Turkey’s mining and energy bill postponed after mass protest at parliament
A controversial bill that would allow energy and mining projects in protected areas has been postponed by the Turkish parliament ...
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Environmental orgs across Turkey demand annulment of law threatening olive groves
Environmental and civil society organisations in several cities across Turkey have staged coordinated protests over the past week in response ...
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Tunceli co-mayor released as court overturns arrest, trustee still in place
Tunceli (Dêrsim) Co-Mayor Birsen Orhan, from the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, was released on Tuesday after a court ...
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Turkey: Tunceli’s co-mayor detained on allegations of protest law violations
Co-mayor of Tunceli (Dêrsim) Birsen Orhan was detained at her home in Pertek (Pêrteg) on Saturday, just days after having ...
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Water cannon in Dersim and water war in Syria – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn As I write this on Friday night, thousands of people are on the streets of Tunceli (Dersim) protesting ...
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Turkish government’s latest trustee appointments condemned as ‘national will theft’
The Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party has strongly condemned the Turkish government's decision to appoint trustees to the municipalities ...
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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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Justice for Narin and Gülistan: Protest demands accountability for Turkey’s abducted children
The recovery of the body of the missing schoolgirl Narin Güran last week has spurred renewed calls for justice for ...
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