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Former Kurdish deputy arrested after court hands down lengthy prison sentence

Leyla Güven, a Kurdish politician who was ousted from the Turkish Parliament in June and handed down a sentence of 22 years, three months...

ECtHR calls for immediate release of Kurdish politician Demirtaş in new ruling

The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday called for the immediate release of a Kurdish politician who has been behind bars...

What will Turkey’s nationalist actors do with the HDP and the ‘Kurdish Issue’?

Alin Ozinian Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of Turkey’s extreme-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), called for the closure of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on...

Kurdish politician ousted from parliament sentenced to 22 years in prison

A high criminal court in southeastern Turkey has handed down a jail sentence of 22 years, three months on terrorism charges to Leyla Güven,...

AKP gives cold shoulder to far-right ally’s call to shut down Kurdish party

A top Justice and Development Party (AKP) official has reacted negatively to a recent call by its ally, the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP),...

Former HDP politician says Turkey may start new peace process to solve the Kurdish problem

Sırrı Sakık, a former member of the Turkish Parliament from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has said Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party...

Prominent deputy says commission unlawfully denied him reinstatement to his job as a medical doctor

A petition submitted by Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a member of the Turkish Parliament and a prominent human rights activist, to a commission seeking reinstatement...

Jailed Kurdish politician says the only way out of crisis for Erdoğan is early elections

Selahattin Demirtaş, a prominent Kurdish politician who has been behind bars since November 2016, has said Turkey is undergoing an economic and social crisis...

Kurdish politicians face hefty fine due to social distancing violations during protest

A fine amounting to TL 140,000 ($18,000) has been imposed on 45 Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) politicians and supporters for violating social distancing...

20 Kurdish politicians including ousted district co-mayor detained in SE Turkey

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 20 people including an ousted district co-mayor in the southeastern province of Şırnak as part of an expanding crackdown...

4 detained in police raid of Kurdish party branch, other locations in eastern Turkey

Four people were detained when Turkish police raided the provincial office of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and various other locations in the...

Turkey has removed 151 mayors on ‘terror charges’ since 2014: Interior Ministry

Ankara has ousted 151 mayors from office on accusations of terrorism in the last six years, replacing them with government-appointed bureaucrats, Turkey's Interior Ministry...

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