Turkey is turning into an open prison!

While the AKP government is jailing all opponent sectors of society and Kurds in particular, Turkey has almost been turned into an open prison within the process of the AKP government in the last ten years. ...

Press Release : 24th January - International Day of Solidarity with Lawyers in Turkey

Jeremy Corbyn MP joins UK lawyers protest at the Turkish Embassy, Tuesday 24 January 2012, 12-1pm 43 Belgrave Square, SW 1 ...

Invitation : Participate in Newroz Delegation!

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Unify your solidarity with the opposition that is the real strenght of democracy! “EZ JÎ LI VIRIM!” (I AM HERE TOO!)...

Three-day conference of Syrian Kurds in Hewler 30 January 2012

Massoud Barzani said Kurdish National Congress would be taking place within this year to talk about peace ...

Has Anything Changed in Turkey?

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From Hrant Dink in 2007 to Ragip Zarakolu, 2012 -The targeting of the “Other” in Turkey - By Desmond Fernandes....

Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) 13 January 2012

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TO INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC OPINION ...

To the International Community

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Despite many calls from the international community against the Syrian regime to stop the killings of innocent civilians, and to withdraw its troops from the cities, the regime is still determined to carry out its military campaign. This is leading the country into a civil war that might have serious repercussions for the region. ...

The declaration of the People’s Council in Western Kurdistan

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The establishment of the of People’s Council in Western Kurdistan, is a vital move towards a democratic, free Syria and the evolution of the democratic self-governing in Western Kurdistan. ...

Stop Turkey from using chemical weapons against Kurds

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We, the undersigned condemn the Turkish State for, violating its own laws and conventions by deploying extremely high toxic and lethal chemical weapons. ...

Kurds in Turkey: arrests and violence threaten to radicalise a generation

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Constanze Letsch reports on the Turkish crackdown on the country's Kurds and the cultural oppression that goes with it, Constanze Letsch in Diyarbakir, guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 28 December 2011 ...

Info-Türk Foundation's 2012 Freedom Award Granted to Ragip Zarakolu

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As a non-government organization contributing for over 38 years to the struggle for human rights and freedoms in Turkey, Info-Türk Foundation has decided to grant its 2012 Freedom Award to author, journalist, publisher and human rights activist Ragip Zarakolu* who is currently under arrest at the high security prison type-F in Kocaeli....

EUTCC Press release on the arrest of BDP European representantive Eyyup Doru

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Turkey’s persecution of legally elected Kurdish representatives, media members, lawyers, trade unionists and Kurdish spokespersons in and outside Turkey, seems to have no end. More than 5000 people have so far been arrested accused of having links to PKK – the so called KCK operations. ...

Position paper of the Greens / EFA group on EU/Turkey relations (28/09/11)

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Questioning the EU project through Turkey's accession process...

ON TURKISH OPERATIONS AGAINST KURDISH MEDIA

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EUTCC expresses deep concern over the recent KCK operations targeting Kurdish media and members of the press. ...

Turkish Crackdown on Kurdish Journalists, By Kaya Genç

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As over 40 people, many of them journalists, are detained on terrorism charges across Turkey, Kaya Genç examines the latest attempt to silence the Kurdish press...

US vows to support Turkey in fight against Kurdish rebels

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta speaks with US Ambassador to Turkey Francis Ricciardone (L) (AFP/POOL/File, Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ...

Turkey Arrests 40 Over Alleged Kurdish Rebel Ties

Huffington Post, 20 December 2011...

Turkish Police Arrest Journalists

By AYLA ALBAYRAK, The Wall Street Journal, December 20, 2011 ...

A new scandal: Printer convicted instead of writer and publisher

In Turkey, so-called democratic candidate to the European Union, where books are confiscated even before being printed and journalists imprisoned for simple articles of information, a new scandalous step has been taken by the detention of a printer. ...

Iraq Kurds Draft Law for Fund to Invest Region's Oil, Gas Income - BusinessWeek

Al-ArabiyaIraq Kurds Draft Law for Fund to Invest Region's Oil, Gas IncomeBusinessWeek11 (Bloomberg) -- Iraq's ...
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