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Thousands celebrate Newroz in Diyarbakır

Newroz, a festival marking the start of spring in many cultures, is being celebrated on Thursday in Diyarbakır, Turkey’s largest Kurdish-majority province. The celebrations attracted...

Prosecutor asks for new forensic report on Kurdish human rights lawyer’s killing

The Diyarbakır Public Prosecutor’s Office has asked for a new report from Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) following a report by the London-based...

Police detain 22 HDP members on hunger strike in Diyarbakır

Turkish police on Monday detained 22 female members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who started a hunger strike in solidarity with jailed party...

Demirtaş rules out running for mayor of Diyarbakır in local elections

Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has said he does not have any intention of running...

374 women killed in domestic violence in Turkey’s East, Southeast in 6 years: report

374 woman victims of fatal domestic violence in Turkey’s Southeast in 6 years: report A report drafted by the Diyarbakır branch of the Human Rights...

Swedish citizen detained in Turkey over alleged PKK links

Turkey has detained a Swedish citizen over suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, AFP reported. The...

1,809,000 people affected by 332 curfews declared by Turkish gov’t in 3 years

The Turkish government has declared 332 curfews in the predominantly Kurdish southeastern provinces of Turkey since August 2015, according to the most recent report...

Woman who lost legs in HDP rally bombing wins compensation from ministry

Turkey’s Interior Ministry will pay TL1.3 million (around $200,000) in pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages to a woman who lost both of her legs in...

[UPDATE] Abducted HDP member returns home after two days

A Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) member and businessman Kamil Acar, who was abducted by masked gunmen in Diyarbakır on Thursday, returned home after two...

Police raid Jin news agency office in Diyarbakır

The Jin news agency announced on Thursday that police had raided their office in Diyarbakır without disclosing the reason for the operation. “The police first...

Turkish rights organizations say almost 6,000 people subjected to torture or mistreatment in 2017

Turkey’s human rights organizations have said almost 6,000 people were subjected to torture or mistreatment in the country in 2017, the T24 news website...

Presidential candidate İnce’s wife visits jailed rival Demirtaş’s wife in Diyarbakır

Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce’s wife, Ülkü İnce, on Monday evening visited Başak Demirtaş, the wife of jailed rival Selahattin Demirtaş,...

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