PKK
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’…
Four defendants given life sentences in Beşiktaş terrorist attack trial
Turkey
May 18, 2019
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…
Hungary sentences 2 Kurds for financing PKK terrorist group
World
May 18, 2019
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…
Turkish minister: Ban preventing Öcalan from meeting with lawyers lifted
Turkey
May 16, 2019
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’…
France will reopen case on murder of 3 PKK militants in 2013: report
World
May 16, 2019
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…
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…
Berlin vows to take more action against PKK supporters in Germany
World
May 14, 2019
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…
Turkish court ends jailing of Ayse Celik on terror propaganda charges
Turkey
May 11, 2019
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…
Teacher who pleaded with gov’t to spare children’s lives vindicated by top Turkish court
Turkey
May 10, 2019
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…
CHP files criminal complaint against Ankara gendarmerie commander for Kılıçdaroğlu assault
Turkey
May 3, 2019
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…