Turkey: DEM party asks UNESCO to investigate language rights violations
Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan, co-chairs of Turkey's pro-Kurdish People's Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party sent a letter to the ...
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Former Interior Minister of Iceland: How Kurdish ‘domino effect’ could change Middle East
Ögmundur Jónasson, a former Minister of the Interior for Iceland with a long career in domestic and European politics, was ...
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Kurdish man detained after mother language rant shared online
A Kurdish man, Memduh Çalışan was briefly detained following his outcry over the lack of Kurdish language support at Istanbul ...
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Turkish drone strike kills two retired peshmerga in Iraqi Kurdistan
A Turkish drone targeted Sire Mountain in the Akre Kurdistan Region of Iraq on Tuesday, killing two civilians. According to ...
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Sydney rally demands Öcalan’s release for resumption of peace negotiations in Turkey
In Sydney, Australia, a significant rally organised by the Sydney Democratic Kurdish Community Centre (DKTM) called on Saturday for the ...
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Elon Musk’s X platform faces criticism for suspending Kurdish media account
Despite Elon Musk's initial assurances of supporting free speech upon aquisition of the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, the ...
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Kurdish literary association calls for official recognition of Kurdish language in Turkey
Kurdish must be formally recognised as a language of Turkey and taught in educational establishments, Kurdish Writers Association Co-Chair Rêdûr ...
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DEM Party celebrates Mother Language Day in Turkish parliament
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party celebrated International Mother Language Day within the Turkish Grand National Assembly by ...
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International delegation in Istanbul calls for release of Abdullah Öcalan
An international delegation, including parliamentarians, has arrived in Istanbul to address the absolute isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan, the Kurdistan ...
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Culprit of ‘Turkey’s worst ecological disaster’ finds unexpected saviour in nationalist leader
Devlet Bahçeli, leader of Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has called for the replacement of the expert committee that found ...
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