PIA chair Mehmet Kamaç says Turkey’s logic is based on destroying the ‘other’
The Human and Freedom Party (PIA) is a contemporary example of the Turkish state's hostile attitude towards "pro-Kurdish" parties. PIA ...
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Domestic violence in Turkey has ‘doubled’ during pandemic
At least 332 women were killed and 110 died in suspicious circumstances in Turkey last year, while 33 children were ...
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HDP’s letters to jailed Gergerlioğlu were not received
Letters from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) to imprisoned deputy Omer Faruk Gergerlioğlu were not passed on by the prison ...
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Emine Çağırga on Mother’s Day: The day has no meaning for me after Cemile’s death
The second Sunday of May is celebrated as Mother's Day but not all mothers welcome the occasion with happiness. ...
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Protests in Europe against Turkey’s cross-border operations
On 23 April the Turkish Ministry of Defence announced that the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) had launched an operation against ...
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Young Kurds in Syria protest Turkey’s assault on PKK forces
As the military operation launched by Turkey against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Metina, Avaşin, and Zap (also known ...
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Family of Hasan Ergül wait for justice 26 years after his kidnapping and murder
Human Rights Association (IHD) Diyarbakir (Amed) Branch and relatives of the disappeared demanded the punishment of those responsible for the ...
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Kurdish women hang poster from ECHR roof
Young Kurdish women organised a civil disobedience action against the isolation imposed on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan, ...
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Poverty in Turkey: Seasonal workers cannot even feed their children
"Every day we work from morning till night, but still we cannot buy a can of oil." This sentence summarises ...
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Villagers in Iraqi Kurdistan protest Turkey’s operation
As the military operation launched by Turkey against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Metina, Avaşin, and Zap (also known ...
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