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…
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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…
Leyla Zana and hunger strikers at European Parliament
By GUE/NGL (European United Left/Nordic Green Left European Parliamentary Group): This morning the President of the European Parliament, Mr Martin Shulz, met Mrs Leyla Zana – European Parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought holder and Member of the Turkish Parliament – in Strasbourg. They discussed the political situation in Turkey and the Kurdish issue.You…
BDP Washington office expresses concern over Newroz celebrations in Turkey
By Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Representation in the USA: To the US Public and Press: Newroz, the Kurdish New Year as well as a common tradition of peoples going across countries in the Middle East and Central Asia, coincides with the spring equinox of March 21. It is normally celebrated during the 3rd week…
