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Key Kurdish politician gets 42 years in jail over 2014 Turkish riots
dpa international via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA Turkish court on Thursday sentenced Selahattin Demirtaş, a jailed key Kurdish politician, to 42...
Turkey convicts former pro-Kurdish party officials over 2014 Kobani protests
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 month agoANKARA (Reuters) -A Turkish court sentenced former pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas to...
Jailed Kurdish leader quits active politics after party slips in Turkey election
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA jailed Kurdish leader said on Thursday he was withdrawing from active politics and called on his...
After Jailing Their Leaders, Erdogan Courts Kurdish Kingmakers
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- Selahattin Demirtas is the most prominent Kurdish inmate in Turkey, vilified by the...
Turkey sentences pro-Kurdish politicians to lengthy prison terms over deadly 2014 riots
Euronews via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA Turkish court on Thursday sentenced dozens pro-Kurdish politicians to between nine and 30 years in...
Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize for fight against oppression of...
NBC News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoJailed Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for...
3 killed in shooting at Kurdish center in Paris
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe scene in Paris following a shooting at a Kurdish cultural center. AP Photo/Lewis Joly Three were killed and at least three others injured in a...
Kurds, anti-racism groups gather after deadly Paris shooting
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMembers of France's Kurdish community and anti-racism activists joined together in mourning and...
Syrian Kurdish authorities hand over a British woman and 3 children linked to IS to a UK delegation
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoA British woman and three children linked to the militant Islamic State group in Syria were handed...
Jailed pending trial, pro-Kurdish politician loses seat in Turkish parliament
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA member of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party lost her seat in parliament for missing several sessions, the Official Gazette showed on Friday, after she was jailed pending trial on terrorism ...