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Back to homepageIstanbul says: Peace Now 0
Post Views: 12 On Thursday evening the heart of Istanbul, Istiklal Caddesi, filled with people asking for peace The heat is quite bad in Istanbul these days. The humidity level being so high that one can hardly breath. Yet there
Read MoreFirst academic research on PKK’s demographics 0
Post Views: 10 A recent academic study has analyzed files on 461 PKK members in the Kandil Mountains of northern Iraq. According to the research the average life expectancy of people after they join the PKK as 7.2 years. Another
Read MoreTurkish gov’t says will launch own investigation into PKK’s attack 0
Post Views: 9 TODAYSZAMAN Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Ar?nç The Turkish government has said it will launch its own investigation into the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Paty (PKK) attack in Silvan last week that left 13 soldiers and five PKK members
Read MoreKurdish group declares democratic autonomy within Turkey’s borders 0
Post Views: 9 TODAYSZAMAN.COM Aysel Tu?luk The Democratic Society Congress (DTK), a platform that brings together Kurdish non-government organizations, met and declared “democratic autonomy” within Turkey’s territorial integrity in Diyarbak?r on Thursday. Pro-Kurdish independent deputy Aysel Tu?luk told reporters in
Read MoreAK Party, BDP fail to reach deal to end parliament boycott 0
Post Views: 11 TODAYSZAMAN.COM BDP deputy Gülten K??anak (R) told reporters that her party failed to come to an agreement with the AK Party on a joint statement to end the oath-taking crisis. Pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) lawmakers
Read More13 Turkish soldiers dead, seven wounded in clash with PKK 0
Post Views: 5 TODAYSZAMAN.COM Terrorists killed 13 soldiers and wounded seven others in an ambush that marked the worst attack since the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) ended a cease-fire in February. The state-run Anatolia news agency reported on Thursday
Read MoreHope emerges for solution to boycott after BDP-AK Party talks 0
Post Views: 9 TODAY’S ZAMAN ?STANBUL Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek (C) on Wednesday met with representatives from the AK Party and the BDP on Wednesday to discuss a possible solution to the BDP’s ongoing boycott. Representatives from the pro-Kurdish Peace
Read MoreKurdish mayors for autonomy 0
Post Views: 13 101 Kurdish mayors called for a uniateral declaration of Kurdish autonomy and said the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) should hold a emergency meeting to discuss the issue. The mayors as well as 10 city council presidents gathered
Read MorePKK leader Öcalan says BDP can take oath and return to Parliament 0
Post Views: 6 TODAYSZAMAN Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, (PKK), speaks in this 1993 file photo at his headquareters in Syrian-controlled Bekaa Walley. A group of lawyers representing Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the
Read MorePM rebuffs boycott, says Parliament will work despite absent deputies 0
Post Views: 7 TODAY’S ZAMAN Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an addresses newly elected members of parliament from his ruling AK Party, during a meeting at his party headquarters in Ankara. “Whether the opposition comes to Parliament or not, there
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