Turkey: Trustee endangers water safety in Kurdish-majority city
The trustee administration of Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Batman (Elîh) municipality, appointed by a government operation in 2019, is endangering the city's ...
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Turkish gov’t accused of using trustees to strip Kurdish women of political agency
The Turkish government aims to suppress the women's liberation model and render women powerless by appointing trustees to municipalities run ...
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Delayed official response means fires continue to ravage southeast Turkey’s Kurdish-populated regions
Residents of rural areas in the Kurdish-majority Lice (Licê) district of Diyarbakır (Amed) in Turkey, claiming that the official response ...
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Alarming increase in child drug addiction revealed in new report: Turkey
A recent report from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) sheds light on a concerning rise in the prevalence of ...
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Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê marks 30 years of children’s project, appeals for global aid
The Kurdistan Red Crescent Society, Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê, celebrates three decades of providing vital aid to thousands of vulnerable ...
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Turkey’s forests become sources of ‘easy money’
Forested areas in Turkey have once more been handed over to sectors such as mining, energy and tourism due to ...
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