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Turkey Removes Kurdish Mayor From Office

Turkey removes pro-Kurdish mayor in south-east from post

Turkish authorities have sacked another elected pro-Kurdish mayor over a terrorism-linked conviction, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday. Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party Mayor Abdullah Zeydan of the south-eastern city of Van was replaced with the local governor over his conviction on "assisting an armed terrorist

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Turkey replaces pro-Kurdish mayor in east with state official, ministry says

Turkey on Saturday removed another elected pro-Kurdish provincial mayor over convictions on terrorism-related charges and appointed a state official in his place, the interior ministry said. The local governor replaced Abdullah Zeydan,

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Turkey Removes Kurdish Mayor From Office on Terror Charges

Turkey’s government dismissed the Kurdish mayor of the eastern province of Van after he was sentenced to prison for terrorism charges, marking the latest in a wave of arrests and investigations across the country that have ensnared national politicians and journalists.

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Kurdish Exclusion Looms in Syria’s Post-War Talks: NYT

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History Suggests That Addressing Kurdish Demands Is Essential to Peace in the Middle East

The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

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Turkey's pro-Kurdish party says jailed militant Ocalan will make "historic call" soon

Turkey's pro-Kurdish political party said on Tuesday that Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the PKK militant group, will ...

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Pro-Kurdish lawmaker: PKK leader may soon call for de-escalation

A highly-anticipated call for a possible de-escalation from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) leader, who is ...

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Elon Musk denounced after X agrees to Turkey's censorship requests

Journalists and rights groups condemn 'free speech absolutist' for agreeing to block scores of accounts including news ...

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PKK says Ocalan seeks ‘democratization’ of Kurdish issue

A senior commander in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Thursday said that their jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan wants to shift the Kurdish issue “out of the realm of war and into the realm of ...

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Turkey hopes Trump will end US cooperation with Syrian Kurdish militia

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday he hoped President Donald Trump would end U.S. cooperation with the ...

Turkish government escalates crackdown against CHP and DEM Party

The WSWS and the Socialist Equality Group, regardless of their political differences with the CHP and the DEM Party, oppose ...

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Turkey detains 10 officials, widening a crackdown on Istanbul's opposition-held districts

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 10 senior officials of district municipalities in Istanbul over their alleged links to ...

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