HDP
Turkish prosecutors seek aggravated life for HDP politicians targeted by interior minister
Turkey
June 13, 2019
Turkish prosecutors seek aggravated life for HDP politicians targeted by interior minister
Adana prosecutors have indicted 12 local politicians from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who were previously verbally targeted by Interior…
Öcalan calls on gov’t, PKK to find new ways to resolve ‘Kurdish question’
Turkey
June 7, 2019
Öcalan calls on gov’t, PKK to find new ways to resolve ‘Kurdish question’
Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has called on the PKK and the Turkish government…
Court hears how police tortured detainees
Turkey
May 26, 2019
Court hears how police tortured detainees
Ten people detained in Turkey’s southeastern Sanliurfa following a counter-terrorism operation in the province testified in court on Thursday that…
Justice minister says lifting visitation ban for PKK leader unrelated to İstanbul election re-run
Turkey
May 25, 2019
Justice minister says lifting visitation ban for PKK leader unrelated to İstanbul election re-run
Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül on Friday said lifting the visitation ban on the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’…
3 mothers of hunger strikers recorded by police as ‘ignorant’ instead of ‘illiterate’
Turkey
May 14, 2019
3 mothers of hunger strikers recorded by police as ‘ignorant’ instead of ‘illiterate’
Three mothers of inmates on a hunger strike in Turkish prisons have been referred to as “ignorant” in police records…
Nearly 911,000 Kurdish HDP supporters voted for İmamoğlu on March 31: study
Turkey
May 11, 2019
Nearly 911,000 Kurdish HDP supporters voted for İmamoğlu on March 31: study
Some 911,000 of the votes garnered by the Turkish opposition alliance’s İstanbul mayoral candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu on March 31 came…
More bathroom excesses of ruling party officials exposed by opposition mayors
Turkey
April 28, 2019
More bathroom excesses of ruling party officials exposed by opposition mayors
Kurdish mayors have yet again revealed the lavish excesses, government-appointed administrators, with the latest case being that of an administrator…
General refuses to shake hands with elected Kurdish co-mayors in Kars
Turkey
April 24, 2019
General refuses to shake hands with elected Kurdish co-mayors in Kars
A brigadier general refused to shake hands with Ayhan Bilgen and Şevin Alaca, who were elected co-mayors of the eastern…
Turkey’s election body finalizes decision to cancel election of purge victim mayors
Turkey
April 19, 2019
Turkey’s election body finalizes decision to cancel election of purge victim mayors
Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) on Thursday confirmed its decision to annul the election of mayors who were purged from…
Palestinian resistance figure visits HDP deputy on hunger strike
Turkey
April 16, 2019
Palestinian resistance figure visits HDP deputy on hunger strike
Leila Khaled, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), on Monday paid a visit to…