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PKK denies involvement in attack on minibus
Post Views: 7 Yesim ComertIstanbul, Turkey (CNN) — A Kurdish separatist movement has denied involvement in a bombing Thursday that killed nine people in a southeastern Turkish province, an explosion that drew swift condemnation and a vow to respond from
Read MoreLauded negotiator eyes hopes for peace in Turkey’s Southeast 0
Post Views: 6 Lauded negotiator eyes hopes for peace in Turkey’s Southeast A Nobel Peace Prize winner who played an instrumental role in the process of disarming the Irish Republican Army has come to Turkey at a critical time to meet
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’Decentralization’ remains central aim of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party
Post Views: 11 ’Decentralization’ remains central aim of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish partyGÖKSEL BOZKURT – SERKAN DEM?RTA?ANKARA – Hürriyet Daily News Urging decentralization of the Turkish state, the co-chairwoman of the country’s largest pro-Kurdish party says it is a possible solution to
Read MoreUS Journalist Deported from Turkey After Reporting on Plight of Kurds 0
Post Views: 6 US Journalist Deported from Turkey After Reporting on Plight of Kurds AMY GOODMAN: We begin today with the American journalist Jake Hess, who was arrested in Turkey nearly two weeks ago and deported back to the United
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Turkish government established dialogue with Ocalan
Post Views: 20 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) says Turkish government established dialogue with Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan before the ceasefire declaration on August 13.Kurdish Democratic Confederation (KCK) released a statement regarding speculations on Turkish governments dialogue with Ocalan. KCK said
Read MoreOcalan unveils pillars of Democratic Autonomy
Post Views: 17 Imprisoned leader of PKK Abdullah Ocalan said it is a historical period that we are going through and Democratic Autonomy is the solution project of the Kurds.In the course of his regular lawyer’s visit, the imprisoned Kurdish
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PKK announced new unilateral ceasefire
Post Views: 34 The PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) announced a new unilateral ceasefire that will last until 20th September. PKK’s frame organisation, KCK released a statement in which it said that Kurdish guerrillas will hold their fire until 20 September.
Read MoreShocking Images of Dead Kurdish Fighters 0
Post Views: 7 Shocking Images of Dead Kurdish FightersTurkey Accused of Using Chemical Weapons against PKKby Daniel Steinvorth and Yassin Musharbash German experts have confirmed the authenticity of photographs that purport to show PKK fighters killed by chemical weapons. The
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Story of Ozgur
Post Views: 46 Can you smell this? It is the smell of war. It gets you on the throat, is everywhere”. The young man smells the air and invite us to do the same. War has a smell. Sour, intense.
Read MoreCPT notes improvement in Ocalan’s detention but will keep monitoring
Post Views: 19 European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) released the report on the condition of Abdullah Ocalan accompanied by Turkish government’s response. According to the report the conditions are getting
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