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RSF says Erdogan is a ‘press freedom predator’
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a Paris-based NGO with a focus on press freedom, has included Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan among 37 state or government heads who are “Press Freedom Predators.’’
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Turkey has to accept the existence of Kurds, politician tells Kurdpress
A Turkey Kurdish lawyer and politician believes that Turkey has no other way but to accept the existence of the Kurds, noting that a new constitution should be written for Syria and that the rights of the Kurds in Syria should be officially recognized.
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Reports on Turkey-Qatar military training accords questioned by Erdogan critics / Diego Cupolo
A military education agreement between Turkey and Qatar drew backlash from opposition members in Ankara after local media reporting misrepresented its content, though rumors persist.
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Analyst says Biden should have condemned HDP closure case
U.S. President Joe Biden did not remain faithful to his administration’s goal of running bilateral relations through formal and institutional channel with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by failing to condemn Turkey’s attempt to close the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Aykan Erdemir, senior director of Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) Turkey program and a former member of the Turkish Parliament said on Tuesday.
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US-Turkey ties set to remain loveless, transactional / Semih Idiz
The meeting between the Turkish and American presidents left key issues unresolved, with cooperation in Afghanistan emerging as the only progress to speak of.
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EU leaders back funding but warn Erdogan against 'instrumentalizing' Syrian migrants / Nazlan Ertan
EU leaders propose further funding to Turkey for Syrian refugees, but, at Greece’s insistence, issue a warning that the bloc “condemns any attempt by third countries to instrumentalize migrants for political purposes.”
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What to expect from the closure case against Turkey's pro-Kurdish HDP / Zulfikar Dogan
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has accepted a request by prosecutors to begin a trial against the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and scores of its senior members for alleged links to terrorism.
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Turkey’s top court accepts indictment to shut HDP
Turkey’s Constitutional Court unanimously accepted an indictment for the closure of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) for alleged links to terrorism, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Monday, June 22.
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Continuing disagreement between Kurds and Damascus would allow Turkey to expand territory in Syria: expert
A Kurdish affairs expert warned in an interview with Kurdpress that continuing disagreement between the Kurds and the Syrian central government would lead to more Turkey territory expansion in Syria.
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Turkey wild card in US-Russia conflict over Syria aid / Fehim Tastekin
The US administration might be open to a position shift on the Syrian file to secure the flow of cross-border international aid to Syria, a prospect that may spoil Turkey's calculations in Syria and particularly in Idlib.
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Erdogan says had fruitful talks with Biden
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he held a "fruitful and sincere" meeting with his US counterpart Joe Biden on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels.
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At his weakest moment, Erdogan to meet Biden / Cengiz Candar
The forthcoming Erdogan-Biden meeting on June 14 comes at a time when Erdogan is experiencing his weakest term in his very long reign.
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Deputy blames arrest of Syrian Kurdish self-ruling administration representative office members
The Syrian Kurdistan Democratic Council deputy in the Kurdistan Region denounced the arrest some members of the Syrian Kurdish self-ruling administration representative office by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) security forces in Erbil, calling it a pressure tool and goes back to the events of Matina and Turkey demands.
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Turkey, France foreign ministers meet in Paris
The foreign ministers of Turkey and France on Monday, June 7, held talks in Paris, in a rare high-level meeting after months of tensions over international crises and French domestic legislation against radical Islamism.
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Iraqi president denounces Turkey deadly strikes on refugee camp
Iraqi President Barham Salih on Sunday, June 6, condemned Turkey’s deadly airstrike on the Makhmour refugee camp the previous day, calling it a “dangerous escalation.”
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Turkey court gives new jail sentence to Demirtas
A Turkish court handed another jail sentence to the country's imprisoned Kurdish political leader Selahattin Demirtas on Friday, May 28, his party said.
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KCK calls for support against Turkish warmongering
Kurdish forces called for international solidarity against Turkish warmongering activities which they said are being carried out on behalf of imperialist powers, including NATO.
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Expert says fate of Syrian Kurds largely depends on Washington-Ankara-Moscow ties
A Political Analyst Anthony Du Buisson, believes the complicated relations between the United States, Russia and Turkey is one of the influential factors in the current and future situation of the Syrian Kurds, noting that the fate of the Syrian Kurds largely depends on the relations and interactions between the three countries.
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Turkey suspends security cooperation with US
Suleyman Soylu, Turkey's interior minister, has gradually ended all practical cooperation between Turkish security forces and the US government since he entered office in 2016, the Middle East Eye reported.
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Politician blames Erdogan's policy of backing Gaza but attacking Kurds
Turkey's policy is based on lies and contradictions and there is no belief in the issue of Palestine as Turkey supports the groups that have occupied the territory of Syrian Kurdistan, a Syrian Kurdish lawyer and policitian told KurdPress.
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Will Turkey’s Grey Wolves land on EU terror list / Nazlan Ertan
The European Parliament’s annual report on Turkey suggests placing Turkey’s far-right Grey Wolves on the EU terrorist list.
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Turkey unlikely to shift gears over Syria: analyst
Turkey is unlikely to make a major shift in its Syria policy despite Arab countries indicating they are ready to bring Damascus back into the fold, according to analyst Sinem Cengiz.
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Time for mutiny over Turkey’s bounties on Kurdish leaders / Meredith Tax
Why is the Biden administration blindly following Donald Trump’s policy of propping up Turkey’s authoritarian president?
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Against whom is Ankara waging war in Syria: the Kurds or the Kurdish Workers’ Party? / Jiwan Soz
As Turkey continues to take a hardline stance on the Kurds’ legal rights, international organizations and actors should take part in preventing Ankara from expanding further into Syria.
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Racists in Turkey attack a Kurdish family
A Kurdish family from Iraqi Kurdistan has been subjected to a racist attack in Turkey’s southern Kurdish province of Mersin, Mezopotamya news agency reported on Friday, May 14.
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Erdogan’s reset with Egypt and the Gulf won’t be smooth
The Turkish president wants a change in relations, but his efforts are seen as the result of a failed regional strategy and poor ties with the Biden administration.
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Kurdish officials warn Turkey aims to occupy the whole of Iraqi Kurdistan
Turkey aims to occupy the whole of Iraqi Kurdistan, Kurdish officials warned on Tuesday, as the world remains largely silent on the Nato member state’s latest illegal military operation.
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Erdogan slams Italian PM for calling him a dictator
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, April 14, slammed Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi for calling him a "dictator", saying it was vulgar.
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Erdogan has lost Turkey Kurds forever: Economist Times
The Economist Times wrote in an article that Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may have lost Turkish Kurdish voters forever, and with the dissolution of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP), the Kurdish vote will go to the opposition parties.
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Turkey 'deliberately' snubbed EU commission chief: France
Turkey had set a "trap" for European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen by forcing her to sit off to the side on a visit to Ankara, in a photo-op faux pas quickly dubbed 'sofagate,' France's Europe Minister Clement Beaune said Sunday, April 11.