‘Right to hope exists, it’s a right,’ says DEM Party co-chair Bakırhan challenging Justice Minister
"The right to hope exists, it’s a right,” Tuncer Bakırhan, co-chair of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party spoke ...
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Turkey’s Justice Minister rules out ‘right to hope’ for Öcalan
“The right to hope is not a concept in our legislation,” Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç declared, shutting down discussions ...
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KCK’s Bayık: Öcalan’s participation essential for meaningful peace dialogue in Turkey
Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council Co-Chair Cemil Bayık has said that imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has sole authority ...
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PKK’s Helin Ümit: We need to communicate with our leader Abdullah Öcalan
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Central Committee member Helin Ümit has said that the PKK aspires to a transformation in ...
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Who will support peace in Turkey and Syria? – last week in Kurdish news
Sarah Glynn Abdullah Öcalan has made a call for peace. The PKK has supported his call. Now all eyes ...
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US urged to support Turkey-PKK peace talks by former State Department advisor
Amy Austin Holmes, a researcher and former adviser to the US State Department, has written an article for Newsweek magazine ...
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Basque and Swiss politicians support Öcalan’s historic call for peace
Gorka Elejabarrieta Diaz, a Basque politician and Senator in Spain’s Madrid parliament, has made a statement in support of imprisoned ...
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Turkey’s left and the Kurdish question: A struggle for recognition
The Kurdish question has long been a divisive issue among Turkey’s leftist movements, and recent statements from three major leftist ...
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Turkish opposition: Erdoğan must take clear stance on peace process
Ali Babacan, leader of Turkey's Democracy and Progress (DEVA) Party, and Ahmet Davutoğlu, leader of the Future Party, have addressed ...
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EP’s Sánchez Amor: ‘Big step’ towards talks on Kurdish issue in Turkey
“This is absolutely good news,” said Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament’s Turkey rapporteur, in an interview with Erem ...
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