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Newly arrested CHP deputy released from jail under anti-coronavirus measures
Turkey
June 7, 2020
Newly arrested CHP deputy released from jail under anti-coronavirus measures
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu, who was ousted from the Turkish Parliament along with two other…
Kurds push for Kurdish courses on the language learning app Duolingo.
World
June 1, 2020
Kurds push for Kurdish courses on the language learning app Duolingo.
Concerned that an increasing number of Kurds in Turkey cannot speak their native language or have difficulties with their reading…
Forty skulls of possible unsolved murder victims found in Turkish cave
Turkey
June 1, 2020
Forty skulls of possible unsolved murder victims found in Turkish cave
Around 40 skulls believed to belong to the victims of unsolved murders in Turkey have been found in a cave…
Turkish police detain 38 suspects in deadly Van attack
Turkey
May 15, 2020
Turkish police detain 38 suspects in deadly Van attack
Turkish authorities have detained 38 people including the local head of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in relation to…
2 Turkish soldiers killed in attack carried out by PKK in N. Iraq: report
Turkey
March 28, 2020
2 Turkish soldiers killed in attack carried out by PKK in N. Iraq: report
Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two others wounded in a mortar attack launched by Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq,…
Prosecutor drafts indictment 5 years after Kurdish human rights lawyer’s murder
Turkey
March 27, 2020
Prosecutor drafts indictment 5 years after Kurdish human rights lawyer’s murder
The Diyarbakır Public Prosecutor’s Office has drafted an indictment on the November 2015 killing of Kurdish human rights lawyer Tahir…
Turkey detains 5 more Kurdish mayors amid widening crackdown against HDP: report
Turkey
March 26, 2020
Turkey detains 5 more Kurdish mayors amid widening crackdown against HDP: report
Turkish authorities detained the mayors of five municipalities in Kurdish-majority areas on Monday as part of a widening government crackdown…
US halts drone intelligence program with Turkey due to Syria incursion: report
World
February 5, 2020
US halts drone intelligence program with Turkey due to Syria incursion: report
The United States has halted a secretive military intelligence cooperation program with Turkey that for years helped Ankara target Kurdistan…
Top court says demanding freedom for jailed PKK leader is free speech
Turkey
February 1, 2020
Top court says demanding freedom for jailed PKK leader is free speech
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that demanding the release from prison of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan and…
Turkey says it killed PKK’s top female militant in operation in N. Iraq
World
January 8, 2020
Turkey says it killed PKK’s top female militant in operation in N. Iraq
Turkey announced on Wednesday that it had killed a senior female militant of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) during a…