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Thu, 02 May 2024 17:21
Daily News : 02 May 2024
02/05/2024 – #DailyNews – #MedyaNews 📍 Turkey’s main opposition leader Özgür Özel is scheduled to meet with Turkish President Erdoğan on Thursday, a month after the ruling AKP’s historic defeat in local polls. Commentators speculate over the impact of the controversial face-to-face engagement on the state of democracy in the country. 📍 Following […]
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Thu, 02 May 2024 13:56
Turkey’s top leaders to meet face-to-face in battle of democracy, dictatorship
Anticipation rises in Turkey ahead of Thursday’s historic meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Özgür Özel, at the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters, 16:00 local time. Commentators have speculated over the agenda, with the opposing leaders’ diverging interests, and on the […]
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Thu, 02 May 2024 12:19
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan strongly opposes delays to parliamentary elections in Iraqi Kurdistan
The Political Bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) has reaffirmed its strong objections to further delays to parliamentary elections in Iraqi Kurdistan. The Bureau stated that it “strongly rejects any authoritarian endeavours and speculations regarding an agreement among the parties to delay the parliamentary elections slated for June 10th, 2024. The PUK reaffirms […]
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Thu, 02 May 2024 12:08
DEM Party calls for closure of vocational centres, establishment of Children’s Ministry
In response to the ongoing child exploitation issues in vocational training centres (Mesleki Eğitim Merkezleri or MESEM) in Turkey, the pro-Kurdish party has demanded the closure of them and urged for the establishment of a Children Ministry to address systemic abuses. “MESEM should be closed and a Children’s Ministry should be established,” asserted İhsan Seylan, […]
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Thu, 02 May 2024 11:06
Rojava University lecture – Hamit Bozarslan: ‘Kurds and Palestinians must control their own fate
The Kurdish and Palestinian people must become the subjects of their own political fate if they’re to overcome statist violence and exploitation by external powers, Professor Hamit Bozarslan has said in the latest Freedom Lecture at Rojava University. The lecture, which touched on several recent issues including Israel’s war on Gaza, Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing of […]
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Thu, 02 May 2024 10:29
Human Rights Association urges overhaul of Turkey’s electoral system
Turkey’s top rights watchdog has spotlighted extensive human rights violations both before and after 31 March local elections, including manipulated voter registrations, strategic relocations of specific demographics to influence votes, and numerous incidents of violence and suppression targeting political parties and their affiliates. “Around 44,000 ghost voters have been identified, jeopardising election integrity,” stated Hüseyin […]
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Thu, 02 May 2024 10:01
Kurdish leader condemns selective moralism of international community amid Turkish attacks in Syria
Ilham Ahmed, co-chair of the Foreign Relations Department of the Kurdish-led Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), has expressed deep concerns over the global neglect of the Kurdish region in Syria amid ongoing Turkish military operations targeting civilian infrastructures. These attacks, according to a recent UN report, may constitute war crimes. “Attacks […]
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Thu, 02 May 2024 08:46
Hamas extends gratitude to far-right Turkish leader for supportive remarks
Hamas publicly expressed gratitude towards Devlet Bahçeli, leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), for stating: “Hamas is not a terrorist organisation.” Hamas described Bahçeli’s remarks as valuable and principled, and “an extension of the noble Turkish people’s unique position on supporting the Palestinian people’s struggle for liberation and independence.” Turkish President Recep Tayyip […]
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Thu, 02 May 2024 07:58
Detained Kurdish journalist endures the same abuses she previously reported
Detained Kurdish journalist Esra Solin Dal endures the very same abuses her professional work exposed, Eren Keskin, co-chair of Turkey’s top rights watchdog the Human Rights Association (İHD) has said. “Currently, Solin Dal is in solitary confinement,” reported Keskin, after visiting the imprisoned journalist at Bakırköy Women’s Prison on Tuesday. Esra Solin Dal, a Kurdish […]
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Thu, 02 May 2024 06:36
Kurdish opposition questions government secrecy at Turkey’s İmralı Island Prison
Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit, Deputy Group Chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, challenged the Turkish government’s secretive practices at İmralı Prison, suggesting undisclosed, questionable operations behind its stringent isolation measures. Koçyiğit directly challenged the Turkish government in Parliament, asking, “What are you hiding in İmralı?” Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan […]
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