Kurdish people

Davutoğlu, who has been mistaken so many times and who seems to have lost control over regional politics, accuses Syrian Kurds for the Ankara bombing…

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Syrian national of YPG-links behind Ankara blast, says Turkish PM Hurriyet Daily News Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has announced that a Syrian national with links to the People’s Protection Units (YPG) was identified as the perpetrator of the attack in Ankara   Attack on Military Vehicle in Diyarbakır  Bianet :: English Bomb attack has been carried … Read more

Discrmination everywhere: “Amedspor declares no Going on Match without Fans

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Amedspor: Not Going on Match without Fans  Bianet :: English Amedspor, sentenced to play one game without audience by PFDK, has announced that they would not take the field against Fenerbahçe on Turkey Cup quarter final without their fans. Turkish academic acquitted of ‘terror propaganda’ over exam question on PKK leader A Turkish court has acquitted an … Read more

In case you missed- #TutukluÖğrencilereÖzgürlük 4 more students are arrested for alleged links to Kurdish illegal groups…

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These 4 students- two men in the middle are our own Bilgi University- are the latest victims of Turkish judiciary…  Turkey’s jailed university students – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of … www.al-monitor.com/pulse/…/02/turkey-university-students–jailed.html Feb 22, 2015 – Hundreds of Turkish university students have landed behind bars on …more than 3,000 university students are currently in prison, accused of…. … Read more

.@ecealgan discusses: “The Anatolian Agency and Turkish government spin the news: Does Biden support Academics for Peace or not? …

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Does Biden support Academics for Peace or not? The Anatolian Agency and Turkish government spin the news On Turkish Media and Cultural Politics by ecealgan A look at the coverage of Biden’s visit to Turkey and the implications of his visit for the peace process with the Kurdish minority and Academics for Peace Initiative U.S. Vice … Read more

Deputies and journalists are directly targeted as Amnesty warns ” Turkish army operations ‘beginning to resemble collective punishment’…

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Amnesty: Turkish army operations ‘beginning to resemble collective punishment’ The Turkish military operations backed by curfews in the country’s southeast have begun to resemble “collective punishment,” Amnesty International said on Jan. 20 Top EU official calls for ceasefire, return to Kurdish peace process EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn has called for an … Read more

Peace bloc widens as more local and international support emerge for academicians…

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Support for Academics from Paris  Bianet :: English In the conference where Etienne Balibar, Christian Laval and Vincent Duclert have taken place as speakers, importance of international support, in particular from France has been emphasized. Academics Overseas Support Signatory Academics  Bianet :: English 212 academics of whom 72 are professors have declared their support for their colleagues … Read more

Turkey’s malleable public opinion: “Russia replaces Israel at top of threat list for Turks: Survey

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Russia replaces Israel at top of threat list for Turks: Survey Most Turks see Russia as the biggest threat to Turkey, according to a survey recently conducted by a university in Istanbul Turkey has a long way to go before EU membership: Merkel Turkey still has a long way to go in its bid to become a … Read more

As of yesterday, 25 women including 3 female politicians, 44 children killed in Turkey’s Kurdish cities…

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Number of killed mentioned here in Turkish. 50 dead still await to be buried in Sur, Cizre and Silopi. 3 Politician Women Killed in Silopi  Bianet :: English Three politician women who were killed as trying to get to Yeşilyurt neighborhood from Karşıyaka neighborhood in Silopi have been determined as DBP PM Seve Demir, KJA member … Read more

HDP plans to hold ‘autonomy’ rallies… while Erdoğan plans to tour for Presidential system…

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 Turkey’s HDP plans to hold ‘autonomy’ rallies amid tension with gov’t over self-rule policy   The Kurdish problem-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is planning to hold rallies in favor of “autonomy” and “self-rule” before the end of January, at a time when one of its co-chairs is being investigated over his call for greater Kurdish self-governance … Read more

In 2015 in Turkey, 500 journalists fired… 73 Miners Killed…

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Turkish Court of Accounts doesn’t reveal audit reports, raising concerns about transparency The Turkish Court of Auditors has not announced its annual audit reports publicly, reversing the practice of releasing detailed reports in the past, raising concerns about transparency in public spending 500 journalists fired, 70 others attacked in 2015: TGC Around 500 journalists were fired and … Read more

Now ordinary in Turkey’s Kurdish towns: “Woman killed after rocket projectile hits house in Turkey’s southeast…

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Woman killed after rocket projectile hits house in Turkey’s southeast One woman was killed and another was wounded after a rocket projectile hit a house and exploded during the clashes on Jan. 3 in the Sur district of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, where a military curfew is ongoing  

Demand for autonomy: Treason. AKP leadership pays for the nationalist votes they have gained in the last elections…

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Turkey calls Kurdish plea ‘treason’  BBC News | Europe | World Edition Turkey’s President Erdogan condemns as “treason” a call by prominent Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas for Kurdish autonomy. Turkey’s ruling AKP: Declaration of autonomy ‘political assassination attempt’ A recent call for self-governance supported the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is “a political assassination attempt” targeting law order … Read more

100,000 people displaced in Turkey due to clashes in southeastern Turkey…

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100,000 people displaced due to clashes with PKK Hurriyet Daily News A police report on the effects of the recent clashes in southeastern Turkey has revealed that some 100,000 people have been displaced in five towns in the region, with 1.3 million people being affected by the repeated curfews Erdoğan vows Kurdish rebels ‘will be buried in … Read more

A weekend in Iraqi Kurdistan….

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I happened to pay a visit to Kurdistan region, Iraq last weekend. It was one of the most satisfactory visits I had recently. I visited Sulaymaniyah and Erbil. I flew from İstanbul to Sulaymaniyah and travelled to Erbil by car to fly back to İstanbul. Between these two biggest cities of Kurdistan (it takes 3 hours to go) … Read more

It is war out there in Turkey’s Kurdistan. 7 more killed today… while teachers are officially ordered to leave Cizre and Şırnak…

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Seven people killed in Turkey amid protests against curfews World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Reuters in Diyarbakır Two people die as demonstrators clash with police in Diyarbakır while five Kurdish militants are killed in Mardin Teachers Leave Cizre, Silopi Bianet :: English Teachers in Şırnak’s Cizre and Silopi districts have received an SMS informing them that … Read more