HDP’s presidential candidate Demirtaş: I am a revolutionary, not a victim
"I am not a victim here. As one of the representatives of the liberation struggle I am a revolutionary who has been taken hostage...
42,1 percent think Turkish lira depreciating due to foreign plot against Turkey
According to a recent poll, 42,1 percent of the Turkish public believes that the loss in value of the Turkish lira against the US...
Mavi Marmara victim’s wife: Erdoğan’s rally not for Jerusalem but for elections
A public rally being held in İstanbul today upon a call from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to condemn the violence that erupted after...
Erdoğan spokesman: No plans to restart process to resolve Turkey’s ‘Kurdish issue’
The Turkish government has no plans to restart a process aimed at bringing a resolution to the country’s so-called “Kurdish problem,” a presidential spokesman...
Kurdish journalist from Turkey given ‘Human Rights Defenders at Risk’ award in Dublin
Irish human rights organization Front Line Defenders has named Turkey's Kurdish journalist Nurcan Baysal its Global Laureate for Human Rights Defenders at Risk for...
Pro-Kurdish singer beaten in Turkey’s Bakırköy Prison after refusing strip search
Pınar Aydınlar, a famous folk singer and party council member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was beaten by guards at İstanbul’s Bakırköy Prison for...
Altan brothers’ spirit can’t be imprisoned, says int’l law expert
International law expert Philippe Sands has penned an article for the Financial Times detailing his prison visit to the Altan brothers, two high-profile Turkish...
Turkey’s İHD warns health of 4 prisoners on hunger strike deteriorating
The Prison Commission of Turkey's Human Rights Association's (İHD) İstanbul Branch has issued a warning on the condition of political prisoners Ergin Aktaş, Dicle...
Turkish police detain pro-Kurdish HDP candidate over ‘terror propaganda’
Sidar Zana Bilir, a Kurdish politician who has applied to the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) to run in the June 24 general election from...
HDP deputy Paylan may lose immunity due to remarks on Armenian genocide
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) İstanbul deputy Garo Paylan, who is of Armenian origin, faces the risk of losing his parliamentary immunity as...
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