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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Massive rally in Diyarbakır calls for Öcalan’s freedom amid reconciliation talks
Thousands of demonstrators, organised by the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party and various Kurdish organisations, gathered for a large-scale ...
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Breaking the cycle of war: 1 million voices for peace in Turkey
The Peoples’ Democratic Congress (HDK) has initiated a groundbreaking grassroots campaign, “1 Million Voices for Peace” to address Turkey’s long-standing ...
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Jailed former HDP co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ affirms her commitment to reconciliation
The Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party shuttle delegation visited former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ in Kocaeli ...
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PKK fighters still don’t come from outer space
Fréderike Geerdink Ahmet Türk, veteran Kurdish politician, has given Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli an amber-coloured rosary, the ...
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2025: A turning point for Turkey? Öcalan’s vision for peace and democracy
Sinan Önal As Turkey marks its centenary, the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has launched an audacious rhetorical shift. In ...
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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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Turkey at the crossroads: War or reconciliation?
Veysi Sarısözen Last Saturday, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, and on Sunday, MHP (Nationalist Movement Party) Deputy Chairman Semih Yalçın, made ...
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Experts in five global conflicts to discuss Turkey-Kurdish negotiations
Unexpected and contradictory political developments in Turkey have once again raised the prospect of negotiations between Turkish authorities and the ...
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Cengiz Çandar reads Öcalan’s peace message in Turkish Parliament, calls for Kurdish reconciliation
Abdullah Öcalan’s recent messages were read by pro-Kurdish party MP and veteran journalist Cengiz Çandar in Turkey’s Parliament on Thursday, ...
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