Turkey says ground operation in north Syria still a possibility
A new Turkish ground operation in north Syria is still an option on the table considering the level of threat ...
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Syrian foreign minister rules out normal relations with Turkey while occupation continues
Turkey should withdraw from areas it has occupied in Syria for the two countries to achieve a full rapprochement, the ...
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Erdoğan says former HDP co-chair will never get out of prison
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday that Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party ...
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Kurdish concert cancelled due to police threat in Turkey’s southeastern city
A Kurdish concert that was scheduled for Saturday in Turkey’s southeastern province of Mardin (Mêrdin) was cancelled two hours before ...
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Democracy in the dock – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn The dissolution of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) “would be a huge blow to democracy… violating multiple basic ...
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Erdoğan advisor uses obscenity against Sweden over effigy controversy
https://twitter.com/medyanews_/status/1614474786142584833 An advisor to the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said “nah” to Sweden’s bid for NATO membership after tensions ...
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Appeals chamber rules mistrial in former Kurdish lawmaker’s case
An appeals chamber in Turkey has reversed the prison sentences of the imprisoned former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP and ...
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Erdoğan, Assad to meet in Moscow early spring, columnist says
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad will likely meet in Moscow in the early days ...
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65-year-old man sets himself on fire to protest Öcalan’s isolation
A 65-year-old Kurdish man living in Turkey’s southeastern province of Mardin (Mêrdin) self-immolated on 12 January to protest against the ...
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Istanbul municipality theatre administration blocks play based on Kurdish epic tale
The general arts directorate of Istanbul municipality’s city theatres have been imposing an embargo on a play based on Kurdish ...
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