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  Turkey issues arrest warrants for 82 over pro-Kurdish protests

  

  theguardian.com

  Mayor among those wanted for unspecified offences during 2014 protests sparked by Isis seizure of KobaneTurkish authorities have issued arrest warrants for 82 people, including a mayor, over pro-Kurdish protests six years ago, officials and local media said.The warrants relate to October 2014 protests in Turkey sparked by the seizure of the mainly Kurdish-Syrian town of Kobane by Islamic State (Isis) fighters. Continue reading...

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  Deaths of Soldiers and Policemen Held by Kurdish Guerrillas Roils Turkish Politics

  

  nytimes.com

  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the United States and opposition Kurdish politicians in an effort to...

  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the United States and opposition Kurdish politicians in an effort to deflect responsibility for a failed rescue operation.

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  Turkey: the rise and fall of the Kurdish party that threatened Erdoğan

  

  theguardian.com

  Dissenters are facing persecution, with 16,000 HDP members arrested or detained. But hardcore support keeps the...

  Dissenters are facing persecution, with 16,000 HDP members arrested or detained. But hardcore support keeps the struggle alive It has been a lonely year for Adalet Fidan, the mayor of Silopi in Turkey’s Kurdish south-east – and not just because of the pandemic.In 2019, when she was elected, Fidan was among a solid cohort of 65 candidates from the progressive left, pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic...

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  Three Turkish opposition MPs expelled from office and arrested

  

  theguardian.com

  President’s critics say move is an attempt to neuter other parties before possible snap electionsThree opposition...

  President’s critics say move is an attempt to neuter other parties before possible snap electionsThree opposition MPs in Turkey have been detained on espionage and terrorism charges after being stripped of parliamentary immunity, in a move that critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan say is an attempt to neuter opposition parties before possible snap elections. Appeals courts held up the convictions of Leyla Güven and Musa...

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