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Court Asks Serbia to Delay Extraditing Wanted Kurd to Turkey
The European Court for Human Rights, in an interim measure adopted on Wednesday, asked Serbia not to extradite S.O, a Turkish citizen of Kurdish origin, sentenced to life in Turkey for membership of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, BIRN has learned.
Turkey to never accept accusations in US report: Official
Turkey would never accept the accusations in a U.S. report on trafficking in persons, a party spokesman said on July 7.
Pro-Kurdish Turkish Rights Activist and Politician Released from Prison
Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu. Photo: Gergerlioglu's personal archieve
"We are right, we are strong and we will win. We have won with resistance." Gergerlioglu said defiantly at a press conference held at the HDP headquarters in Ankara on Tuesday night.
Turkish, Russian leaders discuss bilateral ties over phone
The presidents of Russia and Turkey spoke over the phone on June 24 and discussed bilateral ties, tourism, the Sputnik V vaccine, Nagorno-Karabakh region and Syria, official statements said.
Turkey’s Pro-Kurdish Party Blames Govt for Deadly Attack
Supporters shout slogans against the government at a march protesting the arrest of People's Democratic Party HDP parliamentarians in Istanbul, June 18, 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA
According to the HDP, the man fired several times, damaging the building and then took party staffer Deniz Poyraz hostage and later killed her.
Turkey condemns YPG/PKK terror attack on hospital in Afrin
Turkey on June 12 condemned an attack by the terror group YPG/PKK on a hospital in Afrin, northern Syria which killed at least 13 civilian patients and injured dozens.
In a statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry "strongly" condemned the attack and its perpetrators, including one of the YPG/PKK's other aliases, the so-called SDF.
6 PKK terror suspects held in Turkey
Turkish security forces on May 23 arrested six PKK terror suspects in the capital Ankara and northwestern Istanbul province.
Turkish police carried out simultaneous operations at 14 places in Ankara and Istanbul on May 21 to arrest terror suspects. A former official of the People's Democratic Party (HDP) was among the suspects.
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Turkey summons Swedish envoy 'for meeting terrorists'
Turkey on April 20 summoned Sweden's envoy to strongly condemn recent meetings between Swedish high-level officials and terrorists, according to diplomatic sources.
Turkey mourns soldiers killed in Syria
Turkish cabinet members, political party representatives, and presidential officials offered their condolences late on April 7 to the families of soldiers who were killed in the Operation Olive Branch zone in northern Syria by the PKK terrorist organization.
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Turkey Takes Steps to Outlaw Pro-Kurdish Party
HDP supporters at an anti-government march after the arrest of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democtaric Party HDP parliamentarians, 18 June 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA
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