Turkey The People’s Democratic Party (HDP) denounced the deadly attack on police in Istanbul by the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK). The imprisoned HDP Co-Chair …
Kurdistan Digest
-
-
Turkey On December 6, 2016, Amnesty International released a report about Turkey’s military campaigns in the historical Kurdish town of Sur. “suppression of opposition …
-
Turkey While Turkish government still jails People’s Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers including HDP Co-leaders, HDP deputy Hishyar Ozsoy warned that the government has replaced …
-
Turkey The jailed Co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtash sent a message through his lawyers. He said: “May God rest the …
-
Turkey After weeks of Kurdish officials being detained as well as the stripping of pro-Kurdish deputies’ parliamentary immunities, the Turkish government arrested ten deputies …
-
Turkey Kurdish politicians and officials continue to be arrested. Both co-mayors of Diyarbakir (Amed) metropolitan, Gultan Kishanak and Firat Anli, were arrested and later …
-
Turkey A total of 37 politicians have been detained in Van Province since October 12. After further investigations and appeals, the court ordered the …
-
Turkey The prosecutor of Diyarbakir’s (Amed) 7th criminal court demanded imprisonment in between 6-24 months against Selahattin Demirtash, the Co-leader of people’s Democratic Party …
-
Turkey Tensions in between Iraq and Turkey rose when Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country does not need permission for joining …
-
Turkey A delegation of People’s Democratic Party (HDP) headed by the Co- chair Selahattin Demirtash visited Iraqi Kurdistan and held meeting with the leader …