Turkish gov’t removes elected mayors from DEM and CHP in Kurdish-led municipalities
Trustees have been appointed to the Tunceli (Dêrsim) Municipality, led by the People's Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, and the ...
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Batman rally demands Freedom for Öcalan, democratic resolution to Kurdish issue
Thousands gathered in Batman (Êlih) on Sunday for the 'Democracy and Freedom' rally, demanding Turkish authorities release Kurdish leader Abdullah ...
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Former Turkish PM meets ousted Kurdish mayor: ‘Don’t burn bridges of dialogue’
Former Turkish Prime Minister and Future Party leader Ahmet Davutoğlu has visited Ahmet Türk, the ousted co-mayor of Mardin (Mêrdîn), ...
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Ex-Minister Babacan pledges support for Kurdish peace after meeting with DEM Party
Former Finance Minister and current Democracy and Progress (DEVA) Party leader Ali Babacan expressed willingness to support even minimal progress ...
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İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu visits Mardin: Trustee appointments ‘a national embarrassment’
İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu visited Mardin (Mêrdîn) on Saturday, criticising the Turkish government's appointment of trustees in place of elected ...
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Turkey’s ‘state initiative’ is no solution to the Kurdish Question – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn Today, tens of thousands of Kurds are again gathering from all over Europe to march through Cologne. They ...
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Fears of more elected mayors being deposed as Turkey investigates Kurdish municipalities
The Turkish government is reportedly planning to investigate 37 municipalities governed by the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party ...
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Deposed Co-Mayor Sönük of Batman, Turkey: “We will destroy the system of masculinity”
Co-Mayor of Batman (Êlih) Gülistan Sönük condemned the Turkish government's appointments of trustees replacing elected mayors in Kurdish-majority municipalities in ...
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Erdoğan labels deposed Kurdish mayors ‘unsavoury types’; Ahmet Türk defends democratic mandate
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has labelled deposed Kurdish mayors as “unsavoury types", prompting a strong response from Ahmet Türk, ...
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Turkey: Mass protests continue against government’s replacement of elected officials with trustees
Mass demonstrations against Turkish government's replacement of elected Kurdish officials with state-appointed trustees continued across multiple cities, with the authorities ...
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