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Will Turkey’s third largest party survive closure case? / Sibel Hurtas
The fate of Turkey’s main Kurdish political movement remains in limbo even though the Constitutional Court last week rejected an indictment seeking the closure of the party.
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Turkey Kurds' Democratic demands would lead to no avail: expert
An expert of the Kurdish issue in Turkey says the democratic demands of the Kurds in the country is doomed to fail as democracy is suppressed in the country.
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Turkish courts serve government interests, politician tells KurdPress
A Turkey Kurdish lawyer and politician stated that the verdicts of Turkish courts against the government opposition politicians are not legal but political and are in the interests of the ruling coalition.
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Turkey’s talk of pulling out of the Montreux Convention part diversion, part 'Ataturk envy' / Amberin Zaman
While it's unclear if the Turkish president's threat to pull out of a 1936 maritime treaty will be followed by any action, it should not be taken too lightly given his track record of doing everything he says he will.
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Bahceli repeats call to shut down Turkey’s top court
Turkey Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli, a far-right ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, renewed his call to shut down Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM) on Tuesday, April 6, after its decision last week to return an indictment seeking closure of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
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Demirtas calls on Turkish opposition to unite against Erdogan
Former pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas, jailed since 2016 despite Western calls for his release, said the Turkish opposition should unite against rising oppression and moves to divide them, including a court case to ban his party.
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Erdogan says declaration by ex-admirals implies coup
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said a declaration by over 100 former admirals backing the Montreaux Convention maritime accord went beyond freedom of expression and implied a coup.
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Demirtas says AKP is seeking return to parliamentary system
Imprisoned Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas said in an interview Gazete Karinca published on Thursday that Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is using discussions on a new constitution for the country to seek a way to walk back the executive presidential system. “The government needs a new and positive narrative,” Demirtas told journalist Nedim Turfent, a Kurdish journalist who has been imprisoned for five years over his coverage of conflict news in Turkey’s southeast and still in the jail while conducting this interview over letters.
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Selahattin Demirtas: we did not meet with PKK and Ocalan, Erdogan did
Former Turkey pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chairperson Selahattin Demirtas made new statements regarding the talks with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) jailed Leader Abdullah Ocalan and the PKK during the Kurdish peace process, which came to the agenda again with the calls for the HDP closure.
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Devlet Bahceli calls for closure of country’s top court
The leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Devlet Bahceli, on Wednesday repeated a call for the closure of the Constitutional Court, saying the move should not be delayed.
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Turkey's case against HDP hits legal obstacle
Turkey's attempt to ban the country's main pro-Kurdish party hit a legal snag Tuesday, March 30, when a Constitutional Court rapporteur ruled that the prosecutor's indictment was flawed, NTV television reported.
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Turkey launches new operation against PKK in southeast
The Turkish Ministry of Interior declared on Tuesday the launch of "Operation Eren-12" against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in both Sirnak and Siirt provinces in the Kurdish regions of the country in the southeast.
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What lies behind Erdogan’s Syria offer to the West? / Fehim Tastekin
The Turkish president’s appeal to the West to back Turkey in Syria and make political gains “at minimum cost” comes as a sign he has little intention of giving up his ambitions in Syria.
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Erdogan re-elected ruling AKP chairman in party congress
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday was re-elected chairman of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in a crowded party congress held in capital Ankara.
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French police raid Kurdish centers ahead of TV program on Erdogan
French police on March 23 raided many houses and workplaces belonging to Kurdish residents in the cities of Paris, Marseille and Draguignan.
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Turkey court sentences Demirtas to 3 years and 6 months for insulting Erdogan
A Turkish court on Monday sentenced the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtas, to three-and-half years in prison for insulting the Turkish president, Turkish broadcaster NTV reported.
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HDP MP stripped of Turkish parliamentary status
Turkish parliament on Wednesday stripped pro-Kurdish lawmaker Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu of his parliamentary status, weeks after a court upheld a conviction over spreading terrorist propaganda for the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy.
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Turkey moves to ban pro-Kurdish HDP party
A Turkish prosecutor on Wednesday asked the Constitutional Court to shut down the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), parliament’s third-largest group, Agence France-Presse reported.
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Demirtas says government would change in next Turkey elections
Imprisoned Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas on Tuesday said the judges presiding over his case deserved to be congratulated for “blatantly violating” a binding ruling by a top European court, and “gifting Turkey another extremely severe rights violation ruling.”
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CHP says party wants to make peace with the Kurds
The deputy chair of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) branch in the Kurdish majority southeastern province of Diyarbakir has said that his party wants to make peace with the Kurds.
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Reasons behind unprecedented repression against HDP
Turkish government's focus on detaining representatives and members of the Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) are the economic crisis on the country, declining votes of the ruling party and the downfall of its members, Foreign Policy wrote in an article
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U.S. sides with court against Turkey over Washington brawl
The U.S. government has sided with a lower court ruling against the Turkish government over a brawl between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s security detail and protesters in Sheridan Circle in Washington D.C. in 2017, saying Turkey is not immune to lawsuits started by plaintiffs.
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CHP leader: Turkish gov’t looking to punish all opposition Kurds
The Turkish government wishes to punish all of the Kurds in the country, who do not support the ruling alliance, main opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu said on Saturday.
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White House says Biden will call Erdogan 'at some point'
U.S. President Joe Biden will call his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan “at some point” in the future, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Friday during a press conference.
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Erdogan will keep getting the cold shoulder from Biden
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will need to clean up his act or continue to get the cold shoulder from U.S. President Joe Biden, Foreign Policy magazine said in a report.
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US should have political ties with Syrian Kurdish administration: official
The Deputy Co-Chair of the Syrian Kurdistan self-ruling administration told KurdPress in an interview that it was necessary for the United States to enter into a political relationship with the Syrian Kurdish administration so that the administration can participate in the Syrian-Syrian talks, warning that "the Syrian political process will end into no avail if the Kurdish administration does not enter into political negotiations."
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HDP party says it will regroup if hit by court ban
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) said on Friday it would keep campaigning under a different banner if a court outlawed its current organization over alleged links to militants.
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Turkish politics has entered Clubhouse / Pinar Tremblay
Clubhouse, an invite-only chat app, is connecting people around the world and providing a platform for muffled voices in Turkey.
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Turkey plans to shut down HDP: AKP official
Turkey’s government plans to shut down the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the ruling AK Party’s deputy parliament chairman was quoted as saying on Tuesday, the most senior official to endorse nationalist demands for its closure.
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Turkey’s top court to investigate HDP
The Turkish Court of Cassation has requested copies of summaries against lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Mezopotamya Agency reported on Tuesday.