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Turkey Today – 31.03.2025\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kurdish Political Leader Abdullah \u00d6calan met with family members on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, marking a rare visit permitted at \u0130mral\u0131 Island Prison. Three other prisoners on the island were also allowed family visits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MHP and the DEM Party exchanged Eid al-Fitr greetings for the first time on the second day of the holiday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mahir Polat, Deputy Secretary General of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, had undergone an angioplasty after he was transferred to hospital due to illness in Silivri Prison. Polat was sent to prison again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Izmir Bar Association announced that traces of beating and force were found in the young people arrested for participating in Imamo\u011flu protests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHP Istanbul MP and Group Deputy Chair G\u00f6khan G\u00fcnayd\u0131n announced on his social media account that the judge who did not issue an arrest warrant during the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality operation has been dismissed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 24 -30 March 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 30.03.2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the ceasefire declared by the Kurdistan Workers Party on 1 March, Turkey’s attacks against the Kurdistan Region of Iraq continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharing his Eid message, President Erdo\u011fan said, “Our global, regional and domestic dynamics offer us a more favourable ground for the successful conclusion of such a process than ever before.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presidential Advisor Mehmet U\u00e7um targeted the street protests that have been going on since 19 March: “Nihilist acts of civil disobedience are aimed at chaos.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former CHP Chairman Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu visited Istanbul Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, who is under arrest in Silivri Prison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 29.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Turkish parliament has received requests to lift the immunity of 11 members of parliament, mainly in connection with allegations of terrorism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mehmet Pehlivan, Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu’s lawyer, was arrested yesterday. Pehlivan was released today on judicial control measures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swedish journalist Joakim Medin from the Dagens ETC newspaper was arrested in Turkey for “terror organization membership” and “insulting the president.” He was sent to Maltepe Prison in Istanbul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Istanbul, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to demand the release of imprisoned and dismissed mayor Ekrem Imamo\u011flu and early elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday Mothers gathered at Galatasaray Square in week 1044 and demanded the fate of Ali Karag\u00f6z, who disappeared under custody in 1993. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 28.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During house raids in Ankara and Istanbul several people were detained including journalists Elif Bayburt and Nisa Sude Demirel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BBC correspondent Mark Lowen was deported from Turkey after following the protests against the arrest of Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seven individuals, including a journalist, have been released under judicial supervision after being detained during a protest in Bal\u0131kesir. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RT\u00dcK), has issued a 10-day broadcast suspension for pro-opposition S\u00f6zc\u00fc TV over its coverage of protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A woman detained during protests in \u0130stanbul following the arrest of Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu has stated that she was subjected to physical abuse and sexual harassment by police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 26.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice Minister Y\u0131lmaz Tun\u00e7 stated that Abdullah \u00d6calan’s family had applied to go to \u0130mral\u0131 and said, “It will be evaluated within the scope of the rights of convicts.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the Central Executive Board of the Education and Science Workers’ Union were placed under house arrest for a week as part of the investigations launched after the union decided to stop work for a day to support the academic boycott of university students following the arrest of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Association for Freedom of Expression announced that 12 women’s organisations and platforms were banned from accessing X accounts on the grounds of their virtual media posts following the investigation into the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hearing of the case against 10 people including Kerboran Co-Mayor Asya Gezer was adjourned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0130stanbul’s city council has elected CHP deputy mayor Nuri Aslan as new acting mayor following the arrest and suspension of Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 25.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister of Interior Ali Yerlikaya announced that 1,418 people were detained in 6 days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seven journalists who reported on the recent mass protests against the government have been remanded in custody. The judiciary accuses them of taking part in the officially banned demonstrations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Bolu high security prison, 33 political prisoners continue to serve time despite having served their sentence because they have been arbitrarily refused release – in some cases for years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cansu Karyemez, Women’s Secretary of E\u011fitim-Sen Branch No. 3, was suspended for giving a lecture on gender equality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atat\u00fcrk Boulevard, which has the highest traffic density in K\u0131z\u0131lay neighbourhood in \u00c7ankaya district of Ankara, was closed to traffic as protests were expected to be held at night. Turkey Today – 24.