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"Faux News Part of Psychological Warfare Against the Kudish Rebels?"
"Faux News Part of Psychological Warfare Against the Kudish Rebels?"
Turkish state channel TRT claimed that the head of Kurdish rebels, Murat Karayılan had been arrested in Iran. The news had been falsified. BDP co-chair Demirtaş condemns the incident.
15 August 2011
Ağrı KCK Trial: Prison Sentences of almost 92 Years
Ağrı KCK Trial: Prison Sentences of almost 92 Years
Eleven people who stood trial in the scope of the KCK case in Ağrı were sentenced to imprisonment of 91 years and eleven months in total. The court did not hear their defence speeches because the defendants requested to speak Kurdish at the hearing.
16 June 2011
35 People in Custody, Tens of Thousands of People Protest
SOUTH-EASTERN TURKEY
35 People in Custody, Tens of Thousands of People Protest
35 people were taken into custody in an operation regarding the investigation into the Union of Kurdistan Communities (KCK). About 20,000 people took the street for a protest march from Hakkari to Van. They continued the demonstration in a sit-down protest.
26 April 2011 Nilay Vardar
Pro- Kurdish Candidates Allowed To Run in Elections
Pro- Kurdish Candidates Allowed To Run in Elections
Six of the seven independent candidates barred from standing in June elections by the electoral authority win the battle following fierce protests that left one dead by police shot.
22 April 2011
12 Independent Candidates Barred from General Election
12 Independent Candidates Barred from General Election
The Supreme Election Board excluded twelve independent candidates from running for the general election in June. The candidates support the pro-Kurdish BDP. Political parties and NGOs criticized the decision, thousands of people protested all over the country.
20 April 2011
"Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block must be Continued"
INTERVIEW WITH ERTUĞRUL KÜRKÇÜ - PART 1
"Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block must be Continued"
BİA Project Coordinator Kürkçü is the Mersin MP candidate for the Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block affiliated to the Peace and Democracy Party for the general elections in June. Read here the first part of an interview with Kürkçü held by bianet reporter Nilay Vardar.
12 April 2011 Nilay Vardar
Sit-Down Strike of Kurdish People in Diyarbakır
Sit-Down Strike of Kurdish People in Diyarbakır
The Foreign Affairs Department of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party issued a press release on their sit-down strike in Diyarbakır, a Kurdish-majority city in south-eastern Turkey.
24 March 2011
Kurdish in Parliament Potential Reason for Shutting down BDP
PEACE AND DEMOCRACY PARTY
Kurdish in Parliament Potential Reason for Shutting down BDP
When President Gül was asked about BDP members speaking Kurdish in parliament, he replied that according to the current legislation this was a potential reason to shut down the Peace and Democracy Party.
16 December 2010 Burçin Belge
KCK Trial Starts with Protests
KCK Trial Starts with Protests
151 Kurdish politicians and rights defenders will appear at court for the first time on 18 October in the scope of the KCK trial. The case is being observed by many local and international organizations. Some defendants face life sentences.
18 October 2010 Erhan Üstündağ
Politician Birdal: 10 Newspapers Seized 27 Times in 2009
Politician Birdal: 10 Newspapers Seized 27 Times in 2009
BDP deputy Birdal stated that both the Turkish Criminal Law and the Anti-Terror Law are being used to restrict freedom of expression. He said that the parliament carries the responsibility of solving this situation as soon as possible.
15 October 2010 Erhan Üstündağ
8 People Arrested in Urfa
KCK OPERATION
8 People Arrested in Urfa
The BDP provincial co-chair is among 8 people arrested in Urfa on 5 October. Lawyer Benek stated the arrests were based on insignificant wiretapped telephone conversations. BDP MP Bininci said his party is being "terrorized".
6 October 2010 Erhan Üstündağ
54 Pro-Kurdish Mayors Acquitted of "Propaganda" Charges
54 Pro-Kurdish Mayors Acquitted of "Propaganda" Charges
The Diyabakır 5th High Criminal Court acquitted the 54 mayors who were tried for calling the militant PKK the "Kurdish opposition". The mayors had been facing prison sentences but the court followed the final plead of the prosecution.
15 September 2010 Erol Önderoğlu
BDP Demands the Silencing of Weapons
KURDISH ISSUE
BDP Demands the Silencing of Weapons
Co-Presidents Demirtas and Kisanak, who made a statement following the BDP meeting, said: “We call on the state, the government and the PKK to silence the weapons, so that the way for negotiations may be cleared.” BDP also called on the media to use a language of peace.
11 August 2010
Unrest against Kurdish Population in Hatay
Unrest against Kurdish Population in Hatay
Four police officers were killed in an attack on a police car in the south-eastern city of Dörtyolu; the party building of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party was burned; shops owned by Kurds were demolished. Tension is still rising high in the region.
28 July 2010 Tolga Korkut,Erhan Üstündağ
3 Journalists Attacked in 2 BDP Demonstrations
3 Journalists Attacked in 2 BDP Demonstrations
A plainclothes police officer allegedly provoked an assault on journalists Eskin and Kaplan when they were covering a demonstration in Istanbul. Journalist İş was attacked by a plainclothes police officer in the province of Mardin when he followed another protest action.
