Turkey: Pro-Kurdish DEM Party meets far-right MHP in parliament
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party held a high-level meeting on Tuesday with far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) ...
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KCK’s Besê Hozat: Peace requires Abdullah Öcalan’s leadership role
"Only Leader Apo can lead this process — and that is only possible if he is free," said KCK Executive ...
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Syrian Kurds to press for decentralised power in talks
Syrian Kurdish leaders said on Monday they will insist on a decentralised system of government in upcoming talks with Damascus, ...
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‘Now is the time’ – Kurdish congress urges national conference for peace
The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) has urged all Kurdish political forces and parties to unite through a national conference, issuing ...
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Sinn Féin’s Kearney urges Turkey to embrace Kurdish peace initiative
Sinn Féin chairman Declan Kearney has described the Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) recent decision to disband and pursue peaceful, democratic ...
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Pro-Kurdish DEM Party meets opposition leaders in political dialogue push
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party held key meetings with opposition leaders in Ankara this week, in a ...
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‘Now is the time to build an equal life together,’ says DEM Party co-chair Hatimoğulları
“Now is the time to build an equal life together—there are no more excuses,” said Tülay Hatimoğulları co-chair of Turkey’s ...
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Kurdish and Sami language advocates demand official recognition to counter assimilation
The 2nd Kurdish Language Symposium in Van (Wan), eastern Turkey, held from 17–18 May, is producing renewed calls for Kurdish ...
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Kurdish leaders call for new democratic struggle after PKK dissolution
Two senior Kurdish figures have called for the launch of a new phase in the Kurdish political movement based on ...
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Cansu Özdemir: PKK’s dissolution demonstrates ‘will for peace’
Cansu Özdemir, a German MP for the Left Party (Die Linke), has called for the release of imprisoned Kurdish leader ...
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