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Erdoğan’s speech to nation displayed on giant shopping mall screen

A live broadcast on a pro-government TV station showing Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan addressing the nation was displayed on a giant screen on the...

HDP Co-chair Demirtaş put in Edirne Prison after police detain him in Diyarbakır

Selahattin Demirtaş, co-chair of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was taken to Edirne Prison in northwestern Turkey after a Diyarbakır court ruled for his...

ISIL claims responsibility for car bomb in Turkish city of Diyarbakır

The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group claimed responsibility for a car bomb in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakır...

Turkish police chief says don’t hesitate to shoot Kurdish protesters

Newly emerged video footage shows the moment a Turkish police chief orders his subordinates to use guns against Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) members who have...

US expresses ‘deep concern’ about detention of Kurdish politicians

US State Department Spokesperson John Kirby at the regular press briefing on Friday said the United States was “deeply concerned” at the detentions and...

Speaking from custody Demirtaş says: We face a new phase of civilian coup

The arrested co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş, sent a message on Friday through his lawyer, calling the ongoing crackdown...

[UPDATE] 9 HDP deputies arrested including party’s co-chairs

Turkish courts on Friday arrested nine pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies including the party's co-chairs, who were detained in the early hours of...

EP president issues statement, EU ambassadors in Ankara meet on detention of HDP deputies

Reactions within the European Union are mounting following the mass detention of Kurdish deputies from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) as European Parliament President...

PKK leader vows retaliation for detention of Kurdish deputies

  As a crackdown carried out by the Turkish government against the Kurdish political opposition continues, Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Murat Karayılan vowed in...

EU rapporteur calls for suspension of talks with Turkey

Kati Piri, the European Parliament’s Turkey rapporteur, on Friday called for the suspension of membership negotiations with Turkey, following a crackdown on opposition Kurdish...

EU Commission expresses grave concern over detention of HDP deputies

The European Union is gravely concerned about the detention last night of a number of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies on charges alleging...

Turkey arrests co-chairs of Kurdish opposition party

Co-chairpersons of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ were arrested by a Turkish court on Friday afternoon after they...

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