Diyarbakir
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Turkey's infamous Diyarbakir prison empties for museum makeover / Andrew Wilks
Diyarbakir prison, a symbol of torture and oppression for decades in Turkey, has finally closed to be made into a museum, but some activists see whitewashing on its bloodstained walls.
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An exhibit meant to showcase Kurdish suffering provoked a furor instead
Dozens of brightly painted coffins marked with the initials of dead Kurdish civilians were laid out on the upper battlements of an ancient fortress. A wall of street signs bearing the names of other victims and a towering pile of rubber shoes recalled the thousands killed or imprisoned during decades of conflict.
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Police intervenes in HDP protest in Istanbul, detains people
Turkish police on Sunday detained a number of people protesting against an attack on a pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) office in Istanbul, Gazete Karinca news site reported.
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Wildfires inflamed anti-Kurdish sentiment in Turkey / Alin Ozinian
Last week’s forest fires sweeping across the eastern Mediterranean not only showed Turkey’s vulnerability in the fight against global warming and in its climate policies but also the growing tendency to embrace nationalist conspiracy theories.
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Erdogan's game plan for next election involves Kurdish vote / Pinar Tremblay
As Erdogan’s dependency on Kurdish votes becomes more urgent, violence and other oppression against Kurds are on the rise.
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Erdogan seeks to salvage Kurdish support as poll numbers sag / Mahmut Bozarslan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Turkey’s largest Kurdish-majority city is seen as a sign of his recognition of how crucial the Kurdish vote will be in his bid for reelection in the next polls.
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Biji serok Erdogan! / Aydin Selcen
The select crowd gathered in Diyarbakır saluted President Erdogan over the weekend. Why now and does Erdogan's move dovetail into his recent domestic and foreign policy moves?
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HDP ended Kurdish peace process, Erdogan claims in Diyarbakir visit
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the Kurdish city of Diyarbakir on Friday, to attend the inauguration ceremony for a series of projects, Mezopotamya Agency reported.