Bar associations demand reversal of Turkey’s trustee appointments
Thirty-one bar associations in Turkey issued a joint statement on Saturday condemning the appointment of trustees to the municipalities of ...
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İstanbul Bar calls trustee appointments ‘unconstitutional exercise of state authority’
The İstanbul Bar Association has condemned the appointment of government trustees to replace elected mayors in Dersim and Ovacık municipalities, ...
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Turkey’s Kurdish protests spotlight opposition unity against trustee appointments
Turkey’s replacement of elected mayors in Kurdish-majority municipalities with government-appointed trustees has triggered mass protests across the country, uniting diverse ...
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Water cannon in Dersim and water war in Syria – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn As I write this on Friday night, thousands of people are on the streets of Tunceli (Dersim) protesting ...
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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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Daily News : 22 November 2024
22/11/2024 – #DailyNews – #MedyaNews 📍 Men across Kurdish-led North and East Syria have taken to the streets condemning ...
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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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Dersim co-mayor, Ovacık mayor sentenced to prison
Tunceli (Dersim) Co-mayor Cevdet Konak, of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, and the Republican People's Party (CHP)-affiliated mayor ...
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