Turkish court sentences former pro-Kurdish MP to 22 years in jail
A Turkish court on Monday sentenced a former pro-Kurdish lawmaker who was stripped of her parliamentary status…
Browsing Tag
Leyla Güven
Turkey jails three MPs stripped of parliamentary status
Turkey jailed three opposition lawmakers late on Thursday after parliament stripped them of their status as…
Turkey lifts visit ban on jailed PKK leader – says minister
Turkey’s Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul said the government has lifted a ban on lawyers visiting Abdullah Ocalan,…
Jailed PKK leader calls for negotiation and reconciliation
The imprisoned leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, says democratic negotiation…
Pro-Kurdish MP claims sexual harassment by police during protest
Saliha Aydeniz, a deputy for the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP), has claimed that she was sexually…
Turkish police attack Kurdish inmates’ families
Turkish police used violence on Sunday in a bid to halt a protest in front of the Gezbe M Type Prison by Kurdish…
Kurdish parliamentarian calls for an end to suicides aimed at lifting…
Leyla Guven, an MP of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP), has called for an end to suicides, which…
Police storms pro-Kurdish party’s offices using rubber bullets – 7…
As Turkey's local elections loom, the Turkish police conducted a raid on the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic…
Police raid pro-Kurdish HDP’s headquarters, 5 detained for hunger strike
On Sunday, Turkish police raided pro-minority People’s Democratic Party’s (HDP) headquarters in Diyarbakir, a…
European leaders asked to act against wide spread hunger strikes, started…
TOP LAWMAKERS in Europe have been called on to take action against the actions of Ankara that has seen hundreds…