Istanbul sit-in against mayoral removals dispersed by police
Tear gas and rubber bullets were used by Turkish police in Istanbul on Wednesday evening to disperse a group who…
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Seven workers killed in a blast in Turkey’s southeast
A total of seven forestry workers were killed and 10 more were injured in an explosion in the southeastern…
Dozens beaten and detained in protests over Turkey’s ousted mayors
Dozens of people have been beaten and detained by police during protests across Turkey against the recent ousting…
Pro-Kurdish HDP leader: Interior Minister must resign or be dismissed
Sezai Temelli, leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has said that Turkey’s Interior Minister…
Interior minister faces backlash over his threat to ‘ruin’…
Turkey's interior minister Suleyman Soylu threatened "to ruin" Istanbul's newly elected mayor over his visit to…
Pro-Kurdish HDP calls on main opposition to join “democracy struggle”
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)’s co-chair Sezai Temelli has called on Turkey’s main opposition the…
HDP leader urges resistance against state-led dismissal of pro-Kurdish…
The pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has urged public resistance against the recent ousting…
Kurdish protesters dispersed with rubber bullets, batons
People who took to the streets in several provinces of Turkey to protest against the ousting of three elected…
Ocalan call ends hunger strikes by Kurdish MPs and inmates
Several Kurdish deputies, as well as thousands of Kurdish prisoners in Turkey, have ended their hunger strike, in…
Opposition MP says Demirtas does not belong in prison
Main opposition party deputy Sezgin Tanrikulu has said that Selahattin Demirtas, former co-leader of the…