This year’s Newroz festival in Diyarbakir drew huge crowds with one hope: to finally find a political solution to the decades-long conflict in the Kurdish region. A Newroz message from the imprisoned ...

The 51-year-old Demirtas is one of Turkey's best-known Kurdish politicians. As the former co-chairman of the pro-Kurdish HDP party, he ran against incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...

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TURKEY’S pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) party announced a boycott of parliament yesterday over the arrest of its co-chairs and seven MPs. In the south-eastern city of Diyarbakir, ...

"The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) wanted to enlist Russia’s support very much because a true civil war has broken out in southeastern Turkey. The Kurds need external support," Bagdasarov ...

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Russia on Monday extradited a former representative of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Erbil to Turkey after denying his asylum request.

The 51-year-old Demirtas is one of Turkey's best-known Kurdish politicians. As the former co-chairman of the pro-Kurdish HDP party, he ran against incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...

Tens of thousands of people across Turkey have been protesting against the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu - the main political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Protesters have been ...

The 51-year-old Demirtas is one of Turkey's best-known Kurdish politicians. As the former co-chairman of the pro-Kurdish HDP party, he ran against incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in ...