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Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır

Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır

The celebrations were held in Newroz Park in the Bağlar district this year. A black stage was set up since the Newroz was dedicated to those who lost their lives in the February 6 earthquakes.

Veteran Kurdish politician says HDP will likely be closed before elections

Veteran Kurdish politician says HDP will likely be closed before elections

Ahmet Türk says Erdoğan would do anything to stay in power and the opposition should not remain silent against the repression of the HDP.

Ahmet Türk: We face the same injustice as the one during September 12 coup

KOBANÎ TRIAL

Ahmet Türk: We face the same injustice as the one during September 12 coup

Kurdish politician Türk attended the Kobanî trial via video conference: “We have faced injustice in these processes. I went through September 12 [coup]. We are faced with the same injustice despite the 50 years that have passed since then.”

21 December 2021

‘Everyone sees that politics without HDP cannot come to power’

CONFERENCE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

‘Everyone sees that politics without HDP cannot come to power’

HDP Co-Chair Mithat Sancar says that the HDP has the staff, faith and perseverance to resolve all problems of Turkey: “We insistently speak for democracy and peace; we insistently speak for peace and equality.”

27 September 2021

HDP says 'nonsensical' closure indictment not prepared by prosecutors but by ruling parties

HDP says 'nonsensical' closure indictment not prepared by prosecutors but by ruling parties

The Constitutional Court rapporteur yesterday requested the indictment to be returned for the rectification of procedural deficiencies.

Politician Ahmet Türk released on probation

KOBANI INVESTIGATION

Politician Ahmet Türk released on probation

Summoned to give a statement as part of an investigation launched into the “Kobani incidents” from six years ago, dismissed Metropolitan Co-Mayor of Mardin Ahmet Türk has been released by the judgeship with an international travel ban.

20 October 2020

Corruption in Mardin municipality after government takeover: 13 people remanded in custody

Corruption in Mardin municipality after government takeover: 13 people remanded in custody

The ousted mayor had said corruption in the municipality reached an "unprecedented level" after the Ministry of Interior replaced him with a trustee.

Open Letter to President Erdoğan: Outbreak Poses a Grave Risk to Prisons

Open Letter to President Erdoğan: Outbreak Poses a Grave Risk to Prisons

Eight politicians and intellectuals, namely Ahmet Türk, Celal Doğan, Kezban Hatemi, Nesrin Nas, Oya Baydar, Rıza Türmen, Tarhan Erdem and Zülfü Livaneli, have called on the Parliament and political parties to take action to eliminate inequality.

Ahmet Türk, Necla Yıldırım Acquitted of Charges Cited as the Reason for Their Dismissal

Ahmet Türk, Necla Yıldırım Acquitted of Charges Cited as the Reason for Their Dismissal

Replaced by state-appointed trustees, dismissed Metropolitan Co-Mayor of Mardin Ahmet Türk and dismissed Mazıdağı Co-Mayor Necla Yıldırım have been acquitted in the lawsuit that was cited as the reason for their removal from office.

17 February 2020

Newroz Investigation Against Ahmet Türk

Newroz Investigation Against Ahmet Türk

An investigation has been launched against dismissed Metropolitan Mayor of Mardin Ahmet Türk due to his Newroz speech in 2018. Deposing to the prosecutor’s office, Türk has said that he expressed his requests for peace and democracy.

17 October 2019

Dismissed Mardin Mayor Türk Investigated for Co-Chairpersonship

Dismissed Mardin Mayor Türk Investigated for Co-Chairpersonship

Permission for the investigation into HDP politician Ahmet Türk was granted four days before the appointment of the trustee.

5 September 2019

Dismissed HDP Mayors Respond to Allegations

Dismissed HDP Mayors Respond to Allegations

Dismissed Metropolitan Mayors of Van, Mardin and Diyarbakır Özgökçe Ertan, Türk and Mızraklı have attended a live TV program and responded to the allegations against them.

What was Discussed in CHP’s Diyarbakır Visit?

CHP VISIT TO DISMISSED MAYORS OF MARDİN & DİYARBAKIR

What was Discussed in CHP’s Diyarbakır Visit?

CHP MP Ali Şeker and dismissed Metropolitan Mayor of Diyarbakır Selçuk Mızraklı have spoken to bianet about the visit of CHP to Diyarbakır after three metropolitan mayors of the HDP have been removed from office by the Ministry of Interior.

26 August 2019 Ruken Tuncel

Mardin and Diyarbakır Metropolitan Co-Mayors Receive Their Certificates of Election

Mardin and Diyarbakır Metropolitan Co-Mayors Receive Their Certificates of Election

Mardin Co-Mayors Ahmet Türk and Figen Altındağ and Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Mızraklı received their certificates of election. Alökmen Uyanık, the other co-mayor in Diyarbakır, is not given her certificate upon the rejection of Supreme Election Council.

'AKP Appealed Against HDP Mayor-Elect Türk Because He is Old and Ill'

'AKP Appealed Against HDP Mayor-Elect Türk Because He is Old and Ill'

HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan has said that the ruling AKP has submitted a petition against Mardin mayor-elect Ahmet Türk, demanding the mandate be given to their candidates because Türk "is old and has health problems."

‘Ahmet Türk is Not Given His Certificate of Election as a Delaying Tactic’

AHMET TÜRK’S ADVISOR ENVER ETE

‘Ahmet Türk is Not Given His Certificate of Election as a Delaying Tactic’

Enver Ete, the advisor of Ahmet Türk who has been elected as the Metropolitan Mayor of Mardin according to unofficial election results: “They don’t want re-election, what they want is to take the mayorship from Türk and give it to the candidate of AKP."

