Turkey frees Kurdish ex-mayors, peace process edges forward from Yahoo news DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Ten Kurdish defendants, including six former mayors, were released from jail on Tuesday in a trial of 175 people accused of links to militants, a further small step in Turkey’s efforts to end a Kurdish insurgency. After more than three … Read more
A gentle manner of search done by police as members of left wing band and many lawyers are arrested yesterday for some reasons ordinary citizens having difficulties to believe… Left-wing band Grup Yorum members jailed from Hurriyet Daily News Five members of the Turkish protest band Grup Yorum were arrested. *********************** Ankara Strives to Enhance its … Read more
‘Virginity’ reduction on incest rape imprisonment sparks anger from Hurriyet Daily News Lawyers and nongovernmental organizations have reacted angrily after the Supreme 2824 students are in prison, as the Ministry of Justice states. News in Turkish Huseyin Aygun, a parliamentarian for the country’s main opposition group, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), gestures at his … Read more
Turkish PM calls Alevi cemevi a ‘freak’ from Hurriyet Daily News An Alevi cemevi standing next to a cemetery in Istanbul is a “freak,” according to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. ?The State is Responsible for Unlicensed Alevi Houses of Worship? from Bianet :: English Alevi Elder Muharrem Ercan questioned how their community … Read more