Category: Suppression

Turkey on arresting spree after Kurdish election gain

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Minhaj Akreyi

The election high was not over yet when the Turkish police took more 74 people into custody, mostly those who are affiliated with the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP). In the June election of this year in Turkey, the …

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New Twitter campaign to raise awareness about Kurdish rights in Turkey

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

Today and in the next two Fridays (June 3rd and June 10) Kurds and supporters of Kurdish human rights will work to raise awareness about the repression of Kurdish identity in Turkey on the social networking site twitter. The campaign, …

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Turkey lifts ban on some Kurdish candidates, results remain to be seen

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Minhaj Akreyi

Turkey’s High Election Board on Monday the 18th banned 12 Kurdish politicians from running for the national election set in June. The 12 politicians are among the dozens of independent candidates running which the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) …

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Kurds in Syria Granted Citizenship: What Now?

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Minhaj Akreyi

For over 50 years, over 300,000 Kurds in Syria were labeled foreigners in a 1963-census that was carried out in an arbitrary manner which restricted the “foreigner” Kurds acquiring employment, education, health, property, or even marriage. The government has banned …

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