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey bombed the village Shakiro near Ain Issa in Northern Syria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 lawyers, including \u00d6zkan Y\u00fccel, former Chair of Izmir Bar Association, are detained in house raids and at the police headquarters where they went to meet their detained clients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several journalists covering the protests were detained in house raids in Istanbul and Izmir in the morning hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was announced that some metro and bus stops in K\u0131z\u0131lay and METU areas in Ankara will be closed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Istanbul Governorate announced that it has filed a criminal complaint against the members of the Newroz Organising Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classes were boycotted in many universities against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. A racist group attacked students at Ankara University Cebeci Campus.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 17 -23 March 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 23.03.2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Interior announced that Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and Beylikd\u00fcz\u00fc Mayor Mehmet Murat \u00c7al\u0131k were suspended from office and a trustee was appointed to \u015ei\u015fli Municipality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0130stanbul Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu’s replacement will be elected by city council on 26 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

48 of 89 people detained through the investigation against Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality were arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Turkish airstrike not far from the Ti\u015fr\u00een Dam has killed a Syrian Democratic Forces fighter and injured another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hundreds of thousands of people attended the Newroz celebrations in \u0130stanbul. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Association of Contemporary Lawyers (\u00c7HD) announced that its X accounts were blocked.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 22.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was revealed that most of the accusations against Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu and his advisor Murat Ongun were based on secret witness statements.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Istanbul Governorate announced that the roads around the Istanbul Courthouse where Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu will testify are closed to traffic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The procedures of 12 students who were detained for protesting the operation against Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality have ended. They will be referred to the courthouse tomorrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday Mothers gathered at Galatasaray Square in week 1043 and asked for the perpetrators of Hasan Ocak, who was murdered under custody 30 years ago.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 21.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the lawsuit filed against the Istanbul Bar Association, the court ruled for the dismissal of bar association president \u0130brahim Kabo\u011flu and board members over statement on killed Kurdish journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0130stanbul Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, who has been in custody as part of two ongoing investigations involving corruption and terrorism-related charges, is now the subject of a new probe concerning daycare centers run by the metropolitan municipality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHP chair \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel has announced that the party will hold an extraordinary congress on 6 April. The move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unrestricted access to major social media and messaging platforms in Turkey was restored early today, 42 hours after restrictions were imposed following \u0130mamo\u011flu’s detention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that 326 individuals, including 72 abroad, were identified on suspicion of “inciting the public to hatred and enmity” and “incitement to commit crimes” due to their posts about \u0130mamo\u011flu’s detention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hundreds of thousands celebrated Newroz in Diyarbak\u0131r. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 20.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within the scope of the operation against Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB), the assets of Murat Ongun, Chairman of the Board of Directors of IBB Medya A.\u015e., were seized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM Party Co-Chairperson T\u00fclay Hatimo\u011fullar\u0131 and the accompanying delegation visited Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality regarding the detention of Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHP Chair \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel stated that they will be in Sara\u00e7hane again today to support Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu and called on all people in Istanbul to participate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the ceasefire, Turkey’s attacks on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq continue.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newroz celebrations were held in many cities today with the participation of tens of thousands of people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 19.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The judiciary does not take orders or instructions from anyone. Judicial rulings are binding for all, and there are no privileges before the law,” Tun\u00e7 asserted, criticizing public calls for protests and references to a “coup” targeting the oppositon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As \u0130stanbul Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu and more than 100 others were detained, Turkey has imposed widespread restrictions on social media and messaging platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the raids were going on across the city, the \u0130stanbul Governor’s Office banned all public gatherings and demonstrations between Mar 19 and 23. It cited “protecting public order” and “preventing potentially provocative actions” as the reason for the ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addressing hundreds of thousands of people in Sara\u00e7hane, CHP Chairman \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel called on them to stand up on Sunday and said, “I invite 86 million people to object, to raise their voices, to convince those next to them, to struggle, to stand up.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 18.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0130stanbul University has revoked the diploma of \u0130stanbul Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, a move that could prevent him from running in Turkey\u2019s next presidential election scheduled for 2028. Under Turkish law, candidates for the presidency must hold at least a university degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM Party Co-chair Tuncer Bak\u0131rhan said that they had applied to the Ministry of Justice to meet Abdullah \u00d6calan before Newroz. