Ousted Kurdish mayors urge Europe to condemn Turkey crackdown
Dismissed Kurdish mayors in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority eastern city of Van (Wan) urged a visiting delegation from the Council of Europe ...
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Kurds prepare to celebrate Öcalan’s historic call in Diyarbakır, Van
Excitement is building in Diyarbakır (Amed) and Van (Wan), the two most populated Kurdish majority cities in east and south-east ...
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Kurdish MP questions peace prospects as Turkey’s trustee policy deepens
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party MP Sırrı Sakık has questioned the possibility of peace in Turkey while the ...
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Rights groups report severe police violence against protesters in Van
Human rights organisations in Van (Wan), a predominantly Kurdish city in eastern Turkey, have documented severe police violence and mass ...
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Daily News : 20 February 2025
20/02/2025 – #DailyNews – #MedyaNews 📍A delegation from the DEM party has concluded talks with Kurdish leaders in ...
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Kurdish politicians condemn Turkey’s trustee system in mass protest in Ankara
Condemning the Turkish government's decision to appoint a trustee to Van (Wan) Municipality on 15 February, Tülay Hatimoğulları, co-chair ...
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Turkey removes Van’s elected mayors, fuelling fears over democracy
Turkish authorities have ousted the elected co-mayors of Van (Wan) Metropolitan Municipality, Abdullah Zeydan and Neslihan Şedal, replacing them with ...
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Turkey in ‘civilian coup’ process, main opposition leader warns
"Turkey is in the midst of a process where the dynamics of a civilian coup are at play," Turkey's main ...
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Protests in Van intensify over Turkey’s mayoral trustee appointment
Protests in Van (Wan), a Kurdish-majority city in eastern Turkey, have escalated after the government removed elected mayor Abdullah Zeydan ...
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Van’s defiant resistance challenges Turkey’s ongoing trustee policy
Protests in Van (Wan) have intensified following the Turkish government's decision to appoint a trustee to replace the elected mayor, ...
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