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Allowing the appointed to do away with the elected

Once again, pages of Hurriyet newspaper featured the statements of pro-government columnist Abdulkadir Selvi. Selvi has briefly stated that after upcoming local elections more local administrators would be appointed to the municipalities won by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), which maintains a stronghold the country’s Kurdish southeast. The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip […]

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Leyla Güven: More than just a politician

Leyla Güven has been in prison since January, accused of criticising the Turkish military offensive against the Syrian Kurdish district of Afrin. From behind bars she was elected as member of parliament for Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in the June 24 general elections. On June 29, a court decided to release her […]