Turkey: Police violence against young man captured by cameras
On the night of 18 November, a young man by the name of Tacettin Aslan was beaten up by police ...
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Major river dries up in Isfahan, thousands of Iranians take to streets in protest
The River Zayandeh, one of the most important water sources in Iran, has dried up below Lake Urmia due in ...
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Turkey: Militarisation in Şırnak results in repression of Kurdish villagers
Hundreds of villages in Turkey's south-eastern province of Şırnak, bordering Iraq, were burnt down during the 1990s as Kurdish villagers ...
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North East Syria: Kurdish woman Zelîxe Welîd Omer has total breakdown following abduction by militias
Women in Afrin (Efrin), a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria, live in constant fear of torture, kidnapping and death, ...
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A chronicle of resistance against incessant state violence
The personal story of Pınar Yılmaz is like a chronicle of state violence against the Kurds in Turkey's recent past. ...
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‘The dollar has ruined our psychology’: Turkish citizens react after Turkey’s lira sinks to record low against US Dollar
The magnitude of the currency depreciation in Turkey has become the central topic among the Turkish citizens, who suffer from ...
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Turkish authorities refuse to release 83-year-old bedridden prisoner
The state of health of 83-year-old, Mehmet Emin Özkan, who has been imprisoned in Turkey for 26 years now and ...
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Turkey: Prisoner beaten and placed in solitary confinement for writing book in Kurdish
New reports are arriving on the increasing repression of political prisoners in Turkey. Silivri L-Type Prison No.5 is just the ...
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Turkey: Different tones from president Erdoğan and partner Bahçeli on change in election system
Things took an interesting turn in Turkey as president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that the election system could ...
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Physician in Turkey faces 15 years in jail over ‘terrorism’ charge
Almost four years after Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan publicly accused the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) of supporting terrorism, the ...
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