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Güven: We we will increase the struggle
DTK co-chair and HDP MP Leyla Güven came together with family members of those killed by state forces in Cizre. Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-Chair and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Leyla Güven met today with family members of the victims of the Cizre massacres of 2015-2016. The meeting too...
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KCDK-E call to join "people's meeting" in Maastricht
The KCDK-E called on all peoples and sections of society and all their friends to join the "people's meeting in Maastricht on 21 September and "to build a free life together". The European Democratic Kurdish Society Congress (KCDK-E) issued a written statement to "urge everyone to raise their voices...
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Amed: Trustees are an attack on Kurdish identity and language
The Democracy Vigil held in Amed, Mardin and Van has continued for a month. On August 19, the AKP regime seized the metropolitan municipalities of Diyarbakır (Amed), Mardin and Van which had been won by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in the local elections of March 31. The elected co-mayors wer...
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HDP co-chair Temelli met with Kurds in Strasbourg
HDP co-chair Sezai Temelli is in Strasbourg for a series of meeting. Last night he met Kurds living there. HDP co-chair Sezai Temelli is in Strasbourg for a series of meetings with the European institutions in Strasbourg. Last night he attended a public meeting at the Democratic Kurdish Community Ce...
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Leyla Güven: Chaos is being organized again
Kurdish politician Leyla Güven said that visits to Abdullah Öcalan are no longer regularly approved and a chaos is organized: "If it continues like this, a coup mechanism mentioned by Öcalan could be set in motion again." Leyla Güven is co-chair of the civil society organization DTK (Democratic Soci...
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PKK’s Karayılan: Nobody is abducted to join the guerrilla
Murat Karayılan of the PKK commented on the staged protests in front of the HDP headquarters in Amed, stressing that; "We are an ideological movement based on voluntary participation. We do not hold anyone against his will." For several weeks, parents have been sitting in front of the headquarters o...
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Six people remanded in custody in Van
Six people including HDP Provincial co-chair Yadişen Karabulak were remanded in custody in Van. On 10 September 21 people including members of Democratic Society Congress (DTK) members and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Van provincial co-chair and district co-chairs were taken into custody as a res...
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Leyla Güven: AKP is facing collapse
"It's not just about the municipalities, it's about the collapse of the AKP/MHP coalition," said HDP MP Leyla Güven at a protest against the dismissal of Kurdish mayors in Amed. The Democracy Vigil held near the city hall in Amed (Diyarbakir) has continued for 24 days. The action is protesting the d...
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HDP-DTK delegation visits PUK in Sulaymaniyah
Politicians from the HDP and DTK met PUK officials in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq. The HDP-DTK delegation continues with its talks with political parties in South Kurdistan. The delegation is made up of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Sezai Temelli, Democratic Society Congress (DTK) c...
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Political operation in Van and Istanbul, at least 21 detained
17 people were detained in Van city centre and in eight boroughs following house raids this morning. Most of the people detained are DTK and HDP members. Four people detained in Istanbul 17 people were detained in Van city centre and in eight districts following house raids this morning. Most of the...
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Resistance in Van: Day 21
Local associations participated in the 21 day of resistance against the trustees in Van. On 19 August the democratically and freely elected co-mayors of Van, Mardin and Amed metropolitan municipalities were dismissed by the AKP and replaced with trustees. The people have been on the streets prote...
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HDP-DTK delegation met Nechirvan Barzani
The HDP-DTK delegation met with President of Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani. The meeting between the delegations are closed to the press. The delegation made up of HDP co-chair Sezai Temelli, Democratic Society Congress (DTK) co-chair and Agri Deputy Berdan Öztürk, HDP Group chair and Mersin Dep...
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Kurdish women take to the streets across Europe
The Kurdish women's movement is conducting a campaign in Europe under the slogan "Rise up for freedom and change". Demonstrations were organised in Cologne, Stuttgart, Copenhagen, Basel and Luxembourg and as part of the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (TJK-E) campaign "Rise up for freedom and ch...
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42 detained as Ankara police attack masses for HDP municipalities
Turkish police forces are violently repressing any demonstration in protest at the seizure of HDP municipalities. Demonstrations continue in protest at the AKP regime’s usurpation of HDP-run metropolitan municipalities in Amed (Diyarbakır), Mardin and Van through the removal of democratically electe...
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Democracy Vigil in Amed on day 18
18th day of the vigil in Amed to reclaim municipalities usurped by the government. Protests continue since August 19 when the AKP regime usurped the HDP-run municipalities in Amed (Diyarbakır), Mardin and Van by removing the elected mayors and appointing trustees in their place. The sit-in action...
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Conference in Berlin on peace and democracy in Turkey
Different ethnic groups and artists, academics and politicians from Turkey will organize a conference in Berlin. The conference on 21 and 22 September, was presented at a press conference. Politicians, artists and academics are coming together in Berlin for a free and democratic Turkey. They are org...
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Leyla Güven called for unity of Kurds at Van meeting
Thousands of people attended the 1 September World Peace rally in Van where the Confederation of Public Workers' Trade Unions (KESK) Co-Chair Mehmet Bozgeyik and Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-Chair Leyla Güven addressed the crowd. Leyla Güven said: “The biggest fear of the AKP-MHP fascist pow...
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Istanbul Peace rally: We'll advocate democracy and peace together
"We will lead a stronger struggle for democracy against the one-man rule. We will reclaim our votes, our will, co-existence and fraternity. We are in Amed, in Van, in Mardin and in Çanakkale." The World Peace Day rally promoted by Labor, Peace and Democracy Forces in Istanbul started with the partic...
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Van rally: Stand up for peace against war!
The World Peace Day rally in Van has started. Answering the call of KESK (Confederation of Public Workers’ Unions) and DISK (Confederation of Revolutionary Workers’ Unions), masses gathered at Musa Anter Peace Park. Women and mothers with white scarves are carrying banners that read “Stand up for...
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March in Stuttgart for Peace Day and against trustees
An event to mark 1 September World Peace Day was held in Stuttgart. The event was an opportunity to protest the AKP-MHP seizure of the HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Mardin and Van. An information tent was put up to tell people about what is going on in Kurdistan and Turkey, especially after the ap...