Rights groups report severe police violence against protesters in Van
Human rights organisations in Van (Wan), a predominantly Kurdish city in eastern Turkey, have documented severe police violence and mass ...
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Turkey: Mass protests continue against government’s replacement of elected officials with trustees
Mass demonstrations against Turkish government's replacement of elected Kurdish officials with state-appointed trustees continued across multiple cities, with the authorities ...
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Police violence in Turkey’s Kurdish cities as protesters resist government-appointed trustees
Protests intensified across Turkey’s Kurdish-majority cities of Mardin (Mêrdîn), Batman (Êlih), and Halfeti (Xelfetî) following the government’s controversial appointment of ...
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State alliance with religious sect fuels child deaths, femicide in Turkey, say Kurdish groups
Kurdish groups accuse Turkey's government of enabling a surge in child deaths, disappearances and femicide through alliances with local religious ...
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