Ali Atalan
PKK frees three abducted Anadolu Agency reporters
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has released three reporters working for Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency after abducting them in the Nusaybin district of the southeastern province of Mardin.
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Curfew enters 10th day in southeastern town of Nusaybin
A curfew has entered its tenth day in the southeastern district of Nusaybin on Nov. 22, while the curfew was ended in the Lice district of the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r.
Four HDP MPs start curfew hunger strike against Nusaybin curfew
Four Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies have started a hunger strike to protest the days-long curfew in the southeastern town of Nusaybin, with the military operation still ongoing in the district.
Minority MPs preserve seats in Nov 1 election
Deputies from Armenian, Syriac, Yazidi, Mhallami and Roma origins, who secured seats in the June 7 election, have all preserved their seats in the Nov. 1 election, weekly Agos has reported.
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Turkey's first Roma and Yazidi representatives to enter parliament
Turkey?s Roma and Yazidi populations will be represented in parliament for the first time, as main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) Roma candidate Özcan Purçu and Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) Yazidi candidates Feleknas Uca and Ali Atalan all secured seats in the June 7 elections.
World's first Yazidi MP on her way to Turkish parliament
The Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) has nominated Feleknas Uca, a German-born politician and the world?s first Yazidi parliamentarian, as one of its leading candidates for the June 7 elections.