A war that the world ignores – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn Less than a week after Turkey assassinated two Kurdish women journalists working in the Kurdistan Region of ...
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Isolation of Kurdish leader in Turkey’s İmralı prison condemned at Berlin conference
Speakers at a Peace and Democracy Conference in Berlin have criticised international institutions for ignoring the isolation of Kurdish leader ...
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Political prisoners in Turkey denied release for refusing to express remorse
The release of two political prisoners in Turkey has been delayed for the fourth time due to their refusal to ...
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Turkey’s ruling AKP backs fans wearing masks of notorious state Kurd killer
An official from Turkey's ruling party has endorsed fans who wore masks depicting Mahmut Yıldırım, a state agent known for ...
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Abdullah Öcalan calls for peace to be ‘worked like art’ on World Peace Day
Abdullah Öcalan, a central figure in the struggle for a democratic resolution to the Kurdish issue, continues his relentless fight ...
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Turkish football fans provoke Amedspor by wearing masks of agent linked to Kurdish killings
At a recent match between Amedspor and Sakaryaspor at Istanbul Olympic Stadium, a group of Sakaryaspor fans wore masks of ...
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Journalist groups pledge to continue writing the truth during visit to Gulîstan Tara’s grave
On Friday, members of the Mezopotamya Women's Journalists Association (MKG) and the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) visited the grave ...
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Turkish court bans coverage of missing child Narin Güran’s case as eight arrests made
A Turkish court in Diyarbakır (Amed) has imposed a media blackout on the case of Narin Güran, an 8-year-old girl ...
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Conscientious objector sentenced to prison in Turkey for social media post
Şendoğan Yazıcı, a conscientious objector in Turkey, was sentenced to five months and 18 days in prison for a social ...
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Gun attack targets Kurdish agricultural workers’ accommodation in Samsun, Turkey
A house occupied by Kurdish agricultural workers from Urfa (Riha) in the Turkish city of Samsun's Salıpazarı district was targeted ...
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