20 July 2010 Erol Önderoğlu
Kurdish Politician Investigated for Call to Refuse Military Service
Kurdish Politician Investigated for Call to Refuse Military Service
The Batman prosecutor launched an investigation into Peace and Democracy Party group deputy chair Yıldız under charges of "alienating the public from military service". He had publicly called to refuse military service.
23 June 2010 Erhan Üstündağ
MP Kaplan: Systematic Plan against Kurdish Students
MP Kaplan: Systematic Plan against Kurdish Students
Peace and Democracy Party Şırnak MP Kaplan described the "Action Plan" sent to universities by the Council of Higher Education as "Five-Year Medium-Term Plan" aimed at "systematically arresting and detaining Kurdish university students.
31 May 2010 Semra Pelek
Kurdish Initiative Continues: 120 Detentions
KCK OPERATIONS
Kurdish Initiative Continues: 120 Detentions
The police and the gendarmerie carried out operation against the Kurdish umbrella organization KCK in several cities all over Turkey. More than 120 people were taken into custody - most of them are university students and members of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party.
26 May 2010 Erol Önderoğlu
Political Party Closure Article Dropped
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PACKAGE
Political Party Closure Article Dropped
The article that should make it more difficult to shut down a political party was dropped from the constitutional reform package. With 327 votes it did not pass the threshold of 330 votes, though the ruling AK Party held a total of 335 votes.
4 May 2010 Tolga Korkut
Loss of Membership of Parliament Lifted
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PACKAGE
Loss of Membership of Parliament Lifted
After three days of constitutional sessions, amendments on collective bargaining, the right to strike and lockout, closure of political parties, public autidorship, loss of membership of the parliament and regulations regarding the General Administrative Board passed through parliament.
23 April 2010 Tolga Korkut
BDP Politicians in the Sight of the Judiciary
BDP Politicians in the Sight of the Judiciary
An Ankara Court decided once more to bring BDP Istanbul MP Tuncel to court by compulsion. Siirt Mayor Sadak was sentenced to imprisonment of 10 months in a single session because of pictures the 2010 calendar. DTK Co-Chair Dicle faces prison sentence of up to 20 years.
19 April 2010 Erol Önderoğlu
Disproportionate Police Intervention after Attack on Kurdish Politician
POLICE VIOLENCE
Disproportionate Police Intervention after Attack on Kurdish Politician
A 14-year-old had his cheek bone broken when he was dragged along by the police in Hakkari. His family filed a complaint about the police officers. The Peace and Democracy Party and the Human Rights Foundation call for the suspension of the Governor and the Chief of Police.
15 April 2010 Semra Pelek
1,483 DTP Members Detained for 1 Year without Indictment
KURDISH QUESTION
1,483 DTP Members Detained for 1 Year without Indictment
Demirtaş, Co-Chair of the Peace and Democracy Party, criticized the ongoing detention of 1,483 Kurdish politicians, local executives and rights defenders in the context of "KCK operations". "In eight years, we saw nothing but cruelty from AKP", he said.
14 April 2010 Erhan Üstündağ
Pro-Kurdish Politician Türk Attacked
Pro-Kurdish Politician Türk Attacked
Ahmet Türk, former co-chair of closed Democratic Society Party, was attacked after a court hearing in Samsun. Türk was taken to hospital and underwent surgery because his nose was broken.
13 April 2010 Burçin Belge,Erhan Üstündağ
"Relations between Media and Politics should be Revealed!"
"Relations between Media and Politics should be Revealed!"
In the context of the events around the 1997 Military Memorandum, BDP MP Birdal criticized the prosecutors for their impassiveness. In a press conference in the Parliament he demanded to investigate previous and current relations between journalists and the military.
26 March 2010 Erhan Üstündağ
Thousands of People Demonstrated for PKK Leader Öcalan
Thousands of People Demonstrated for PKK Leader Öcalan
Thousands of people in several cities organized demonstrations on the 11th anniversary of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan's extradition to Turkey. BDP members voiced their protest against arrests of party members due to the "KCK operation". Clashes occurred in several cities.
16 February 2010 Tolga Korkut
Dozens of BDP Members Arrested - Again
OPERATION AGAINST BDP
Dozens of BDP Members Arrested - Again
In operations carried out in eleven provinces last weekend the police arrested more than 100 people, most of them members of the Peace and Democracy Party. Of all people arrested in Hakkari, 15 persons were taken into detention.
15 February 2010 Erol Önderoğlu
New Co-Chairs for Peace and Democracy Party
New Co-Chairs for Peace and Democracy Party
The Peace and Democracy Party elected two new co-chairs at an extraordinary party congress. MP Demirtaş is the former president of the Human Rights Foundation Branch of Diyarbakır; journalist Kışanak is co-ordinator of social projects of the Bağlar Municipality.
2 February 2010 Tolga Korkut
Yaman from DTP: 800 Kurdish Politicians Arrested in One Year
Yaman from DTP: 800 Kurdish Politicians Arrested in One Year
Peace and Democracy Group Chairman Yaman said: "The AKP government takes revenge by arresting mayors of the provinces they did not win in the elections". He urged the government to stop the operations.
27 January 2010 Burçin Belge
Yaman from DTP: 800 Kurdish Politicians Arrested in One Year
Yaman from DTP: 800 Kurdish Politicians Arrested in One Year
Peace and Democracy Group Chairman Yaman said: "The AKP government takes revenge by arresting mayors of the provinces they did not win in the elections". He urged the government to stop the operations.
27 January 2010 Burçin Belge
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