Category: BDP

BDP Chairman Selahattin Demirtaş ‘Kurds will not be silenced’.

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BDP Chairman Selahattin Demirtaş delivered a passionate speech in London. He addressed the Kurdish community, and highlighted Kurdish grievances. His speech was live-streamed, and tweeted. We were unable to receive a transcript of his speech, but the highlights of it …

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Another Mass grave found in former Turkish Military police headquarters

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Turkish authorities have reported finding another mass-grave with the remains of 23 people […]

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More than 60 Kurdish activists put in custody this week

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32 Pro-Kurdish activists have been arrested in association with KCK (Kurdish Communities Union) in Turkey […]

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Kurdish political activist Eyyüp Doru arrested

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Eyyüp Doru has been arrested in Germany because of an arrest warrant issued on Interpol in 2007. BDP representative in Europe has said to ANF, “Mr. Doru was arrested on 15 December after his car was stopped by police in …

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More arrests of Kurdish and Pro-Kurd activists in Turkey

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In the past months, hundreds of Kurdish activists and Pro-Kurdish activists have been arrested. Among them, politicians, writers and political thinkers detained on questionable grounds in Turkey. Recent arrests have been made, once again on the grounds that they have ‘hidden’ …

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Kurdish Politician Mahmut Alınak arrested

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Kurdish politician Mahmut Alınak has been arrested on suspicion of being associated or having links with KCK. Last month, he was arrested in Istanbul and later released because it could not be established that he had secret ties with KCK. …

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121 Kurdish activists arrested this week — new arrests!

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In a new wave of arrests, 24 people have been taken to custody today. Among them five BDP executives, association chair Evrim Konak and executives Murat Kur, Deniz Kırbağ and Hıdır Yıldız. Earlier this week, 21 people were taken into …

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21-year old Kurdish student killed by Turkish police

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Thousands of people turned up to a meeting in Amed, with BDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, BDP deputies and Sur Mayor Abdullah Demirbaş, as well as civil society organisations. Security forces in Amed used tear-gas and live ammunition to disperse an open-air …

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