A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced Selahattin Demirtaş, a jailed key Kurdish politician, to 42 years in jail over his alleged role in violent protests in 2014, local media reported. Demirtaş, ...

Imprisoned Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has extended condolences to the Palestinian people for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of Hamas’s political wing. “Every life spent ...

The Committee recalled the Strasbourg Court’s findings that Demirtaş and other elected parliamentarians had been detained without sufficient evidence, emphasizing that these detentions were ...

Read full article: Several Orlando-area residents to help judge Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show ANKARA – A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced several pro-Kurdish politicians to between nine and 42 ...

“The 99 percent of Kurdish question remains unresolved without education in Kurdish,” warned BDP co-chairperson Demirtaş, signaling of an impending tight opposition. He also criticized Turkey’s ...

Languishing behind bars since 2016, Selahattin Demirtas has waged a relentless battle against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan while profoundly expanding the national appeal of his leftist ...

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ISTANBUL (AP) — A delegation from one of Turkey’s biggest pro-Kurdish political parties met a leading figure of the Kurdish movement in prison Saturday, the latest step in a tentative process to end ...

Thirty PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a symbolic ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday, two months after the Kurdish rebels ended their decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish state.