Turkish police on Wednesday forcefully intervened in a press briefing held by the Kurdish-oriented Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and detained 12 people, the Gazete...
Turkish authorities have detained 38 people including
the local head of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in relation
to an attack that killed two people...
Prominent journalist and member of parliament Ahmet
Şık has resigned from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), according to
the Hürriyet Daily News.
“I resigned from the...
Başak
Demirtaş, the wife of jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş, said in a
podcast that her husband’s life is at serious risk due to the COVID-19...
Turkish
authorities detained the mayors of five municipalities in Kurdish-majority
areas on Monday as part of a widening government crackdown on the Kurdish
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP),...
Turkey’s Kurdish parties and organizations have
decided to cancel a March 21 Newroz festival marking the start of spring due to
concerns over the coronavirus outbreak,...
The
Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into a
congress held on Sunday by the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) over a
slide show...
The
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) claimed on Sunday that humanitarian aid it sent
to Elazığ, struck by an earthquake on Friday, was blocked by authorities on
orders...
Turkey’s
Interior Ministry appointed trustees to replace 32 elected Kurdish mayors in
2019, the Mezopotamya news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a report
drafted by the Peoples’...
The co-mayors of the
Sur district in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır, both from the
ranks of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and both...
Turkish authorities on Friday detained a mayor from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) due to suspected links to Kurdish militants, the latest in...
