Michael Hardt: Kurdish movement offers global democratic model
American political theorist Michael Hardt has voiced support for Abdullah Öcalan’s 27 February statement calling for peace and a democratic ...
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Interrogating the “Peace Process” – last week in Kurdish News
Sarah Glynn “The balances and the political system of the 21st century are being re-established. And this new design of ...
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Abdullah Öcalan receives family visit at İmralı Island Prison for Eid
Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan met with members of his family including pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party MP ...
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Zübeyir Aydar says peace in Turkey requires genuine constitutional reform
Zübeyir Aydar, a senior figure in the Kurdish umbrella organisation the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), has warned that a sustainable ...
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European Left leader renews call to visit Öcalan, urges peace talks
The President of the European Left Party, Dr Walter Baier, has renewed his call to visit Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned ...
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Figen Yüksekdağ says peace depends on society’s determination to act
Figen Yüksekdağ, former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has stated that a lasting peace in Turkey can ...
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Pro-Kurdish leader calls mother of teen killed in 2017 clash
In a rare and symbolic gesture, a leader of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition has phoned the mother of a teenager killed ...
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Can the 1921 Constitution offer a basis for peace?
As discussions around a political resolution to Turkey’s decades-long Kurdish conflict gain new momentum—especially in light of the Kurdistan Workers' ...
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Ahmet Türk says amnesty law damages hopes for Kurdish–Turkish reconciliation
Ahmet Türk has warned that Turkey risks squandering a historic opportunity for reconciliation with its Kurdish population after the country’s ...
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Kurdish women march in Turkey’s Diyarbakır demanding inclusive peace, democratic reform
Thousands of women took to the streets of Diyarbakır (Amed) in southeast Turkey on Sunday, in a mass demonstration calling ...
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