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Investigation launched into Diyarbakır’s newly elected co-mayors over terrorist propaganda
Turkey
April 5, 2019
Investigation launched into Diyarbakır’s newly elected co-mayors over terrorist propaganda
The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday launched an investigation into Diyarbakır mayors-elect Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı and Hülya Alökmen…
Yet another jailed hunger striker takes own life in protest of Öcalan’s ‘isolation’
Turkey
April 3, 2019
Yet another jailed hunger striker takes own life in protest of Öcalan’s ‘isolation’
A jailed man who went on a hunger strike on March 1 in protest of the “isolation” of imprisoned leader…
Pro-Kurdish HDP tips the balance in favor of opposition in contentious cities
Turkey
April 1, 2019
Pro-Kurdish HDP tips the balance in favor of opposition in contentious cities
Unofficial results of Sunday’s poll in Turkey indicate that pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lost in some metropolitan municipalities it…
One Turkish soldier killed, another wounded in Syria: Defence Ministry
Turkey
April 1, 2019
One Turkish soldier killed, another wounded in Syria: Defence Ministry
Turkey’s Defence Ministry announced that one Turkish soldier was killed and another was wounded in a mortar attack in northwestern…
Turkish government in dirty tricks campaign ahead of local polls – analysts
Turkey
March 31, 2019
Turkish government in dirty tricks campaign ahead of local polls – analysts
With opinion polls indicating Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) could lose major cities in local elections on Sunday,…
1,800 academics support colleagues dismissed and punished in Turkey over peace petition
Turkey
March 29, 2019
1,800 academics support colleagues dismissed and punished in Turkey over peace petition
A total of 1,800 academics around the world have urged the cutting of ties with institutions in Turkey that dismissed…
Kurdish political parties call for end to hunger strike-related suicides in prison
Turkey
March 27, 2019
Kurdish political parties call for end to hunger strike-related suicides in prison
The co-chairs of four Kurdish political parties have come together in Diyarbakır to call for an end to political suicides…
Families of hunger strikers hold sit-in protest in front of Justice Ministry
Turkey
March 27, 2019
Families of hunger strikers hold sit-in protest in front of Justice Ministry
Families of hunger strikers in several Turkish prisons who are protesting the “isolation” of jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader…
Journalist given 18-month suspended jail sentence due to Afrin criticism
Turkey
March 27, 2019
Journalist given 18-month suspended jail sentence due to Afrin criticism
Journalist İshak Karakaş has been handed down a jail sentence of 18 months, 22 days on charges of disseminating terrorist…
4th Kurdish inmate in a week kills self over public silence on hunger strikes
World
March 26, 2019
4th Kurdish inmate in a week kills self over public silence on hunger strikes
The fourth Kurdish inmate in a week has committed suicide in protest of the public silence on hunger strikes in…