Kurdish issue
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Current situation of Turkey's Kurdish issue - analysis
According to the Middle East Institute, the Turkey Kurdish political movement has been under unprecedented pressure and the Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) has been shown a demonic face in the Turkish media.
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Erdogan to convene supreme military council on Thursday
Turkey’s Supreme Military Council (YAS) is scheduled to convene on Thursday, August 4, under the chair of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pro-government Daily Sabah reported on Wednesday.
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Kurds in Sweden on edge as Turkey presses government to ditch them in exchange for NATO membership
As Sweden’s government survived a non-confidence vote today, its fate was tied to Kurdish lawmaker and former guerrilla Amineh Kakabaveh.
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Russia and the West stand by Kurds in the face of Turkish incursion into Syria / Turkmen Terzi
The United States and major European countries have imposed harsh economic sanctions on Russia over its Ukraine invasion, and they are continuing to arm Ukrainian forces. On the other hand, the US and Russia, the two states that have been active players in the Syrian civil war for a decade, together with the UK and France, are united in disagreeing with Turkey’s military operations in northern Syria.
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Three Turkish soldiers killed in Kurdistan Region: defense ministry
Three Turkish soldiers were killed during clashes with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Kurdistan Region, the defense ministry said on Tuesday, May 24.
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Are Kurds an obstacle to Finland and Sweden joining NATO?
Some Western diplomats, referring to the significant presence of Kurds in the political body of Finland and Sweden, do not consider Turkey's opposition to the two countries to join NATO as unexpected.