Strasbourg debates Kurdish cities’ bold democracy experiments
Strasbourg University has hosted an international workshop highlighting democratic governance experiments led by Kurdish municipalities in Turkey between 1990 and ...
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Kurdish MP condemns Turkey’s trustee appointments as continuation of century of oppression of Kurds
In a recent address to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party parliamentary group ...
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Turkish government’s latest trustee appointments condemned as ‘national will theft’
The Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party has strongly condemned the Turkish government's decision to appoint trustees to the municipalities ...
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Turkish gov’t removes elected mayors from DEM and CHP in Kurdish-led municipalities
Trustees have been appointed to the Tunceli (Dêrsim) Municipality, led by the People's Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, and the ...
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İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu visits Mardin: Trustee appointments ‘a national embarrassment’
İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu visited Mardin (Mêrdîn) on Saturday, criticising the Turkish government's appointment of trustees in place of elected ...
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Fears of more elected mayors being deposed as Turkey investigates Kurdish municipalities
The Turkish government is reportedly planning to investigate 37 municipalities governed by the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party ...
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Erdoğan labels deposed Kurdish mayors ‘unsavoury types’; Ahmet Türk defends democratic mandate
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has labelled deposed Kurdish mayors as “unsavoury types", prompting a strong response from Ahmet Türk, ...
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Hopes of peace talks dashed: Kurdish leaders accuse Turkish govt of ‘liquidation’ plot in trustee appointments
Residents of Batman have gathered to protest against the appointment of a trustee to administration of the city's municipality, which ...
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KCK condemns seizure of elected Kurdish mayors as attack on democracy
The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) has denounced the Turkish government's appointment of unelected trustees to replace the elected mayors in ...
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Pro-Kurdish DEM Party demands Turkish government assume debts left by state-appointed trustees
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party has proposed a law to transfer the substantial debts left by government-appointed ...
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