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US expresses ‘deep concern’ about detention of Kurdish politicians

US State Department Spokesperson John Kirby at the regular press briefing on Friday said the United States was “deeply concerned” at the detentions and...

Speaking from custody Demirtaş says: We face a new phase of civilian coup

The arrested co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş, sent a message on Friday through his lawyer, calling the ongoing crackdown...

[UPDATE] 9 HDP deputies arrested including party’s co-chairs

Turkish courts on Friday arrested nine pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies including the party's co-chairs, who were detained in the early hours of...

EP president issues statement, EU ambassadors in Ankara meet on detention of HDP deputies

Reactions within the European Union are mounting following the mass detention of Kurdish deputies from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) as European Parliament President...

PKK leader vows retaliation for detention of Kurdish deputies

  As a crackdown carried out by the Turkish government against the Kurdish political opposition continues, Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Murat Karayılan vowed in...

EU rapporteur calls for suspension of talks with Turkey

Kati Piri, the European Parliament’s Turkey rapporteur, on Friday called for the suspension of membership negotiations with Turkey, following a crackdown on opposition Kurdish...

EU Commission expresses grave concern over detention of HDP deputies

The European Union is gravely concerned about the detention last night of a number of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies on charges alleging...

Turkey arrests co-chairs of Kurdish opposition party

Co-chairpersons of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ were arrested by a Turkish court on Friday afternoon after they...

France says seriously concerned after Turkey arrests Kurdish lawmakers

The recent arrest of Kurdish lawmakers in Turkey constitutes a source of "serious concern" for France, foreign ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said on Friday. Police...

HDP says calling for solidarity not for itself but for prevention of civil war

In the wake of a police operation targeting the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), which resulted in the detention of 11 deputies, the HDP...

Turkey arrests HDP deputy Baluken, others referred to court for arrest

A Turkish court on Friday arrested İdris Baluken, one of 11 pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies who were detained in the early hours...

Those engaging in terrorism must give an accounting, says PM over HDP operation

Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has defended an operation against the country's second largest opposition party, the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), saying that...

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