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TURKEY’S opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) called for action from the international community today, warning of a “political lynching” after a jailed former mayor was beaten so badly she was unable to speak during a court hearing. Dilek Hatipoglu was subjected to a forced strip-search when she was transferred from Ankara’s Sinan prison to a T-Type jail in the largely Kurdish south-eastern province of Van last week. After she refused prison guards’ orders to undress at the entrance of the jail, she was taken out of sight of security cameras and assaulted by three guards, w...

Statement by Dirayet Dilan Tasdemir over visit to terrorist-dominated region of northern Iraq triggers probe - Anadolu Agency

Turkey's top appeals court approved a jail sentence against a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on terrorism charges, state media said on Friday, potentially opening the way to him being barred from parliamentary membership.

'Peoples' Democratic Party makes intensive terror propaganda during Nowruz events in SE Turkey' Aziz Aslan   | 17.02.2021 DIYARBAKIR, Turkey A surrendered terrorist in a Turkish southeastern province said the PKK/KCK terror group has hardly recruited any members in 2020. "Lately, the number of participants joining the organization has significantly dropped. There was hardly any participation to the PKK terrorist organization in 2020," the terrorist testified as part of an investigation launched by prosecutors in southeastern Diyarbakir prov...

After an earlier statement suggesting Washington didn't necessarily buy Ankara's narrative on the killings, the State Department today said that "PKK terrorists bear responsibility."