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Members of the Kurdish community shout slogans as they take part in a protest calling for the release of convicted Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan in Diyarbakir on June 28, 2026
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Kurds rally in Turkey's southeast for jailed PKK leader

Thousands gathered in Turkey's Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir to demand the release of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.

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28 June, 2026
Honorary Chairman of the Koc Holding Rahmi Koc (R) gives a plaquet to TUSIAD's ongoing President Cansen Basaran-Symes (L) for having her term of office completed during 47th General Assembly meeting of Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD) at Four Seasons Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey on January 12, 2017.
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Turkey probes billionaire businessman over Kurdish woman joke

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06 June, 2026
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Syria offensive in northeast leaves Turkey's Kurds on edge

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 January, 2026
July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day Commemoration ceremony
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Turkey forms panel to oversee PKK disarmament

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 August, 2025
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Turkey: Kurdish areas not yet ready to believe in peace process

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 July, 2025
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PKK eyes 'democratic integration' in Turkey

Dana Taib Menmy
04 July, 2025
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Kurdish PKK holds 'successful' meeting on disbanding, disarming

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 May, 2025
Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party Diyarbakir Provincial Co-Chair Pinar Sakik Tekin (M) is seen reading the protest statement. Kurdish opposition party, Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Diyarbakir Provincial Organization and Free Women's Movement (TJA) protested the detention of several people, including Kurdish women journalists Derya Us and Nurcan Yalcin, in Diyarbakir, Sanliurfa and some others cities in Turkey with a press statement.
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Erdogan meets pro-Kurdish politicians to end 40-year conflict

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 April, 2025
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Turkey: Over 30 charged after protest against mayor removal

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 November, 2024
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Turkey, Iraq sign accord on cooperation amid anti-PKK operations

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 August, 2024
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Turkey police raid pro-Kurdish outlets, detain journalists

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 October, 2022
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Turkey remands 16 journalists on 'terror' charges

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 June, 2022
Turkey's Jailed Kurdish Singer dreams of being free
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Music unites: Jailed Kurdish singer supported by Pink Floyd

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Zubeyir Koçulu and Maaz İbrahimoğlu

29 April, 2022
Meet the Turkish municipality leader saving dozens of girls from child marriage
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Meet the Turkish leader saving girls from child marriage

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Marwa Koçak

04 February, 2022
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Top Turkish court puts pro-Kurdish party on trial

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 June, 2021
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Turkey kills top Kurdish commander

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 May, 2021
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Kurdish rebels killed in clashes with Turkish army

The New Arab & agencies
25 September, 2015