Category: Democratic Society Party

Kurdish Politicians Arrested in Simultaneous Raids Across Turkey: Updated

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On Thursday morning Turkey’s police arrested 31 (see update below) Kurdish mayors, politicians and human rights activists in a raid ordered by the chief prosecutor’s office in Diyarbakir. According to Turkish officials, those arrested are suspected of ties to the …

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Rights organizations criticise closure of pro-Kurdish DTP in Turkey

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Pro-Kurdish DTP Closed down by Constitutional Court Ankara, Istanbul – BÄ°A News Center – The Constitutional Court ruled for the closure of pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party and imposed a political ban on 37 of its members. Co-chairs Türk and TuÄŸluk …

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Turkey’s Constitutional Court Bans the DTP, the Country’s Major Kurdish Party

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Turkey’s highest court banned today the country’s main Kurdish party, the Democratic Society Party (DTP). The case has been pending in the Constitutional Court for over two years, since the Supreme Court’s Public Prosecutor demanded the disbanding of the DTP …

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Bianet: 1 Year 3 Months Imprisonment for Leyla Zana

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A court in Diyabakır has sentenced Kurdish politician Leyla Zana to 1 year and 3 months imprisonment for allegedly spreading PKK propaganda in a speech made at a seminar at London’s SOAS University on 24 May 2008.

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DTP MPs Face Prosecution in Turkey Despite Immunity

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Six members of the pro-Kurdish DTP face trials because of speeches they made, despite having parliamentarian immunity. From Bianet, Tolga Korkut reports: Ahmet Türk, Emine Ayna, Fatma Kurtulan, Selahattin DemirtaÅŸ, Sebahat Tuncel and Aysel TuÄŸluk, all MPs for the pro-Kurdish …

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KH: DTP announces number of imprisoned members in Turkey reaches 222

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Report from Kurdish Herald details escalation of violence and arrests in Turkey. Siyar Ozsoy reports: Local Elections in Diyarbakir, Kurdish Conference in Erbil: Is There Any Space for Hope? Kurdish Herald Issue 1 May 2009 – Siyar Ozsoy – Members …

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5,000 People on 2-Day Hunger Strike in Protest of DTP Arrests

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Bianet’s Emine Özcan reports on the recent hunger strike led by members of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Turkey. The hunger strike is being led in protest of the recent mass arrests against members of the DTP as …

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Kurdish boy is severely beaten by Turkish officer

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Kurds demonstrated last week in the predominantly Kurdish southeastern region of Turkey to protest the recent wave of arrests against members of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP).  During the demonstrations, one Kurdish boy, age 14, was severely beaten by …

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