Category Archives: AKP

The aftermath of Turkey’s assault on Cizre

Posted on 06/03/2016 by Ed Sykes

Prof Şebnem Korur Fincancı from the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) visited Cizre after the Turkish State’s siege of the town was eased on 2 March. She described Ankara’s assault on Cizre as follows: As someone who followed the period … Continue reading →

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Cizre, Leyla İmret, & Turkish Democracy

Posted on 12/09/2015 by Ed Sykes

The HDP co-mayor of the Cizre district of Turkey’s Şırnak Province, 28-year-old Leyla İmret, was brought into the world of politics very abruptly at an early age, with her father being killed “before her eyes” by Turkish “security forces” when … Continue reading →

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Demirtaş to Turkish PM: ‘Prove they were not civilians’

Posted on 11/09/2015 by Ed Sykes

A week on from the start of a Turkish military siege on the city of Cizre, the co-leader of Turkey’s progressive pro-peace party (the Peoples’ Democratic Party or HDP) has insisted today that at least 20 of those killed by … Continue reading →

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