Political backlash as Turkish government deposes elected DEM Party mayors
Political figures from various parties have strongly condemned the Turkish Interior Ministry's appointment of trustees to replace elected mayors in ...
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Trustees appointed to Mardin, Batman, and Halfeti municipalities amid terrorism charges
In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter), the ministry cited the mayors' ongoing trials as the reason for their ...
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Kurdish activist Ali Çeven arrested amid allegations of ill-treatment in custody
Kurdish activist Ali Çeven was detained in Istanbul on 1 November for the second time in three days and subsequently ...
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The CHP under the spotlight – a weekly news review
News from Turkey proceeds with more plot twists than a Shakespeare comedy, while instead of Shakespearian cross dressing we see ...
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Turkey’s Justice Minister says new meetings with Abdullah Öcalan depend on requests
Turkey's Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç stated on Thursday that future meetings with Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan would be considered based ...
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KCK urges global solidarity with Rojava ahead of World Kobane Day
The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) has called for strong international participation in defending Rojava on 1 November – World Kobane ...
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Turkey’s main opposition CHP protests possible government takeover in İstanbul district municipality
Ahmet Özer, mayor of İstanbul’s Esenyurt district, was detained early on Wednesday over alleged links to the Kurdistan Communities Union ...
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Environmental ‘warfare’: Şırnak Ecology condemns state-backed mining in Kurdish areas
The Şırnak (Şirnex) Ecology Platform has condemned extensive environmental destruction in Turkey’s Şırnak region, accusing the Turkish state of using ...
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Detention of Esenyurt Mayor Ahmet Özer sparks political outcry
Ahmet Özer, the mayor of İstanbul's Esenyurt district and a prominent figure within Turkey’s main opposition, the Republican People’s Party ...
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PKK’s Duran Kalkan calls for democratic republic rooted in Kurdish, women’s rights
Duran Kalkan, member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Executive Committee, has called for a democratic republic grounded in Kurdish ...
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