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History destroyed in Sur: Concrete houses are sold for 1 million TL
Six neighbourhoods of the borough of Sur in Diyarbakır (Amed) have been banned for 5 years. Six neighbourhoods surrounded by concrete blocks first and then by 3 meters long iron sheets have been banned for 1,826 days.
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TURKEY’S CRUEL JAILING OF Leyla Güven
Peace in Kurdistan Campaign has just published an open letter to Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Rt. Hon. Dominic Raab MP, on the recent sentencing of Leyla Güven
Read MoreEntrevista con Remziye Tosun, diputada del HDP, condenada a 10 años de prisión 0
La acusación es parte del intento de castigar a todos los que sobrevivieron al asedio de Sur por parte del ejercito turco, entre el 2015 y el 2016
Read MoreTURKEY: Detentions and arrests of HDP representatives continue… 0
Statement by Foreign Affairs Spokespersons regarding the recent arrests in Kars, including co-mayor Ms Sevin Alaca and 15 local politicians
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“Helicopter torture” of two Kurdish villagers in Van: Servet Turgut died!
On 11 September 2020, Turkish soldiers detained two villagers in Catak District of Van, namely, Mr Servet Turgut (55), father of 7 children, and Mr Osman Şiban (50), father of 8 children
Read MorePeace in Kurdistan condemns the attack on the HDP 0
Turkish authorities have issued arrest warrants for 82 people, including former mayors and MPs of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the Party’s current Central Executive Board
Read MoreTurkey’s Constitutional Court rules that jailing Demirtaş violates his rights 0
Selahattin Demirtaş has been in jail since November 2016 on terrorism-related charges. He faces a sentence of up to 142 years in jail if found guilty in the main case against him.
Read MorePervin Buldan: “Today, the biggest obstacle to another peace process in Turkey is the attitude of the AKP and MHP” 0
“Now in Turkey, whoever speaks about peace, the government will attack and jail them.”
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Conditions worsening in Turkey’s prisons due to COVID-19
Feleknas Uca and Hişyar Özsoy, co-spokespersons of the HDP Foreign Affairs Commission, have released a statement on the worsening conditions in Turkey’s prisons due to the coronavirus pandemic
Read MoreTurkish government’s onslaught on the HDP continues amid the fight against the coronavirus 0
Between March 11 and May 10, the police intervened in 8 events organized to protest the government’s measures on the Covid-19 and 42 people were detained. In addition, an investigation was launched against two members of parliament for their critical statements on Covid-19 measures
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