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Turkey
Four defendants given life sentences in Beşiktaş terrorist attack trial
A high criminal court in İstanbul on Friday handed down 47 consecutive aggravated life sentences and a prison sentence of…
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World
Hungary sentences 2 Kurds for financing PKK terrorist group
A court in Szeged, southern Hungary, on Thursday sentenced a Kurdish couple to two years in prison and ordered them…
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Turkey
Turkish minister: Ban preventing Öcalan from meeting with lawyers lifted
Turkish Justice Minister Abdullah Gül announced on Thursday that a ban preventing the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’…
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World
France will reopen case on murder of 3 PKK militants in 2013: report
French prosecutors have reopened an investigation into the 2013 murder of three Kurdish militants, a judicial source and lawyer for…
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Turkey
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…
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World
Berlin vows to take more action against PKK supporters in Germany
Germany on Tuesday pledged to take stronger action against the activities of the illegal Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) as its…
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Turkey
Turkish court ends jailing of Ayse Celik on terror propaganda charges
Turkey’s top court ruled on Thursday that the imprisonment of a female teacher on allegations of terror propaganda was a…
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Teacher who pleaded with gov’t to spare children’s lives vindicated by top Turkish court
Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that the imprisonment of Kurdish teacher Ayşe Çelik, who during a TV program in…
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Turkey
CHP files criminal complaint against Ankara gendarmerie commander for Kılıçdaroğlu assault
Turkey’s main opposition party on Friday filed a criminal complaint against Brig. Gen. Ünsal Bulut, the gendarmerie commander of Ankara…
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World
Teacher claims Turkish Foreign Ministry protested Kurdish language course at Tokyo university
Vakkas Çolak, a teacher of Kurdish language at the University of Tokyo, said the Turkish Foreign Ministry approached Japanese officials…
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