Dilek Öcalan
Şanlıurfa court sentences HDP deputy Dilek Öcalan to two years, six months in prison
A court has sentenced Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Dilek Öcalan to two years and six months in prison on charges of making “terror propaganda.”
We are not afraid of prison: HDP co-chair Serpil Kemalbay
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Serpil Kemalbay has vowed that the Kurdish issue-focused party’s MPs will not be intimidated by “imprisonment or torture.”
Kurdish conference takes place in Moscow
Representatives of Kurdish groups across the Middle East have met in Moscow on Feb. 15 to attend a conference on Kurds and their future.
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HDP MP Leyla Zana released after detention in Turkey's Diyarbakır
Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Ağrı deputy Leyla Zana was released after being detained by police on Feb. 8 in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
EU alarmed over detention of HDP lawmakers
The European Union has warned Turkey to respect democratic norms in the fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), while EU member state ambassadors to Ankara discussed possible outcomes of a further deterioration of ties between Brussels and Turkey over the detention of several Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies.
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Jailed PKK leader says 'this is a war no side can win'
The imprisoned leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, is "in good health" and has called for an end to the Kurdish conflict, his brother said on Sept. 12 after visiting him in jail.
Brother of jailed PKK leader visits İmralı Island for Eid meeting
The brother of Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), paid a visit to Imralı Island Prison in the Marmara Sea on Sept. 11, one day after the jailed PKK leader was granted a family visit during the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday on the island where he is serving an aggravated life term.
This is the "New Turkey"
Watching Tuesday?s swearing-in ceremony for newly elected deputies, one could not help thinking that this is a parliament which truly represents the ?New Turkey,? and not the one the Justice and Development Party (AKP) talked about when it held the parliamentary majority and called the shots.
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Chances getting high for a grand coalition in Turkey
As the new Turkish parliament convenes on June 23, the chances are getting high for the formation of a grand coalition in Turkey, since no party gained the necessary majority to form a single party government in the June 7 election.
We should not miss the right perspective
The new parliament opened yesterday with fresh deputies delivering one by one an oath a few of them will forget about soon. And for the second time in less than a month, Deniz Baykal was back under the camera lights; for a change, he did not need an operation by the embattled sultan. Instead, his old age carried him to the "provisional" speakership of parliament.
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