Turkey: Calls grow for release of critically ill Kurdish prisoner
Rights groups and lawyers have renewed urgent calls for the release of Mehmet Emin Çam, a 73-year-old Kurdish prisoner held ...
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Cultural and poetic events highlight Yelda Night celebrations
Yelda Night (Şeva Yelda), marking the year's longest night, was celebrated in Turkey's Batman (Êlih) with a culturally rich event ...
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Masked figures reappear in Batman as protests over trustee appointments intensify, echoing the dirty war years of the 90s
Amid ongoing protests against the appointment of government trustees, masked individuals claiming to be police officers reportedly attempted to detain ...
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Kurdish mayors defy trustee appointments, call for resistance
In a defiant response to Turkey’s appointment of trustees in Kurdish-majority cities on 4 November, the ousted co-mayors of Batman ...
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Turkey’s trustee policy ‘blatent violation of democracy’: EU Rapporteur exclusive
In an exclusive interview with Medya News, European Union Turkey Rapporteur Nacho Sánchez Amor strongly condemned the Turkish government’s ongoing ...
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EU Turkey Rapporteur condemns Turkey’s removal of Kurdish mayors
The European Union's Turkey Rapporteur Nacho Sánchez Amor has condemned the Turkish government for removing, on 4 November, three more ...
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Families of the disappeared demand justice in cities across Turkey
Families of the disappeared and human rights defenders staged protests in five cities across Turkey on Saturday, demanding justice for ...
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Body of journalist Gulistan Tara sent to her hometown Batman
The body of murdered Kurdish journalist Gulistan Tara was bid farewell to in Sulaymaniyah (Silêmanî), Iraqi Kurdistan on Thursday and ...
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