Turkey detains Kurdish opposition members as part of a mass crackdown
Turkish authorities detained 19 people including two Kurdish deputy mayors in the northeastern province of Kars as…
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Turkey orders arrest of Kurdish politicians over 2014 protests
Turkish authorities on Friday ordered the arrest of 82 people including members of a pro-Kurdish opposition party,…
Ousted Kurdish mayor arrested over terrorism charges
A Turkish court on Wednesday arrested a former co-mayor from the country's pro-Kurdish party on terrorism charges,…
Turkey deposes 47th opposition HDP mayor
Turkey's government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has seized control of another elected opposition pro-Kurdish…
Turkey’s police detain Kurdish politicians and activists
Turkish police raided several apartments in two Kurdish-majority southeastern provinces on early Friday, detaining…
Turkey detains four more Kurdish mayors on alleged terror links
Turkish authorities detained mayors of four more municipalities in Kurdish-majority areas on Friday as part of what…
How Turkey’s courts turned on Erdogan’s foes
It took 16 judges to convict Kurdish politicians Gultan Kisanak and Sebahat Tuncel of belonging to a terrorist…
Riot erupts in Batman jail as coronavirus release excludes political…
Inmates in southeastern Batman province of Turkey set fire to the prison on Saturday reportedly to protest a…
Five more HDP mayors arrested on terrorism links in Turkey
Five mayors from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) were arrested on Monday several media outlets…
Pro-Kurdish officials say gov’t rhetoric to blame for party HQ…
An assailant shot seven rounds of bullets at the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) headquarters in…