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A total of 103 retired navy admirals on Saturday issued a declaration criticising the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over its stance on the Montreux Convention, a key international convention governing vessel traffic through the Turkish straits.
The ex-admirals signed the criticism of the government for questioning the future of the Montreaux Convention, saying that the 1936 treaty was a guarantee of peace in the Black Sea, which Turkey borders along with Russia and Ukraine, in their declaration published on secular-nationalist news network Veryansın TV.
The declaration also accused the government of Islamising the army, citing an active-service rear admiral’s visit to the leader of an orthodox Islamic congregation.
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The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party faces renewed pressure in Turkey amid rising calls for its closure and recent court decisions that could see one of its lawmakers removed from parliament.
Turkey: Prosecutor requests lifting of immunity from pro-Kurdish MPs
Nine members of the HDP, including its co-leader, have been accused of inciting violence during a 2014 protest
HDP co-chairs Pervin Buldan (3rd R) and Mithat Sancar (2nd L) hold a press conference with MPs outside parliament in Ankara on 1 October 2020 (AFP) By Published date: 19 February 2021 15:13 UTC | Last update: 1 month 3 weeks ago
Turkish prosecutors have requested that nine MPs of the pro-Kurdish People s Democracy Party (HDP) have their parliamentary immunity removed, opening the way for their arrest over protests in 2014.
The request comes amid soaring tensions between the HDP and Turkey s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), following a row over the government s handling of a hostage crisis that saw 13 Turkish citizens killed by Kurdish militants last week.
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Turkish Armed Forces ended a military operation in the Gara region of northern Iraq, targeting Kurdish forces after the death of 13 kidnapped Turks, including military and police personnel, who were executed by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) according to Turkish officials.
Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said that 48 PKK militants were killed during the military operation against the PKK, while three Turkish soldiers were killed and three others wounded.
Launched on Feb. 10, Operation Claw Tiger 2 was aimed at securing Turkey’s border and find citizens who had been kidnapped previously, Akar said.
Six soldiers and two police officers, kidnapped in separate incidents more than five years ago, are among those identified as killed in a cave in northern Iraq, the Malatya Governor’s office said. Officials are working to identify the remaining three people.