In a letter handed to BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) leader Abdullah Öcalan expressed his support for the protests that have engulfed Turkey this past week, beginning with a demonstration against the demolition of Gezi Park in Istanbul and escalating following the violent police reaction. “I…
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Category Archives: BDP
The PYD factor forces Turkey to have a peace process with the PKK
By Dr Aland Mizell: Let me be clear. I am for peace, and I support any step toward the peace process, because innocent people are paying the price. Therefore, I salute the BDP (Kurdish Peace Democratic Party), the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party), and even the Turkish government for their courage in trying to end violence…
BDP to report on latest talks with Ocalan
KT News: A delegation of three Kurdish politicians has today been meeting with the long-incarcerated PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, marking a new stage in the current peace process. BDP deputy Parliamentary Group Chair Pervin Buldan, Istanbul deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Diyarbakır deputy Altan Tan travelled from Istanbul this morning for İmralı island, where Öcalan…
BDP and PKK leadership must be involved in peace talks, says Demirtaş
KT News: Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş yesterday denied Turkish media reports that a delegation of three Kurdish politicians (Ahmet Türk, Ayla Akat and Sırrı Sakık) was about to visit jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan on his Imrali island prison. In a statement, Demirtaş said: “We request that you do not pay…
BDP deputy challenges Erdogan over METU campus police violence
By bianet: Pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputy Sebahat Tuncel yesterday submitted an official inquiry to Turkey’s Prime Minster Erdogan asking about police brutality on the METU campus in Ankara during his brief visit for the launch ceremony of the Göktürk 2 satellite on Tuesday (18 December). Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on…
BDP calls on international opinion to act on hunger strike
By ANF News Agency: Prisoners’ health rapidly deteriorating The BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) has called on international public opinion to act as the hunger strike undertaken by political prisoners in Turkey reaches a critical stage. “The AKP Government’s ongoing pressure such as detentions against Kurds and democratic people have caused a big political crisis”,…
Kurdish leaders to speak in Cape Town
By Mansoor Jaffer, KHRAG: Three leaders of the Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) in Turkey are in Cape Town this week and will speak at a Symposium organised by the Kurdish Human Rights Action Group South Africa (KHRAG). The symposium is titled “The Kurdish Question – Current situation in Turkey”. It will take place at…
‘Stop the human rights violations against Kurds in Turkey’
Press release by Kurdish National Congress of North America: On Saturday, July 14, 2012 in Diyarbakir, Turkey a peaceful march was organized by Peace and Democratic Party (BDP) and Democratic Society Congress (DTK). This march was organized for the freedom of Ocalan and the democratic solution to the Kurdish question. For a year now the…
BDP in the US condemns attacks on democratic demonstrations in Amed (Dyarbakir)
By BDP Representative Office in the US: To the US Public and Press The recent “Democratic Struggle for Freedom” demonstration organized by Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and Democratic Society Congress (DTK) on July 14, 2012 in Diyarbakir (Amed), Turkey was both banned and violently suppressed by Turkish security forces. Demonstrators gathered to deliver a…
Police brutality takes hefty toll in BDP’s Diyarbakır rally
By bianet: The branch office of the Human Rights Association (IHD) in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır has released a report detailing the incidents of police violence, official repression and rights violations that took place during the Peace and Democracy Party’s (BDP) “Democratic Resistance for Freedom” rally over the weekend. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on…
“Everyone should partake in the peace process”: Leyla Zana
By bianet.org: Independent Diyarbakır Deputy Leyla Zana held a press meeting in Parliament on Sunday following her talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the Kurdish issue. The veteran Kurdish politician’s earlier statement that PM Erdoğan could resolve the Kurdish issue had drawn sharp cricitism from various quarters within the Kurdish movement. Leyla Zana,…
“I am always on the side of peace”: Leyla Zana
News from KT: Leyla Zana, the Kurdish BDP MP who has spent more than 12 years in Turkish jails, spoke to journalists today before taking part in an unprecendented meeting with Turkish prime minister Erdogan. Leyla announced that she is on the side of peace at all times and believes the current war (between the…
BDP press release: The KCK raids against Kurdish Mayors
TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC OPINION The so-called “KCK operations” which unlawfully and politically target our party and which were started by the AKP Government after it had been defeated in the 2009 local election by our party, continue. As is well known in the public opinion, as a result of unlawful and political operations,…
KCK operations in full swing: Police detain Van Mayor
By bianet.org: Law enforcement officials took Bekir Kaya, the Mayor of the southeastern province of Van, and five other district mayors into custody yesterday, as well as 10 members of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) as part of the probe into the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK). Police conducted searches at a number of homes…
UK parliamentary delegation to Ankara reports on discussions about ‘intensified oppression’ of Kurds
By Peace in Kurdistan Campaign: A recent UK parliamentary delegation to Ankara has published a report on their findings. Jeremy Corbyn MP, Lord Hylton and Jill Evans MEP spent two days in Ankara at the invitation of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), meeting with Kurdish and Turkish representatives from the Grand National Assembly and a…