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawyers reported that the wardens raided the wards in Van High Security Prison and beat the prisoners on the ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ece \u00dcner, a news anchor for Halk TV, was taken to the courthouse today for questioning after being summoned by prosecutors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 17.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM co-chairs Tuncer Bak\u0131rhan and T\u00fclay Hatimo\u011fullar\u0131 held talks in the Turkish parliament with representatives of the ruling AKP party and its coalition partner MHP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kurdish local politician Nezir Budak from the Democratic Regions Party was arrested in A\u011fr\u0131 on Monday on terror charges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Den Hond, a Belgian journalist living in France, was deported from Istanbul where he travelled to follow Newroz.Stating that the attacks and pressures against them increased after Abdullah \u00d6calan’s call, prisoners in Silivri Type L Prison No 5 interpreted the attacks as provocations against the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 10 – 16 March 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 16.03.2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey continues to attack the Tishreen Dam area in Northern Syria. A wheat storage in Sirin was also destroyed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump, President Erdo\u011fan asked for the finalisation of the F-16 procurement process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cemil Bay\u0131k, Co-President of the KCK Executive Council stated that “Abdullah \u00d6calan’s call for an end to the armed struggle offers the entire region the chance of lasting change. However, the transformation of this call into a peace process depends on steps taken by Turkey.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawyer Esra Bilen stated that Bilge Aksu, one of the imprisoned journalists, has a recurrence of gout and Mehmet U\u00e7ar has been subjected to various violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 15.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pervin Buldan, a member of the \u0130mral\u0131 Delegation, stated in a TV programme that Erdo\u011fan suggested to S\u0131rr\u0131 S\u00fcreyya \u00d6nder to hold the meeting with him after the Eid and said “We have some preparations”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IHD demanded the release of prisoners Mehmet Emin Vural and Abdulmenaf Ayta\u00e7 whose health conditions deteriorated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday Mothers gathered at Galatasaray Square in week 1042 and demanded justice for Yusuf Eri\u015fti, who was arrested 34 years ago and never reappeared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who lost their lives in the massacres in Gazi and \u00dcmraniye on 12-15 March 1995, in which 22 people were murdered and hundreds of people were wounded, were commemorated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 14.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A court has acquitted 46 people who were detained during the Saturday Mothers\/People\u2019s 700th-week gathering in \u0130stanbul\u2019s Galatasaray Square in 2018. The defendants were charged with \u201cparticipating in unlawful meetings and marches and refusing to disperse despite warnings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey will closely track how the recently signed agreement between the Syrian interim government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) plays out on the ground, a National Defense Ministry official has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If a process is to begin, ill prisoners must first be released,” said Mehmet \u015eerif Demir, member of the Central Council of the Turkish Medical Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Businessperson Mehmet Cengiz, the owner of Cengiz Holding, has filed a criminal complaint against 26 journalists from the pro-opposition S\u00f6zc\u00fc newspaper, accusing them of various offenses related to their reporting on him and his company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 13.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking about Abdullah \u00d6calan’s “Call for Peace and Democratic Society”, H\u00fcseyin K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fckbalaan, Co-chair of IHD, stated that the government must be respond to the call with a radical democracy package in order for the process to end in peace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Minister of National Defence Ya\u015far G\u00fcler and Head of National Intelligence Service Ibrahim Kal\u0131n went to Damascus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey once again shelled the area around the Tishrin Dam and villages in Sirrin city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An analysis of website traffic shows that conglomerate and pro-government media benefit significantly more from Google searches and its News app than independent outlets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 12.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Halise Aksoy, to whom the body of her son Agit Ipek was delivered in a postal package, was sentenced to prison solely on the basis of witness statements, although the Supreme Court prohibits such practices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM Party \u0130mral\u0131 Delegation requested an appointment with President Erdo\u011fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkish warplanes bombed the village of Xeseq in Sir\u00een in Northern Syria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was stated that Istanbul Mayor Erem \u0130mamo\u011flu was not given a hall in Erzincan after Kastamonu and Trabzon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

bianet\u2019s Diyarbak\u0131r correspondent Evrim Deniz has filed a criminal complaint after facing online harassment over a photograph she shared on Women’s Day. The photo featured a protest sign condemning discrimination, violence, and harassment against LGBTI+s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 11.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proceedings for lifting the immunity of 9 MPs, including DEM Party and CHP MPs, were sent to the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, President Erdo\u011fan said that Turkey was advising Syrian authorities to help ease tensions and welcomed interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s commitment to punishing those who acted outside the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHP Chairman \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel said about the agreement between the QSD and the Syrian interim government, “We find it right to support the interim government in a way to protect the territorial integrity of Syria. We follow it with cautious optimism.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Berkin Elvan, who was shot in the head with a gas canister fired by the police during the Gezi resistance, was commemorated at his grave on the 11th anniversary of his death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 10.