10 April 2019 Hikmet Adal

Barzani Meets With Ahmet Türk, Sırrı Sakık

Barzani Meets With Ahmet Türk, Sırrı Sakık

President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Barzani, Ahmet Türk and Sırrı Sakık had a meeting yesterday discussing about how to get back to the spirit of 2013 when the peace negotiations had started.

27 February 2017

Ahmet Türk Released

Ahmet Türk Released

Mardin Criminal Judgeship of Peace on Duty has ruled that Mardin Metropolitan co-Mayor Ahmet Türk be released.

3 February 2017

No Life Threat for Ahmet Türk Being Jailed, Says Forensic Medicine

No Life Threat for Ahmet Türk Being Jailed, Says Forensic Medicine

Mardin Metropolitan co-Mayor Ahmet Türk is fit to continue to serve a prison sentence despite his health issues, according to a report from the Istanbul Forensic Medicine Institution. The report says Türk’s imprisonment does not constitute a “life threatening situation”.

3 February 2017

Mardin Co-Mayor Ahmet Türk Taken into Hospital

Mardin Co-Mayor Ahmet Türk Taken into Hospital

Mardin Metropolitan Co-Mayor Türk has been taken into a hospital from Elazığ Prison in order to have the examinations related to his medical condition completed. The results will be sent to the Forensic Medicine for evaluation.

25 January 2017 Ayça Söylemez

Ahmet Türk Transferred to Elazığ Prison from Silivri

Ahmet Türk Transferred to Elazığ Prison from Silivri

Arrested after being discharged from Mardin Co-Mayor position, Ahmet Türk has been transferred to Elazığ Prison from Silivri Prison where he was being kept.

16 January 2017

Message from Selahattin Demirtaş, Ahmet Türk

Message from Selahattin Demirtaş, Ahmet Türk

Meeting with the CHP delegation, HDP’s imprisoned Co-Chair Demirtaş has said that he didn’t go abroad despite knowing that he would be arrested, and imprisoned Mardin Co-Mayor Türk said “I am prepared for everything as long as peace is achieved in these lands”.

2 December 2016

Ahmet Türk Arrested

Ahmet Türk Arrested

Relieved of Mardin Co-Mayorship, Ahmet Türk has been arrested.

25 November 2016

Ahmet Türk, Artuklu Mayor Emin Irmak Detained

Ahmet Türk, Artuklu Mayor Emin Irmak Detained

Mardin's suspended Co-Mayor Ahmet Türk and Mardin’s Artuklu district’s Co-Mayor Emin Irmak have been taken into custody.

21 November 2016

Thousands Commemorate in Roboski, Demand for Justice

Thousands Commemorate in Roboski, Demand for Justice

Thousands of demonstrators assembled in Roboski village this morning, commemorating the death of 34 civilians after a Turkish military air strike exactly last year.

28 December 2012

Aysel Tuğluk Still Facing Dozens of Years in Prison

Aysel Tuğluk Still Facing Dozens of Years in Prison

Trials against Kurdish politicians Aysel Tuğluk and Ahmet Türk, Co-Chairs of the Democratic Society Congress, are still pending in Ankara and Diyarbakır. Tuğluk is facing 70 years behind bars in the Diyarbakır trial and another five years from the Ankara procedures.

25 March 2011 Emir Çelik

Status as Member of Parliament not Restored for Kurdish Politicians

Status as Member of Parliament not Restored for Kurdish Politicians

The application of Kurdish politicians Aysel Tuğluk and Ahmet Türk to restore their status as members of parliament was dismissed. Both politicians were subjected to a five-year political ban after the ban of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party in 2009.

21 March 2011 Ekin Karaca

Trial on Seven Speeches of Kurdish Politician Postponed

Trial on Seven Speeches of Kurdish Politician Postponed

Ahmet Türk, former Co-Chair of the banned Democratic Society Party, is facing imprisonment of up to 45 years in a trial regarding seven different speeches. The case was postponed to 16 June for the preparation of the final speech of the prosecution.

Several Approaches - No Concrete Steps

KURDISH QUESTION

Several Approaches - No Concrete Steps

Tahmaz from the Turkish Peace Parliament thinks that the government is not going to take concrete steps towards a solution of the Kurdish question before the election in 2011. Kurdish politician Türk wants the armed forces of the PKK to withdraw from the region. Retired military judge Kardaş suggests withdrawing the Turkish Armed Forces.

30 September 2010 Erhan Üstündağ

Congress Declaration Entails Investigation over Kurdish Politicians

DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY CONGRESS

Congress Declaration Entails Investigation over Kurdish Politicians

An investigation has been launched over six people including Kurdish politicians Türk and Tuğluk, co-chairs of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK). The probe is based on the report of results issued after the DTK Permanent Assembly's meeting.

23 September 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Kurdish Politicians meet Talabani on Cooperation Talks

KURDISH QUESTION

Kurdish Politicians meet Talabani on Cooperation Talks

A delegation from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Congress and the Peace and Democracy Party met Kurdistan Patriots Association leader Talabani to talk about cooperation in solving the Kurdish question with all Kurdish parties involved.

7 September 2010 Erhan Üstündağ

DTK Announced 5 Steps to Resolve Kurdish Question

KURDISH QUESTION

DTK Announced 5 Steps to Resolve Kurdish Question

Democratic Society Congress Co-Chair Türk stated that with the ceasefire announced by the PKK, the military operations should be stopped as well. He listed 5 steps to be taken to resolve the Kurdish problem, a "democratic autonomy is a project of voluntary unity".

24 August 2010 Tolga Korkut

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