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Half of Turkish electorate thinks Demirtaş has more influence than Öcalan on HDP voters: survey
More than half of voters in Turkey have said jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş has more influence on supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic...
Pro-Kurdish party asks Justice Ministry for meeting with jailed PKK leader
A group of politicians from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has applied to the Justice Ministry for a meeting with Abdullah Öcalan, the...
AKP gov’t may be having talks with jailed PKK leader: opposition chair
Nationalist İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener has said she heard rumors of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government starting new talks with...
Celebrating birthday of jailed PKK leader not a crime, ECtHR says
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey in the case of a Kurdish woman who was convicted of disseminating terrorist propaganda...
Öcalan will be allowed to meet with family member, journalist says
Hürriyet daily columnist Abdülkadir Selvi on Friday wrote that Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), would soon be...
Top court declines to issue interim ruling on PKK leader’s ‘isolation’
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an application for an interim ruling filed by lawyers for the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)...
HDP calls for end to Öcalan’s ‘isolation’ over Erdoğan’s claims of rift between Kurdish leaders
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has called for an end to the “isolation” imposed on Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan...
Jailed Kurdish leader urges Erdoğan to end Öcalan’s ‘isolation’ amid claims of rift
Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to end the “isolation” imposed on Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of...
Prosecutor denies rumors about Öcalan’s death, says he’s in good health
A prosecutor’s office in the western Turkish province of Bursa has denied reports about the death of the leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’...
Lawyers of jailed PKK leader say concerned about his life amid allegations of his death
Lawyers representing Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), have said they have concerns about the life of their client...
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 launching a campaign to agitate for...
3,000 prisoners on hunger strike in Turkey, says rights group
The
number of prisoners who have joined a hunger strike to press Turkish
authorities to end the “isolation” in jail of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan
has...