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday MHP chair Devlet Bah\u00e7eli issued a statement on the PKK\u2019s ceasefire announcement, calling it “neither correct, nor balanced, nor appropriate.” He insisted that the group must “lay down arms immediately and unconditionally” and “hand over its bloody weapons to the Republic of Turkey.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Istanbul court has accepted the indictment seeking up to five years and three months in prison for top business group T\u00dcS\u0130AD\u2019s President Orhan Turan and executive \u00d6mer Aras on the charge of “publicly spreading misleading information.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evrim Deniz, bianet correspondent in Diyarbak\u0131r, has been faced online threats and harassment after sharing a photo from a Women\u2019s Day rally in the city.Human rights defencers say the first step in the new process must be the release of ill prisoners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 3 -8 March 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 08.03.2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities in Istanbul’s Beyo\u011flu district banned all events, citing public order concerns ahead of the Feminist Night March planned in Taksim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thousands gathered in Istanbul for feminist night march. As demonstrators began to leave the march at the end through a police corridor, several women were surrounded by security forces. Many were handcuffed and taken into custody.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prosecutors have sought up to 15 years in prison for ten municipal officials, accusing them of PKK ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday Mothers gathered for 1041st time at Istanbul\u2019s Galatasaray Square and sought justice for Ali I\u015f\u0131k who was forcibly disappeared under custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 07.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The indictment against CHP Esenyurt Mayor Ahmet \u00d6zer, who was replaced by a trustee, was accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey backed SNA forces continue its attacks around the Tishreen Dam in northern Syria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IHD Van Branch Co-chair Mehmet Salih Coskun said for the ongoing process on the Kurdish issue to proceed in a healthy way, the Anti-Terror Law must be amended and the ECtHR’s “right to hope” ruling for Abdullah \u00d6calan must be implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a recent parliamentary committee meeting, deputy chair of Turkey’s media watchdog, RT\u00dcK, announced, “We have declared 2025 as the year of combating LGBT.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 06.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dumlu High Security Prison No. 2 found many books “objectionable” even though there was no recall order against them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey continue its military operations targeting the Kurdistan Region of Iraq despite the call of Abdullah \u00d6calan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran and Turkey summoned each other\u2019s envoys after Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned Tehran against destabilizing Syria, calling its reliance on militias \u201cdangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parliament has approved the first 13 articles of a cybersecurity bill that allows home searches with post-search approval. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A source from Turkey\u2019s Defense Ministry told Reuters that Turkey could take part in a potential peacekeeping mission in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 05.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Turkey, 30 left-wing trade union members have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism. The umbrella organisation KESK has criticised the arrests as intimidation aimed at suppressing industrial action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edirne Governor Yunus Sezer has said that Turkey began constructing an 8.5-kilometer wall on the Greek border as part of the first “physical security measures” on the western border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kurdish writers Mevl\u00fct Ayko\u00e7, Sami Tan and Ronayi \u00d6nen were detained on the grounds of Hinker, a banned Kurdish education book written in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM Party Co-Chairs Tuncer Bak\u0131rhan and Tulay Hatimo\u011fullar\u0131 will visit CHP on 10 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 04.03.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0130stanbul Bar Association President \u0130brahim Kabo\u011flu and several board members appeared in court today over a statement they issued regarding the killing of journalists Naz\u0131m Da\u015ftan and Cihan Bilgin in northern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Interior announced that arrested Beykoz District Municipality in Istanbul Mayor Alaatting K\u00f6seler has been dismissed from office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former Evrensel newspaper Managing Editor Gorkem Kinaci and newspaper owner Kursat Yilmaz were sentenced to 10 months in prison each for “slander”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Turkish court on March 4 acquitted five broadcasters from the opposition Halk TV channel, regarding their coverage of a phone call with expert witness S.B. after Istanbul’s mayor raised allegations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 03.03.2025The Turkish army and its allies continue to bombard populated areas South of Kobane intensively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM Party spokesperson Ay\u015feg\u00fcl Do\u011fan, after three days of internal discussions, shared the party\u2019s commitment to peace and democratic dialogue, emphasising their readiness to take action in response to the recent call by Abdullah \u00d6calan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MHP Chair Devlet Bah\u00e7eli called Tuncer Bak\u0131rhan, Pervin Buldan, S\u0131rr\u0131 S\u00fcreyya \u00d6nder and Ahmet T\u00fcrk, who were part of the \u0130mral\u0131 Delegation, separately after the meeting with Abdullah \u00d6calan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An operation was organised by the Financial Crimes Police against Istanbul Medya A\u015e, a subsidiary of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, on the grounds of tenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The arrest requests for O\u011fuzhan Y\u00fccesoy, the defendant in the rape case of a 15-year-old child in \u015eirnak, who was the governor’s bodyguard, were rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM Party submitted a bill to the Parliament to declare 8 March International Women’s Day as an official holiday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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