Turkish authorities remove joint mayors in Van’s Bahçesaray municipality raid
On 29 November, Ayvaz Hazır, the joint mayor of Bahçesaray (Miks) in Van (Wan), Turkey, was sentenced to three years ...
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Paris City Council demands release of detained Kurdish mayors in Turkey
Paris City Council demands release of detained Kurdish mayors in Turkey 🔷Paris Councillor Geneviève Garrigos on Turkey's policy of replacing ...
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End repression of Kurdish women: Thousands march across Europe
Turkish security forces confronting Free Women's Movement (TJA) organisers at the historic Ten-Eyed Bridge in the Sur district of Diyarbakır ...
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A war that the world ignores – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn Less than a week after Turkey assassinated two Kurdish women journalists working in the Kurdistan Region of ...
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Turkish authorities crack down on Kurdish cultural celebrations
The Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party condemned recent attacks on Kurdish cultural practices and daily life in Turkey ...
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Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş receives further 2.5-year prison sentence for criticising Turkish state
Selahattin Demirtaş, a former co-chair of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), was sentenced to a further 2 years and ...
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