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As bad as it gets… “Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayors Kışınak and Anlı in Custody”

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Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayors Kışınak and Anlı in Custody  Bianet :: English Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality co-Mayors Gültan Kışınak and Fırat Anlı have been taken into custody. Turkey detains co-mayors of mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir Reuters – Oct 25, 3:58 PM ANKARA Turkish police on Tuesday detained the co-mayors of the mainly Kurdish southeast’s biggest city, … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: State-run Anadolu Agency even censors Turkish Deputy PM Bülent Arınç…

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State-run Anadolu Agency censors Turkish Deputy PM Arınç’s comments on graft case Turkey?s state-run news agency censored some remarks from Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç in which he criticized corruption and spoke of the risks of being very wealthy ***************** Jailed Turkish-Armenian writer forced to sleep on floor, not allowed showers   Turkish-Armenian linguist and writer Sevan … Read more