Turkish opposition leader calls for end to state-appointed trustees in Kurdish cities
The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party has called for urgent reforms in parliament to end the practice of appointing ...
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Turkey’s ruling party touts PKK disarmament but sidesteps democratic reform details
Ömer Çelik, spokesperson for Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has called a directive by jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party ...
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Thousands gather in İstanbul to mark May Day with calls for workers’ rights, democracy
Tens of thousands of workers, students and civil society members gathered in İstanbul’s Kadıköy district on May Day to commemorate ...
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Turkish government faces pressure as KCK leader criticises stalling in peace process
The Kurdish movement may reassess its approach if the Turkish government fails to honour promises made in recent peace talks, ...
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Halfeti Newroz celebrations focus on Abdullah Öcalan and calls for democratic change
Tuncer Bakırhan, co-chair of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM), made a speech demanding action over the continued imprisonment ...
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Kurdish MP questions peace prospects as Turkey’s trustee policy deepens
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party MP Sırrı Sakık has questioned the possibility of peace in Turkey while the ...
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Rights groups report severe police violence against protesters in Van
Human rights organisations in Van (Wan), a predominantly Kurdish city in eastern Turkey, have documented severe police violence and mass ...
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Van’s defiant resistance challenges Turkey’s ongoing trustee policy
Protests in Van (Wan) have intensified following the Turkish government's decision to appoint a trustee to replace the elected mayor, ...
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Turkish authorities remove joint mayors in Van’s Bahçesaray municipality raid
On 29 November, Ayvaz Hazır, the joint mayor of Bahçesaray (Miks) in Van (Wan), Turkey, was sentenced to three years ...
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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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