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Selahattin Demirtas jailed to 2.5 years more
A Mersin court on July 19 sentenced jailed former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtas to two years and six months in prison.
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Erdogan again claims PKK and YPG have no connection to Kurds
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Turkey, in an interview with Newsweek, claimed that the Kurdish fighters in Iraqi Kurdistan and Syria have no connection to the Kurds and said Turkey will never allow the formation…
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Erdogan asks FM Fidan to meet with Syria's Assad to begin normalisation process
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered his Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to initiate the process of normalizing relations between Turkey and Syria.
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The DEM Party and Turkey’s Kurdish issue
Since the collapse of the Turkish-Kurdish Peace Process (2013-15) following President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's first major electoral setback in the June 2015 general elections, the Turkish government has continued…
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Erdogan says Turkey may extend invitation to Syrian President Assad
Turkish president signaled a new diplomatic peace initiative with Damascus, suggesting a potential invitation to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
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Magazine warns against possible Turkey attack on Iraq, Syria kurdish regions
The Australian magazine Green Left has issued a warning regarding the imminent danger of Turkey launching a comprehensive attack on Kurdish-populated areas in Iraq and Syria.
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Turkey launches airstrikes against PKK militants in Iraq
Turkey carried out airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq late Wednesday, the first of their kind since Baghdad designated the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) a banned organization.
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Erdogan does not rule out meeting Syria's Assad
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he did not rule out a possible meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to help restore bilateral relations between the neighbors.
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Selahaddin Demirtas publishes new novel
Turkey former Kurdish Party Leader and Presidential Candidate Salahuddin Demirtas new novel, titled "Duet in the Limbo" (Arafta Düet), has been published in collaboration with another writer.
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Turkish military deploys 300 tanks, armored vehicles into Kurdistan Region
The American organization "Community Peacemaker Teams" (CPT) reported, on Thursday, that the Turkish military has advanced into the Kurdistan Region of Iraq with 300 tanks and armored vehicles, establishing a security…
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US admits Kurdish militias in Syria continue recruiting children, despite warnings
The United States has acknowledged that its allied militias in Syria continue to recruit and use child soldiers within their ranks, despite numerous warnings and reprimands over the years against their role in the…
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Turkish Interior Ministry bans mayors from traveling abroad without court order
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party lawmaker Mehmet Rustu Tiryaki on June 24 announced that the Interior Ministry had banned the party’s many newly elected co-mayors from traveling abroad without…