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Syriacs in Turkey today: Prison for sharing bread
Turkey
April 17, 2021
Syriacs in Turkey today: Prison for sharing bread
A Turkish court sentenced a Syriac priest to two years, one month in prison on terrorism-related charges on April 7.…
Turkey arrests two more Kurdish mayors
Turkey
November 12, 2019
Turkey arrests two more Kurdish mayors
As part of a widening government crackdown on the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the co-mayors of İpekyolu in the…
Opposition mayor-elect assaulted by former Turkish ruling party mayor
Turkey
April 1, 2019
Opposition mayor-elect assaulted by former Turkish ruling party mayor
A day after local elections, a mayor-elect from the opposition Felicity Party (SP) was physically assaulted by the former mayor…