Turkey’s speaker Kurtulmuş signals parliament role in Kurdish peace push
Turkey's Parliament must now assume a leading role in resolving the decades-long Kurdish conflict, Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş said on Wednesday, ...
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Erdoğan announces commission of ten lawyers to draft new constitution
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced the first steps towards constitutional reform. Efkan Ala, vice chairman of the Justice ...
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PUK, CHP discuss Kurdish peace after the Socialist International summit
A senior delegation from Iraq’s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) met with Turkey’s main opposition leader Özgür Özel on Tuesday, ...
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DEM Party co-chair Bakırhan: Kurds, Alevis must be equal citizens in Turkey
"Let our route be peace and democratic equality, not pain and repression," said Tuncer Bakırhan, co-chair of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ ...
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AANES, Damascus reach agreement on return of Syrian families from al-Hol camp
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) and the Syrian Interim Government have reached an agreement about the ...
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Turkey: Pro-Kurdish DEM Party meets far-right MHP in parliament
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party held a high-level meeting on Tuesday with far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) ...
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Syrian Kurds to press for decentralised power in talks
Syrian Kurdish leaders said on Monday they will insist on a decentralised system of government in upcoming talks with Damascus, ...
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Turkey peace talks: Families of victims of state violence support peace, demand justice
Families of Kurdish civilians killed during past military operations and enforced disappearances in Turkey have spoken out in support of ...
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Osman Baydemir calls for observer mechanisms to ensure peace following PKK disbandment
Speaking on Medya Haber, veteran Kurdish human rights defender Osman Baydemir called for the establishment of independent observer mechanisms ...
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Amnesty International updates urgent action campaign for Pakhshan Azizi
On 5 May, Amnesty International re-published its campaign urging for Iran to halt any plans to execute Kurdish humanitarian worker ...
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