Turkish soldiers detain peace activists and journalists in raid
In a forceful intervention, Turkish soldiers disrupted a peaceful demonstration organised by the human rights activists Peace Mothers in Silopi ...
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Turkey-backed KDP mobilises 1,500 village guards to vote in KRI elections
Allegations of electoral fraud continue to intensify as voting draws near for the sixth parliament of the Kurdistan Region of ...
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University student’s body found amid Turkey’s femicide crisis
The body of Rojin Kabaiş, a first-year student at Van (Wan) University’s Faculty of Education, was found on the shores ...
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Turkey must overcome confinement, says Önder in peace appeal
Turkey's Parliament Deputy Speaker, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, has called for renewed efforts towards peace and dialogue, emphasising the need to ...
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Calls for dialogue as Öcalan’s isolation sparks debate
In recent political discourse in Turkey, the issue of Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), ...
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‘How can two journalists be killed in a drone strike and no one talk about it?’ – An interview with Emma Audrey
Emma Audrey, a French journalist working in non-profit independent media, joined a delegation to investigate the deaths of Kurdish journalists ...
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Turkey detains hundreds after Kurdish freedom rally in Diyarbakır
The Turkish Minister of Interior reported on 15 October that 269 individuals were detained in police raids across 36 cities ...
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KDP accused of installing hidden cameras to aid Turkish military in Kurdistan Region
The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) allegedly installed a hidden camera-trap in the district of Bilê in the Kurdistan Region of ...
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Calls to lift Öcalan’s isolation echo in Diyarbakır demonstrations
PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan and a democratic resolution to the Kurdish issue. The protesters mobilised in different areas of the ...
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Öcalan’s past criticisms of symbolic gestures resurface after Bahçeli’s handshake
Abdullah Öcalan’s 2007 criticisms of symbolic gestures, specifically referring to a handshake involving far-right leader Devlet Bahçeli, have resurfaced following ...
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