Journalist İrfan Değirmenci detained at Pride forum in İstanbul
Journalist and Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP) Central Committee member İrfan Değirmenci was among at least 42 individuals detained during a ...
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Socialist groups call for May Day rally in İstanbul’s iconic Taksim Square
Dozens of trade unions, youth groups, and resistance movements in Turkey have declared they will march on İstanbul’s iconic Taksim ...
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Turkey’s left and the Kurdish question: A struggle for recognition
The Kurdish question has long been a divisive issue among Turkey’s leftist movements, and recent statements from three major leftist ...
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New left-wing party in Turkey faces possible closure over support for Kurdish rights
The newly formed left-wing political party in Turkey, the Party of Socialists (SOLDEP), is facing possible closure due to constitutional ...
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DEM Party exposes lavish govt spending; far-right leader demands treasury fund cut
Far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has demanded the cessation of treasury funds for Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality ...
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Pillar of the Kurdish movement, Tarık Ziya Ekinci, dies at 99
Tarık Ziya Ekinci, a Kurdish politician, writer, historian, doctor and human rights activist, passed away on 15 August 2024 at ...
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