DEM Party calls for truth commission on Turkey’s enforced disappearances
The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party has called for the establishment of a national truth commission to investigate ...
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DEM’s Bakırhan: PKK disbanding a historic opportunity for peace
Tuncer Bakırhan, co-chair of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, addressed his party's group meeting on Tuesday in response ...
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DEM Party leaders call for legal reforms, political dialogue in Turkey after PKK congress
Leaders of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition say the country has entered a new political phase following the latest congress of the ...
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Thousands bid farewell to Sırrı Süreyya Önder in Istanbul
Sırrı Süreyya Önder, deputy speaker of the Turkish parliament and a senior member of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) ...
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Kurdish regions mark May Day with calls for democracy, peace, workers’ rights
Large-scale rallies were held across Kurdish-majority provinces in Turkey and parts of northern Syria and Iraq on Thursday to mark ...
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DEM Party co-chair says peace with Kurds would bring prosperity to Turkey
Tuncer Bakırhan, co-chair of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, stated that achieving peace with the Kurdish population could ...
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DEM Party Co-Chair Bakırhan: Öcalan is hopeful, peace is a necessity
"Peace is not a choice for Turkey—it’s a necessity," said Tuncer Bakırhan, co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy ...
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DEM Party delegation visits İmralı Island for talks with Abdullah Öcalan
Two members of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party have travelled to İmralı Island to meet with Abdullah Öcalan, ...
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Calls mount for release of seriously ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Çam in Turkey
Mehmet Emin Çam, a 73-year-old prisoner held in Kurdish-majority southeastern Turkey, remains in a critical condition following a heart attack ...
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DEM Party Co-Chair Bakırhan: ‘Önder’s fight for peace inspires national solidarity’
“Sırrı Süreyya Önder is fighting, he is resisting – and with the prayers and solidarity of our people, he will ...
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