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Kurdish deputy among 65 from Turkey seeking asylum in Greece: report
A Kurdish member of the Turkish parliament is among 65 people including other Kurds and former public servants who have fled government persecution in...
Prosecutor asks parliament permission to prosecute Kurdish deputy on terrorism charge
A Diyarbakır prosecutor has submitted a summary of
proceedings to the Turkish parliament accusing Leyla Güven, a deputy from the
Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), of...
Purged human rights defender briefly taken into custody, subjected to excessive force
Veli Saçılık, a purged human rights defender, was allegedly subjected to excessive force on Thursday when he was taken into custody during a protest...
HDP deputy sentenced to 8 years, 1 month in prison
A Diyarbakır court on Thursday sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Abdullah Zeydan to eight years, one month and 15 days in prison,...