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Pro-Kurdish lawmakers stage protest in Turkey's parliament to denounce the ouster of a new mayor
Houston Chronicle· 2 days agoMore than a dozen legislators from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party staged a demonstration in parliament...
Armed Syrian Kurdish women stand guard over precious wheatfields
AFP via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoHolding a weapon in one hand and fixing her scarf with the other, Yasmine Youssef patrols one of...
Turkey convicts pro-Kurdish party mayor for militant ties
Reuters· 1 day agoA Turkish court sentenced a pro-Kurdish party mayor in southeast Turkey to nearly 20 years in prison on Wednesday over links to militants, local media reported. Mehmet Siddik ...
Turkey jails ousted pro-Kurdish mayor for nearly 20 years | Fox 11 Tri Cities Fox 41 Yakima
FOX 11/41 Yakima· 1 day agoA court in Turkey jailed Wednesday a pro-Kurdish mayor for 19 and a half years for “terrorism”, his lawyer said, a ruling denounced as a “coup d’etat” by his party. Mehmet ...
Turkey arrests pro-Kurdish mayor two months after election
Reuters· 4 days agoPolice detained a pro-Kurdish party mayor in southeast Turkey on Monday over alleged militant links and he has been replaced by the state governor, the interior ministry said ...
Turkey's defense minister says planned elections by Syrian Kurdish groups are 'unacceptable'
ABC News· 3 days agoPlans by U.S.-backed Kurdish groups to conduct local elections in northern Syria are “unacceptable”...
Turkish drone strikes in Syria kill 4 U.S.-backed fighters, wound 11 civilians, Kurdish group says
Associated Press via AOL· 6 days agoTurkish drone strikes in northeastern Syria on Friday evening killed four U.S.-backed fighters and wounded 11 civilians, the Kurdish-led force said. The strikes on areas held ...
Lawmakers brawl in Turkish parliament over pro-Kurdish mayor's detention
Reuters· 2 days agoLawmakers from Turkey's ruling AK Party and the pro-Kurdish DEM Party brawled in parliament's general assembly on Tuesday over the detention and replacement of a DEM Party mayor in southeast Turkey.