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Ozgur Ozel, Turkey’s main opposition leader, was slapped in the face after attending the funeral of a pro-Kurdish politician in Istanbul on Sunday as political tensions continue to run high. In a ...
Sirri Sureyya Onder, a key figure in Turkey’s latest effort to end the four-decade Kurdish conflict, has died. He was 62.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan dismissed demands by Syrian Kurdish groups for Syria to adopt a decentralised system of ...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Around 400 delegates have arrived in Qamishli, northeast Syria (Rojava) to attend the first Kurdish ...
Since the 1990s, Turkey has established over 40 military outposts in the Kurdish regions of northern Iraq. These positions are not temporary; there is no indication that Ankara plans to withdraw.
This statement was originally published on norskpen.no. PEN Norway has examined the use of the Kurdish language in legal cases and court room in Turkey. Our report findings illustrate that few Kurdish ...
Israeli strikes on Hama and Homs this week come amid an escalation in tensions with Turkey, as both countries seek to gain ...
Since the founding of modern Turkey in 1923 by Mustefa Kemal (Ataturk), it was the CHP that institutionalized the denial of Kurdistan and suppression of Kurdish identity – a policy that has been ...
ANKARA, April 15 (Reuters) - Turkey's Pro-Kurdish DEM Party called on parliament on Tuesday to pave the way for a renewed peace process by enacting legislation that would support the disarmament ...
Turkey has long occupied parts of northern Syria in support of the opposition fighting the Assad regime, as well as to combat Kurdish rebels that it calls a terrorist threat to its own forces.
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday held a first meeting with pro-Kurdish politicians who are working to bring an end to the 40-year conflict between Turkey and ...