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Ocalan’s Call is a Golden Opportunity for Turks
Some even suggest that the Turkish President will likely use Ocalan’s call as a way to persuade Kurdish voters to support a ...
Syria's neighboring foreign ministers call for lifting sanctions and reconciliation
Syria's top diplomat and his counterparts from neighboring countries Sunday called for the lifting of Western-led sanctions ...
Syria's neighboring foreign ministers call for lifting sanctions, reconciliation
Syria's top diplomat and his counterparts from neighboring countries have called for the lifting of Western-led sanctions and ...
The Street Journal1d
Middle East: What an end of the PKK would mean for Kurds
Kurds in the Middle East have been in a state of limbo since Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, gave his pioneering speech in late February. In his ...
Truthout1d
Kurdish Women Journalists Who Work Under Constant Threat Have Lessons to Share
This January, a Turkish court sentenced Sofya Alağaş, a Kurdish journalist and elected co-mayor of Siirt municipality, to six ...
Protests on International Women’s Day in Turkey demand protection from domestic violence
Thousands of women took to the streets of Turkish cities Saturday to mark International Women’s Day, protesting inequality ...
The Economist3d
Kurdish rebels in Turkey declare a ceasefire
Even from the island prison where he has spent the past 26 years, Abdullah Ocalan still wields power over the Kurdistan ...
Turkey says 26 PKK militants were killed in military operations despite peace efforts
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish security forces have killed 26 Kurdish militants in the past week, the Turkish defense ministry said Thursday, even as the militants' imprisoned leader called on his group to ...
Al-Monitor3d
Turkey presses PKK to disarm 'immediately'
Turkey on Thursday insisted the PKK and all groups allied with it must disarm and disband "immediately", a week after a ...
European Council on Foreign Relations3d
The road ahead: Six ways Europeans can urgently support a stable Syria
After the fall of Assad, many Syrians hope for a better future. But intense political and economic challenges risk derailing ...
Bianet3d
Executive of pro-Kurdish news agency faces trial for exposing informant’s identity
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed a lawsuit against Diren Yurtsever, managing editor of Mezopotamya ...
Bianet3d
Despite health issues, Bahçeli seems at steering wheel of Turkey’s new Kurdish initiative
Öcalan (center) with the DEM Party delegation at İmralı Island Prison, where he has been held since 1999. A video of Öcalan delivering his message is expected to be released later this month during ...