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21 politicians sentenced to over 6 years in prison each
In the final hearing of the lawsuit against politicians, 21 people were sentenced to 6 years and 3 months each, while 3 people were sentenced to 1 year and 3 months each. -
Climate activist Greta Thunberg: The Kurds’ right to freedom and autonomy must be respected
Greta Thunberg described her impressions after travelling through northern Kurdistan and called for the recognition of the right of the Kurds to freedom and autonomy. -
Lawyer Has: Police in London are posing as Turkish prosecutors
Lawyer Ali Has said that police in London are posing as Turkish prosecutors by asking about political cases in Turkey. -
Kurds in London condemn attacks on Kurdish Community Centre
British police on Wednesday raided the London Kurdish Community Centre and the homes of many Kurdish patriots and politicians. -
Kurds terrorised by the British police in London resist
The British police terrorised Kurds during raids in London, breaking doors with sledgehammers and using violence. The police also attacked Kurdish protests and detained many. -
British police raid the Kurdish Community Centre and patriots' houses in London
In London, the Kurdish Community Centre was raided and Kurdish patriots were detained by the police on Wednesday. -
Growing support for the ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’ campaign in Argentina
At the congress of the Meeting on Memory, Truth, Justice held in Buenos Aires over the weekend, participants condemned the dirty war against the Kurdish people and demanded freedom for Abdullah Öcalan. -
DEM Party Co-Chairs apply to visit Öcalan in İmralı
DEM Party Co-Chairs Tuncer Bakırhan and Tülay Hatimoğulları applied to the Ministry of Justice for a meeting with Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. -
Öcalan's lawyers apply to visit their client in Imrali
Lawyers from Asrın Law Office applied to the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the Prison Directorate to meet with Abdullah Öcalan. -
New police operations in various cities, many people taken into custody
In new police operations carried out in the cities of North Kurdistan and Turkey, many people were taken into custody, including Peyas municipality co-mayor Cengiz Dündar and MKG President Roza Metina. -
ÖHD: 261 people taken into custody after appointment of trustees in Mardin, Batman and Halfeti
ÖHD announced the violations in the protests that started after the usurpation of Mardin, Batman and Halfeti municipalities. It was reported that 261 people were taken into custody and 57 were arrested in the protests. -
Elected French officials express solidarity with the Kurds against usurpation of municipalities
At the traditional Féte de L'Humanite Bretagne organised by PCF, elected French politicians, municipal councillors and students expressed their solidarity with the Kurdish people and condemned the usurpation of their municipalities by the government. -
31 bar associations call for respect for the will of the electorate and the rule of law
31 bar associations made a joint statement against the usurpation of Dersim and Ovacık municipalities and demanded an immediate reversal of this unlawful decision and respect for the will of the electorate and the rule of law. -
KCDK-E: Trying to silence the Kurdish people with occupation and trustees is a futile endeavour
KCDK-E calls for strong participation in all protests on 25 November against the usurpation of municipalities and the trustee politics that also targets the co-presidency system and women's will. -
Paris City Council condemns ongoing repression of Kurdish mayors
The Paris City Council made a significant decision in response to the ongoing repression of Kurdish mayors in Turkey. -
DBP calls on everyone to support the elected representatives of the people in usurped municipalities
Making a statement against the usurpation of municipalities, the DBP Central Executive Board said: “We call on all our people and democratic organizations to support the elected representatives of the people.” -
DEM Party protests usurpation of Dersim and Ovacık municipalities
The DEM Party protested the usurpation of Dersim and Ovacık municipalities and said: "It is a futile imposition, people will never surrender. We call on all democratic forces to protest this usurpation." -
Dersim Municipality turned into a police station
Dersim Municipality was usurped by the AKP-MHP fascist regime. Now the building has been cordoned off by concrete barriers. -
Dersim co-mayor Orhan calls on people to resist the usurpation of municipality
Dersim Municipality co-mayor Birsen Orhan was replaced by a government-appointed trustee. She said: “They occupied Dersim in 1938. Today they are occupying our municipality. They are invaders! We call for struggle.” -
People continue to wait in front of Ovacık Municipality
The police blockade and the people's vigil continue in the usurped Ovacık Municipality. Mayor Mustafa Sarıgül said: "This government is an enemy of its own country." -
People bring down police barricades in Dersim
People’s resistance against the usurpation of Dersim Municipality is growing. The barricades set up by hundreds of police brought from Ankara have been brought down. -
The municipalities of Dersim and Ovacık usurped by the government
Tunceli Governor Bülent Tekbıyıkoğlu was appointed in place of Dersim Co-Mayors Cevdet Konak and Birsen Orhan, and district governor Hüseyin Şamil Sözen was appointed in place of Ovacık Mayor Mustafa Sarıgül. -
FED-KURD calls on Germany to end the criminalisation policies against the Kurdish people
Stating that Germany's raid against the Kurdish Community Centre in Bremen was unlawful, FED-KURD called for ‘an immediate end to the systematic oppression of the Kurdish people's demands for freedom’. -
Police officer who murdered Şerzan Kurt receives a reduced sentence of 5 years in prison
In the case of Şerzan Kurt, the court sentenced the police officer who murdered him in 2010 to 5 years and 2 months in prison. -
DEM Party visits YRP in Ankara
DEM Party co-chairs Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan visited New Welfare Party Chairman Fatih Erbakan in Ankara.