DEM Party delegation meets Erdoğan, expresses optimism for peace and reconciliation
On 10 April, a historic meeting took place between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and a delegation from the pro-Kurdish ...
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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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Öcalan’s letters reach key Kurdish political bodies
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party spokesperson Ayşegül Doğan has confirmed that imprisoned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah ...
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Salih Muslim: If Turkey accepts to sit with Öcalan, they would give up attacking us
In an exclusive interview with Medya News correspondent Chris Den Hond, Democratic Union Party (PYD) executive member Salih Muslim ...
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Öcalan’s 1995 speech resurfaces amid speculation on historic call
As 15 February 2025 marks the 26th anniversary of Abdullah Öcalan’s abduction, a resurfaced speech from 1995 has gone viral ...
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European trade unions reiterate call for Abdullah Öcalan’s release
On the 26th anniversary of Abdullah Öcalan’s capture, 21 trade unions from Spain, France, Germany, Italy, the Basque Country, Catalonia, ...
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Abdullah Öcalan: A catalyst for peace and democracy in Turkey and the larger region
https://medyanews.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/VIGIL-FOR-OCALAN-VIDEO.mp4 As Turkey and the broader Middle East face mounting tensions, Abdullah Öcalan’s significance as a figure of peace and ...
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The spirit of Ashme: A call for Turkish-Kurdish reconciliation amid geopolitical tensions in Syria
The Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi has made a statement reaffirming the SDF’s commitment to preserving ...
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A turning point for Turkey-Kurd peace?
Jürgen Klute At the end of January this year, I visited South Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) together with Zainab Murad Sahrab, ...
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Kurdish political exiles: why Turkish government can’t be trusted
Penny Papadopoulou In October, Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and member of Turkey’s ruling ...
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