Turkish parliament speaker, DEM Party to meet amid peace process legal framework push

Pro-Kurdish groups in Turkey have urged Ankara to implement a legal framework to oversee the peace process with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) ahead of the parliamentary summer recess.

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DEM Party condemns ‘racist and sexist’ remarks made against MP protesting NATO summit

“You cannot stop NATO opponents this way. You are soldiers of Israel, you are soldiers of America. We are also humans,” said DEM Party Burcugul Cubuk during an altercation with Turkish security forces amid anti-NATO summit protests in Ankara.

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Kurds in Turkey await reforms as Erdogan advances peace process

A legal framework for the Ankara-PKK peace process is set to be submitted to the Turkish parliament soon, paving the way for the advancement of the process which has been stalled due to differences in positions.

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DEM Party says CHP headquarters raid ‘shameful and unacceptable’

In a statement following the visit, Bakirhan warned that “democracy in Turkey is once again facing a political crisis,” adding that the police violence recorded during the unfolding events “is simply shameful and unacceptable.”

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DEM Party calls for Turkish commission to investigate forced disappearances

"The Turkish Penal Code should explicitly define enforced disappearance as a crime against humanity, and it should be legally stipulated that there can be no statute of limitations for crimes against humanity, with this provision being applied retroactively," the DEM Party said.

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Ocalan stresses democratic process, rejects armed struggle on peace call anniversary

"A democratic society, democratic consensus, and integration are the building blocks of the mindset of the positive period. The positive phase excludes methods of struggle based on coercion and violence," said PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.

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Roughly 100 minors detained for pro-Rojava protests in Turkey: DEM Party

The pro-Kurdish party said that many of the under-18s faced "physical violence" and were prevented from speaking with lawyers following their detention.

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DEM Party criticizes focus on ‘terrorism’ in Turkey’s PKK peace process report

"The Kurdish issue cannot be described with the concept of ‘terrorism,’" the DEM Party said in a statement. "It is not a one-dimensional problem in terms of its root causes; it is a matter of rights and freedoms with a political, social, economic, cultural, and historical background."

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DEM Party urges concrete peace process steps in ‘important’ Erdogan meeting

“During the meeting, the shared will to continue the process with determination was reaffirmed,” read a statement from the DEM Party on Thursday. 

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