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Kurdish Leader Jailed For 42 Years Over 2014 Protests By Turkey Court
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced an ex-leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as Islamic State group jihadists overran the Syrian town of Kobane.
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Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Opposition Would Not Support Death Penalty
Turkey'spro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) would not support any proposal put to parliament on the reintroduction of the death penalty following a failed coup attempt, party spokesman Ayhan Bilgen told Reuters.
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Turkish President Blasts Autonomy Call By Kurdish Party As 'Treason'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today blasted a call by a leading Kurdish politician for autonomy for the country's Kurdish minority as "treason."
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Turkish PM Excludes Kurdish Party From Talks On New Constitution
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu today rejected holding talks with Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party over a new constitution because of the "disrespectful" attitude of its leadership.
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Russian Foreign Minister Hosts Pro-Kurdish Party Leader For Syria Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today hosted Turkey's pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas for talks on the Syrian conflict and Moscow's potential support for Kurdish groups fighting ISIS.
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'Kurdish Obama' Saves Minority's Prized Political Voice: Selahattin Demirta
Selahattin Demirtas, the charismatic leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish party, remains the biggest thorn in the side of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after managing to hold onto his HDP's cherished parliamentary representation, against considerable odds.
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For Ankara Attacks Survivor, The Nightmare Isn't Over
Bahadir Demircan, 37, a survivor of the double suicide bombing in Ankara, finds it hard to express the horror he experienced and struggles to imagine how he can carry on.
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Suspected Islamic State Bomber Kills 30 in Turkish Town
A suspected Islamic State suicide bomber killed at least 30 people, mostly young students, in an attack on a Turkish town near the Syrian border on Monday.
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Locals Fear Islamic State Jihadists Quietly Slipped Into Turkey
As the Syrian town of Tal Abyad taken by Kurds from Islamic State (IS) militants this week looms in the distance, one question troubles the Turkish residents on the other side.
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Turkey Opposition Chief Accuses Government of Inaction on Violence in Kurdish Areas
Selahattin Demirtas, head of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), accused the government today of deliberate inaction amid growing violence in the largely Kurdish southeast.
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Up to 50 Injured in Blast at Kurdish Opposition Party Rally in Turkey
An explosion injured as many as 50 people at an opposition rally in Turkey's mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir today, two days before a general election, and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said it was unclear if the blast was an accident or an attack.
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Kurdish Leader Jailed For 42 Years Over 2014 Protests By Turkey Court
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced an ex-leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as Islamic State group jihadists overran the Syrian town of Kobane.
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Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Opposition Would Not Support Death Penalty
Turkey'spro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) would not support any proposal put to parliament on the reintroduction of the death penalty following a failed coup attempt, party spokesman Ayhan Bilgen told Reuters.
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Turkish President Blasts Autonomy Call By Kurdish Party As 'Treason'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today blasted a call by a leading Kurdish politician for autonomy for the country's Kurdish minority as "treason."
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Turkish PM Excludes Kurdish Party From Talks On New Constitution
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu today rejected holding talks with Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party over a new constitution because of the "disrespectful" attitude of its leadership.
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Russian Foreign Minister Hosts Pro-Kurdish Party Leader For Syria Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today hosted Turkey's pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas for talks on the Syrian conflict and Moscow's potential support for Kurdish groups fighting ISIS.
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'Kurdish Obama' Saves Minority's Prized Political Voice: Selahattin Demirta
Selahattin Demirtas, the charismatic leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish party, remains the biggest thorn in the side of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after managing to hold onto his HDP's cherished parliamentary representation, against considerable odds.
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For Ankara Attacks Survivor, The Nightmare Isn't Over
Bahadir Demircan, 37, a survivor of the double suicide bombing in Ankara, finds it hard to express the horror he experienced and struggles to imagine how he can carry on.
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Suspected Islamic State Bomber Kills 30 in Turkish Town
A suspected Islamic State suicide bomber killed at least 30 people, mostly young students, in an attack on a Turkish town near the Syrian border on Monday.
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Locals Fear Islamic State Jihadists Quietly Slipped Into Turkey
As the Syrian town of Tal Abyad taken by Kurds from Islamic State (IS) militants this week looms in the distance, one question troubles the Turkish residents on the other side.
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Turkey Opposition Chief Accuses Government of Inaction on Violence in Kurdish Areas
Selahattin Demirtas, head of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), accused the government today of deliberate inaction amid growing violence in the largely Kurdish southeast.
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Up to 50 Injured in Blast at Kurdish Opposition Party Rally in Turkey
An explosion injured as many as 50 people at an opposition rally in Turkey's mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir today, two days before a general election, and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said it was unclear if the blast was an accident or an attack.
