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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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Iraqi Kurdish Leader Says Rejects Federal Court Oil And Gas Ruling
Iraq's federal court has deemed an oil and gas law regulating the oil industry in Iraqi Kurdistan unconstitutional and demanded that Kurdish authorities hand over their crude supplies.
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Syria Kurds Expect ISIS Revenge Attacks After Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Killed
Syria's Kurdish forces said they expected revenge attacks by the ISIS group following the US announcement Sunday that the terrorist organisation's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed.
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EU 'Extremely Worried' Over Turkey's Arrest Of Kurdish MPs
The EU is very concerned by Turkey's arrest of leaders and MPs from the country's main pro-Kurdish party and has contacted Ankara on the issue, the bloc's foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said Friday.
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ISIS Leader Baghdadi 'Trapped' As Forces Gear Up To Take Mosul: Report
ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been hiding in the group's besieged stronghold of Mosul, encircled by the Iraqi army and allied militias, a senior Kurdish commander told the Independent daily.
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Turkey Kurdish Leader 'Against Both Coup And Recep Tayyip Erdogan'
Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party strongly opposes the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan but will keep up its opposition to the "oppression" of the Turkish strongman, its leader says.
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Clashes In Turkey On Anniversary Of Kurdish Leader's Arrest
Clashes erupted in southeast Turkey on Monday after a rally to mark 17 years since the arrest of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.
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Turkey's Kurdish Conflict Impacting Syria, Migrant Crises: Selahattin Demirtas
The leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition said conflict in the country's largely Kurdish southeast had grown into an international problem, feeding into war in neighbouring Syria, and urged allies to do more to push for a ceasefire.
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Thousands of Kurds Protest in Paris Over Murders of Female Rebels
Carrying hundreds of flags in the red, orange and green of the PKK and pictures of the group's leader Abdullah Ocalan, the demonstrators marched to the site of the killings, where flowers had been laid in memory of the dead.
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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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Turkey Kurdish Party Says Leader Escapes Assassination Attempt
The prominent co-chairman of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party was targeted by an assassination attempt while travelling in his official vehicle but escaped unharmed, the party said today.
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Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan Puts Syria, Iraq on G20 Leaders' Agenda
Turkey wants world leaders to discuss the conflicts in Syria and Iraq at a G20 summit this weekend and is ready to take "stronger steps" in the region following its general election, President Tayyip Erdogan said today.
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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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Images of Dead Kurdish Militant 'Dragged by Turkish Police' Spark Outrage
The apparent dragging of the corpse of an alleged Kurdish militant through the streets of a Turkish city by security forces has outraged activists, with the main Kurdish party leader calling on the interior minister to resign.
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Turkish President Faces Tough European Union Talks on Refugees, Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets EU leaders Monday but they will find it hard to bridge gaps on the migrant crisis and the Syrian war that has produced so many of the refugees they must both deal with, analysts say.
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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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Iraqi Kurdish Leader Says Rejects Federal Court Oil And Gas Ruling
Iraq's federal court has deemed an oil and gas law regulating the oil industry in Iraqi Kurdistan unconstitutional and demanded that Kurdish authorities hand over their crude supplies.
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Syria Kurds Expect ISIS Revenge Attacks After Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Killed
Syria's Kurdish forces said they expected revenge attacks by the ISIS group following the US announcement Sunday that the terrorist organisation's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed.
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EU 'Extremely Worried' Over Turkey's Arrest Of Kurdish MPs
The EU is very concerned by Turkey's arrest of leaders and MPs from the country's main pro-Kurdish party and has contacted Ankara on the issue, the bloc's foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said Friday.
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ISIS Leader Baghdadi 'Trapped' As Forces Gear Up To Take Mosul: Report
ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been hiding in the group's besieged stronghold of Mosul, encircled by the Iraqi army and allied militias, a senior Kurdish commander told the Independent daily.
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Turkey Kurdish Leader 'Against Both Coup And Recep Tayyip Erdogan'
Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party strongly opposes the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan but will keep up its opposition to the "oppression" of the Turkish strongman, its leader says.
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Clashes In Turkey On Anniversary Of Kurdish Leader's Arrest
Clashes erupted in southeast Turkey on Monday after a rally to mark 17 years since the arrest of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.
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Turkey's Kurdish Conflict Impacting Syria, Migrant Crises: Selahattin Demirtas
The leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition said conflict in the country's largely Kurdish southeast had grown into an international problem, feeding into war in neighbouring Syria, and urged allies to do more to push for a ceasefire.
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Thousands of Kurds Protest in Paris Over Murders of Female Rebels
Carrying hundreds of flags in the red, orange and green of the PKK and pictures of the group's leader Abdullah Ocalan, the demonstrators marched to the site of the killings, where flowers had been laid in memory of the dead.
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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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Turkey Kurdish Party Says Leader Escapes Assassination Attempt
The prominent co-chairman of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party was targeted by an assassination attempt while travelling in his official vehicle but escaped unharmed, the party said today.
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Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan Puts Syria, Iraq on G20 Leaders' Agenda
Turkey wants world leaders to discuss the conflicts in Syria and Iraq at a G20 summit this weekend and is ready to take "stronger steps" in the region following its general election, President Tayyip Erdogan said today.
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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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Images of Dead Kurdish Militant 'Dragged by Turkish Police' Spark Outrage
The apparent dragging of the corpse of an alleged Kurdish militant through the streets of a Turkish city by security forces has outraged activists, with the main Kurdish party leader calling on the interior minister to resign.
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Turkish President Faces Tough European Union Talks on Refugees, Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets EU leaders Monday but they will find it hard to bridge gaps on the migrant crisis and the Syrian war that has produced so many of the refugees they must both deal with, analysts say.
