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Tulin Daloglu

Tulin Daloglu

Jul 7, 2014

People take part in a gathering to celebrate Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year in Istanbul March 23, 2014. Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) called on the Turkish government on Friday to create a legal framework for their peace talks, whose fate is looking increasingly uncertain a year after he called a ceasefire by his fighters. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY) - RTR3I8YF — People take part in a gathering to celebrate Newroz, in Istanbul, March 23, 2014. — REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Protestors with flags of Kurdistan scuffle with policemen in plain clothes during a May Day demonstration in Istanbul, Turkey, May 1, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - LR1EC510RJ66T

Turkish judiciary toughens stance on ‘Kurdistan’ groups

Mahmut Bozarslan

Mahmut Bozarslan

Co-chairs of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag (R), are flanked by fellow lawmakers as they attend a news conference at the entrance of the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, May 20, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTSF6OZ

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Fehim Tastekin

In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics

New party linked to Barzani makes play for Turkey’s Kurds

Fehim Tastekin

In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics

A picture taken on August 19, 2014 in Diyarbakir shows a statue depicting Mahsum Korkmaz , one of the founders of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), surrounded by Turkish armoured vehicles. One person was killed and two were wounded in the clashes that erupted when a group of protesters gathered at the cemetery to prevent security forces from removing the statue. Mehdi Taskin, 24, died at Dicle University Medical Faculty Hospital after reportedly being shot in the head. AFP PHOTO/ILYAS AKENGIN

Turkish military police remove statue of PKK militant

Tulin Daloglu