Commemoration held in Diyarbakır for university student killed by Turkish police during Newroz 2017
Commemorations have been held for university student Kemal Kurkut, who was killed by police in 2017 during Newroz celebrations in ...
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Imprisoned Kurdish journalist says aim of detention is to silence him
The main motivation behind Abdurrahman Gök’s detention since April was his photographing of the police shooting of Kemal Kurkut during ...
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Documenting police killing young man ‘true reason behind arrest’, says Kurdish journalist
The true reason for Abdurrahman Gök’s arrest in April were the photos he took in 2017, documenting the shots Turkish ...
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“Pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will” – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn It has dominated the region’s politics, offering the possibility of democratic change, but also of dictatorship, and ...
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Tell me who they are, your murdered ones, your killers, your brave souls
Fréderike Geerdink Kemal Kurkut, Abdurrahman Gök, the Şenyaşar family, Ali Ismail Korkmaz and a murdered member of the Grey Wolves ...
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Tell me who they are, your murdered ones, your killers, your brave souls
Fréderike Geerdink Kemal Kurkut, Abdurrahman Gök, the Şenyaşar family, Ali Ismail Korkmaz and a murdered member of the Grey Wolves ...
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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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Terror charge upheld for Kurdish journalist who exposed police killing
An appeals court in Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakır (Amed) province has upheld a prison sentence of 1 year 6 months and ...
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