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Asharq Al-awsat English
March 3, 2018
Meanwhile, a Turkish court in the Kurdish city of Sanliurfa sentenced opposition lawmaker Dilek Ocalan to two years and six months in prison after finding her guilty of "terrorist propaganda." Ocalan, a member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), is the niece of the imprisoned Kurdistan ...
ReliefWeb
March 1, 2018
In Ankara, Al-Rahma International Society launched a relief campaign to Syrian refugees in the Turkish city of Sanliurfa. In a statement to KUNA, Waleed Suweilam, head of the society's office, said the campaign included aid benefited more than 500 Syrian families and 50 orphans. He stressed keenness of ...
Kurdistan24
March 1, 2018
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) - A Turkish court in the Kurdish city of Sanliurfa sentenced opposition lawmaker Dilek Ocalan to two years and six months in prison after finding her guilty of "terrorist propaganda." Ocalan, a member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), is the niece of the imprisoned ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
February 15, 2018
(One of us left the Turkish police force out of a refusal to work with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government and allow foreign fighters to pass through the southern Turkish city of Sanliurfa.) Over the past decade, Turkey has slowly developed into a country with dense pockets of support for Salafi jihadi ...
Daily Sabah
February 14, 2018
A Syrian girl holds a younger girl as the two pose near the tent they live in with their families in the southeastern city of Şanlıurfa. The girl's family is among the Syrian refugees forced to flee Raqqa.
The Nation
December 31, 1999
"The PYD chief has been arrested," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told cheering crowds in the southern city of Sanliurfa. "Our hope is the Czech Republic will hand him over to Turkey." Czech police confirmed a 67-year-old foreigner was being held after being detained on Saturday based on a Turkish ...
EURACTIV
December 31, 1999
“It will continue until the final terrorist is destroyed,” Erdogan said in the southern city of Sanliurfa. He said that Turkey had killed more than 2020 “terrorists” in the operation, but it is not possible to verify this figure. The YPG however said in a statement it was prepared to halt all military operations — except ...
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