanded that the former mayor of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır (Amed) prove that he is ...
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European delegation to visit Turkey for Imralı prisoners, says Australian senator
An Australian senator has sent a letter to Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ regarding the isolation imposed on Kurdistan Workers’ ...
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Trailer for Kurdish movie Fate in Sur released
A trailer for the film Sur’da Devran (Fate in Sur), directed by Kurdish director Haşim Aydemir in the Sur neighbourhood ...
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KCK advises against self-immolation protests for Öcalan’s freedom
Kurdish youth should not resort to fatal methods of protest such as self-immolation, the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) said in ...
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Turkish court rules no penalty for police officer accused of killing Kemal Kurkut
A court in Turkey has ruled that “a penalty is not necessary” for the police officer on trial in the ...
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Young man sets himself on fire for Öcalan, second self-immolation in days
A 25-year old Kurdish man, Mehmet Akar, set himself on fire on Monday night in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır ...
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