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Peoples’ Democratic Party deputy Erturgul Kurkcu

Narrative: Prospects for peace in the shadow of terrorism

8 years 10 hours ago

Middle East Eye published an article written by Alex MacDonald entitled ‘Prospects for peace in Turkey growi

A mysterious disappearance: Hursit Kulter issue

8 years 1 month ago

A Kurdish politician named Hursit Kulter went missing after he was detained for his alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a militant group which is listed as terrorist by Turkey, the US, the EU and NATO and seeks to impose

Does Turkey arrest “defenders of democracy”?

8 years 2 months ago

On 11 September 2016, an open letter signed by Nobel Prize-winning authors Orhan Pamuk and J.M.

Why did Turkey replace 28 mayors with trustees?

8 years 2 months ago

On 11 September 2016, Turkey's Interior Ministry announced that the government replaced 28 mayors with state-appointed trustees as part of its fight against both the Kurdistan Work

Why is Turkey at war with the PKK?

8 years 2 months ago

On 29 August 2016, an article was published in The Wall Street Journal in which it was claimed that the ceasefire between the Turkish government and the Kurdistan Wo

Claim: RSF’s Turkey representative arrested for showing solidarity with Kurdish media

8 years 5 months ago

RSF (Reporters sans Frontieres - Reporters without Borders) claimed that its Turkey representative Erol Onderoglu was arrested for participating in a campaign in support of Kurdish media outlets.

Claim: HDP members jailed for supporting Kurdish rights

8 years 5 months ago

On 8 June 2016, Simon Tisdall published an article in The Guardian in which he claimed that some members of Turkey’s Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) were jailed for advocating Kurdish rights.

Claim: Kurdish militants rarely attack civilians

8 years 8 months ago

On 14 March 2016, Huffington Post’s Mahir Zeynalov published an article about the Ankara blast carried out the day before and claimed that “Kurdish militants rarely attack civilians”.