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Another Kurdish deputy detained at airport

July 29, 2017

A deputy from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Saadet Becerikli, was detained on Saturday in Turkey’s southeastern town of Batman. Becerikli was taken into custody...

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Interior minister defends torture in prison, says Kurdish man was linked to terrorist activities

February 25, 2017

Turkey’s Interior Minister’s Süleyman Soylu has defended the treatment of Abdi Aykut, a Kurdish man who was alleged to have been tortured while in...

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6 students dancing to Kurdish music released after brief detention in Aydın

February 21, 2017

Six students from the Aydın Anadolu İmam-Hatip High School were released on Monday following a brief detention for dancing to Kurdish music in class. According...