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Social Media Interrupted In Turkey After Crackdown
Internet users in Turkey were on Friday experiencing severe difficulties accessing social media after the country was plunged into new turbulence by the detention of its main pro-Kurdish leaders, correspondents and a watchdog said.
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EU 'Extremely Worried' Over Turkey's Arrest Of Kurdish MPs
The EU is very concerned by Turkey's arrest of leaders and MPs from the country's main pro-Kurdish party and has contacted Ankara on the issue, the bloc's foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said Friday.
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Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Opposition Would Not Support Death Penalty: Spokesman Ayhan Bilgen
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) would not support any proposal put to parliament on the reintroduction of the death penalty following a failed coup attempt, party spokesman Ayhan Bilgen told Reuters.
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Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Opposition Would Not Support Death Penalty
Turkey'spro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) would not support any proposal put to parliament on the reintroduction of the death penalty following a failed coup attempt, party spokesman Ayhan Bilgen told Reuters.
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Turkish President Blasts Autonomy Call By Kurdish Party As 'Treason'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today blasted a call by a leading Kurdish politician for autonomy for the country's Kurdish minority as "treason."
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No Talks On Constitution With 'Disrespectful' Pro-Kurdish Party: Turkey PM
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said today that it would not be appropriate to have discussions with the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) over a new constitution because of its "disrespectful" comments.
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Turkish PM Excludes Kurdish Party From Talks On New Constitution
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu today rejected holding talks with Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party over a new constitution because of the "disrespectful" attitude of its leadership.
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Russian Foreign Minister Hosts Pro-Kurdish Party Leader For Syria Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today hosted Turkey's pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas for talks on the Syrian conflict and Moscow's potential support for Kurdish groups fighting ISIS.
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Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Party Leader To Visit Moscow This Week
The leader of Turkey's opposition pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples' Party (HDP) will meet Wednesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow for talks aimed at reducing tensions after the downing of a Russian warplane by Turkish forces, the party said today.
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Turkish Journalists' Arrests Draws Protests Home, Abroad
Around 2,000 people protested today over the arrest of two prominent journalists on charges of espionage and terrorist propaganda, a case that has revived long-standing criticism of Turkey's record on press freedom under President Tayyip Erdogan.
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Turkey Kurdish Party Says Leader Escapes Assassination Attempt
The prominent co-chairman of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party was targeted by an assassination attempt while travelling in his official vehicle but escaped unharmed, the party said today.
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Turkey Returns to Single-Party Rule After AKP Election Sweep
Turks woke today to a country once again under single-party rule, after the Justice and Development Party regained its parliamentary majority in a surprise election sweep that strengthens the hand of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Turkey's Kurds See Fear Behind Election Setback
Turkish police fired tear gas against protesters in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir on Sunday after an election that saw President Tayyip Erdogan's hold on the country tightened and the main pro-Kurdish party almost voted out of parliament.
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Pressure on State as Islamic State Links to Bombing Deepen in Turkey
Two weeks after more than a hundred people were killed in an Ankara bomb attack, Turkey is still unravelling clues that suggest the Islamic State group was responsible, fuelling opposition anger over an apparently enormous security lapse by the government.
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For Ankara Attacks Survivor, The Nightmare Isn't Over
Bahadir Demircan, 37, a survivor of the double suicide bombing in Ankara, finds it hard to express the horror he experienced and struggles to imagine how he can carry on.
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Social Media Interrupted In Turkey After Crackdown
Internet users in Turkey were on Friday experiencing severe difficulties accessing social media after the country was plunged into new turbulence by the detention of its main pro-Kurdish leaders, correspondents and a watchdog said.
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EU 'Extremely Worried' Over Turkey's Arrest Of Kurdish MPs
The EU is very concerned by Turkey's arrest of leaders and MPs from the country's main pro-Kurdish party and has contacted Ankara on the issue, the bloc's foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said Friday.
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Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Opposition Would Not Support Death Penalty: Spokesman Ayhan Bilgen
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) would not support any proposal put to parliament on the reintroduction of the death penalty following a failed coup attempt, party spokesman Ayhan Bilgen told Reuters.
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Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Opposition Would Not Support Death Penalty
Turkey'spro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) would not support any proposal put to parliament on the reintroduction of the death penalty following a failed coup attempt, party spokesman Ayhan Bilgen told Reuters.
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Turkish President Blasts Autonomy Call By Kurdish Party As 'Treason'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today blasted a call by a leading Kurdish politician for autonomy for the country's Kurdish minority as "treason."
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No Talks On Constitution With 'Disrespectful' Pro-Kurdish Party: Turkey PM
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said today that it would not be appropriate to have discussions with the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) over a new constitution because of its "disrespectful" comments.
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Turkish PM Excludes Kurdish Party From Talks On New Constitution
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu today rejected holding talks with Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party over a new constitution because of the "disrespectful" attitude of its leadership.
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Russian Foreign Minister Hosts Pro-Kurdish Party Leader For Syria Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today hosted Turkey's pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas for talks on the Syrian conflict and Moscow's potential support for Kurdish groups fighting ISIS.
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Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Party Leader To Visit Moscow This Week
The leader of Turkey's opposition pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples' Party (HDP) will meet Wednesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow for talks aimed at reducing tensions after the downing of a Russian warplane by Turkish forces, the party said today.
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Turkish Journalists' Arrests Draws Protests Home, Abroad
Around 2,000 people protested today over the arrest of two prominent journalists on charges of espionage and terrorist propaganda, a case that has revived long-standing criticism of Turkey's record on press freedom under President Tayyip Erdogan.
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Turkey Kurdish Party Says Leader Escapes Assassination Attempt
The prominent co-chairman of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party was targeted by an assassination attempt while travelling in his official vehicle but escaped unharmed, the party said today.
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Turkey Returns to Single-Party Rule After AKP Election Sweep
Turks woke today to a country once again under single-party rule, after the Justice and Development Party regained its parliamentary majority in a surprise election sweep that strengthens the hand of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Turkey's Kurds See Fear Behind Election Setback
Turkish police fired tear gas against protesters in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir on Sunday after an election that saw President Tayyip Erdogan's hold on the country tightened and the main pro-Kurdish party almost voted out of parliament.
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Pressure on State as Islamic State Links to Bombing Deepen in Turkey
Two weeks after more than a hundred people were killed in an Ankara bomb attack, Turkey is still unravelling clues that suggest the Islamic State group was responsible, fuelling opposition anger over an apparently enormous security lapse by the government.
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For Ankara Attacks Survivor, The Nightmare Isn't Over
Bahadir Demircan, 37, a survivor of the double suicide bombing in Ankara, finds it hard to express the horror he experienced and struggles to imagine how he can carry on.
