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"The Kurdish Freedom Movement has recently shown, again, that they have the mass and popular support of the Kurdish people in Turkey…"
Village Guards in spotlight after attack
"It might be that the Turkish authorities will be forced to question the necessity of maintaining a militia – especially one so widely criticised…" By David O'Byrne
Turkey: militia reform after wedding bloodbath
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – The Turkish militia implicated in killing 44 people at a wedding in southeast Turkey could be reformed or abolished, a top government minister said Thursday after calls to rein in the heavily armed force.
NEWS ABOUT REPRESSION UPON DTP AND THE KURDS
Last month
RESULTS OF 29th MARCH LOCAL ELECTIONS
The local elections which shed light on Turkey’s political future has brought into the account process in terms of each political party. However, referring the conjuncture after the election will be unsubstantial unless evaluating political parties’ position before the election and without considers the occurred situation in the election process.
State Council Dismissed Mayor of Sur Municipality Abdullah Demirbaş
8th. division of Council of State, dismissed Mayor of Sur Municipality Abdullah Demirbaş from office and dissolved Municipal Assembly who used Kurdish in municipal services.
Abdullah DEMİRBAŞ:Former Mayor of Sur Municipality
INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN RESPECT OF THE CASE FOR DISMISSAL OF THE MAYOR AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF SUR MUNICIPALITY IN DİYARBAKIR, 10.11.2007
Common Press Statement of the Mayors of Democratic Society Party
Concerning the Dissolution of the Sur Municipal Council and Dismissal of the Mayor
TO THE ATTENTION OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
22nd of April, 2009