They’re guilty of signing a declaration to denounce and ask to stop the violence perpetrated by the Turkish army against the leaders of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party – PKK. It’s a declaration urging a peaceful solution to the almost centuries-old conflict in the south-east between Turkey and the PKK, which is considered to be a terrorist
Istanbul, Turkey – 10:20, local time. An explosion rocked the most prominent tourist district of the Turkish city, Sultanhamet, home to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Camii, in Turkish). Una foto pubblicata da LifeGate (@lifegate) in data: 12 Gen 2016 alle ore 07:02 PST According to authorities, the blast killed at least 10
The Justice and Development Party (AKP) led by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has won the parliamentary elections of the 1st of November against all odds. All polls in fact indicated the AKP not exceeding 40%, whilst official results said Erdogan’s party won 49.4% of votes. It gained 316 out of 550 seats, being thus able to
The region that includes Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and part of Turkey, where Kurds claim autonomy or even independence in the name of a greater Kurdistan, has been the focus of international attention for decades. The journalist Ferruccio de Bortoli shines a light on the issue ahead of the Turkish parliamentary elections on the 1st of
A pochi giorni dalle elezioni legislative, due tv critiche nei confronti del presidente Erdoğan sono state assaltate e oscurate dalle forze dell’ordine.
Turkish general elections have been held on 7 June, but since then no single political party, or bloc of allied parties, managed to create a government. Therefore, the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on new elections on 1 November, in order to solve the political stalemate. Who knows if he ever imagined that such stalemate
È drammatico il bilancio dell’attentato subito il 10 ottobre, a tre settimane dalle elezioni, da migliaia di militanti pacifisti curdi nel centro della capitale turca.
