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Turkey: the wondrous tale of democratic resilience

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All the country’s democratic and civic institutions — from an impartial judiciary to its newspapers and universities — have been battered by the ruling party

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HDP’s report on pre-election period

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The report prepared by our Commission On Election Affairs regarding the election violations at the ahead of upcoming Turkey’s March 31 local elections

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SUR: The Turkish state’s systematic destruction and commercialization of a World Heritage Site

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The following report describes the developments in Sur from 2015 until January 2019. It was presented in February 2019 at the “International NGO forum on World Heritage”

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Another Soul on IceTurkey’s Ongoing Attack on ‘Freedom’

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Ahmet Altan, 69 year old writer… is in cell in Silivri Prison, on the outskirts of Istanbul

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Syrian Democratic Forces: Statement to public opinion

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We affirm that our war against Daesh terrorism will continue until full victory is achieved with the total elimination of its existence

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Rebuilding on quicksand

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Challenges posed by the geopolitical jigsaw in Syria’s north-east are putting an unprecedented social experiment on the brink

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Turkey’s Erdogan facing resistance to his dictatorial rule

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“Democracy is like a tram; you get off when you have reached your destination.” The comment by Recep Tayyip Erdogan – made more than 20 years ago when he was first elected mayor of Istanbul – sums up the Machiavellian cynicism of Turkey’s authoritarian president

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Turkish Police likely killers of Tahir Elçi

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Tahir Elçi, the Kurdish human rights lawyer, was shot dead in Diyarbakır, in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast (Northern Kurdistan), on November 28, 2015, while holding a press conference calling for peace in the region

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PACE calls on Turkey to release Leyla Güven

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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) met on Monday and Tuesday in Strasbourg

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The theory and practice of the Kurdish Women’s Movement: an interview in Diyarbakir

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One of the undisputed achievements of the Kurdish movement in Turkey and Syria is the advancement of women in social, economic, and political domains of life

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Swiss MP says Turkey selling looted Syrian olive oil to fund militia

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Swiss lawmaker Bernhard Guhl has informed authorities that Turkey could be exporting olive oil plundered in Syria in its military op there, but then being labelled as Turkish

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One Year on From Afrin, and now East of the Euphrates: More War?

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“The goal of the United States from delaying this agreement is to make room for Turkey to enter easily when the US withdraw from its military bases…” (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)

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Terrorism policing: the YPG/YPJ, an ally abroad but a danger at home?

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The erratic treatment members of the YPG/YPJ receive at the hands of Europe’s counterterrorism networks doesn’t look set to change in the near future

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Ankara’s only goal in Syria is exterminating Kurds

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Attacking Rojava means the end of Turkish-Kurdish peace chances

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Turkish news site indicted for citing Armenian Genocide in Afrin report

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A Turkish prosecutor has prepared an indictment against Necla Demir, the publisher of the Turkish news site Gazete Karınca

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Sinn Fein MEP calls for international action for Leyla Guven

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Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson has called for international action in support of Kurdish politician Leyla Guven who is currently on hunger strike and is now in critical condition

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WHY WON’T TURKEY TALK PEACE WITH THE KURDS?

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Is there not something absurd (if not for the cost in human suffering) in Turkey’s ruling coalition’s deep seated venom for the social and cultural presence of this not-Turkish people?

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