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Turkish Delegation In Iraq For Peace Talks With Kurds

Turkish opposition party engages in peace talks with Kurdish leaders in Iraq, focusing on the PKK conflict and Ocalan's role. Complex dynamics in the regio...

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Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Party Meets Imprisoned Kurdish Leaders

Recent meetings between pro-Kurdish party members and imprisoned Kurdish leaders in Turkey signal potential progress towards resolving the longstanding con...

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Imprisoned PKK Leader Ocalan Offers Peace Contribution

Imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan expresses willingness to contribute to peace efforts in Turkey, raising hopes for a peaceful resolution in the longst...

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Jailed PKK Leader Says 'Ready' To Support Turkey Peace Drive

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is "ready to make a call" to back a new initiative by the Turkish government to end decades of conflict, Turkey's pro-Kurd party said Sunday.

International Business Times

Turkey's Pro-Kurd Party To Meet Jailed PKK Leader On Saturday

A delegation from Turkey's main pro-Kurdish DEM party is due on Saturday to visit jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving life on a prison island off Istanbul, a party source said.

International Business Times

Turkey Sacks 3 Pro-Kurdish Party Mayors Over Alleged 'Terror' Ties

Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged "terrorism" charges, despite Ankara's apparent desire to seek a rapprochement with the Kurdish community.

International Business Times

Hope still exists for Turkey-PKK detente, despite deadly attack

A push for a rapprochement, spearheaded by an unlikely source, could end a decades-long conflict.

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Turkey Opposition Protests At Mayor's Arrest For 'PKK Ties'

Turkish opposition parties protested Thursday against what they said was the politically-motivated arrest of an opposition mayor for alleged links to the banned Kurdish PKK militant group.

International Business Times

Turkey Buries Attack Victims After Striking PKK

The first Ankara attack victims were being buried Thursday, just hours after Turkey struck PKK militants in Iraq and Syria whom it blames for the assault on a defence firm that killed five.

International Business Times

Demirtas: Erdogan's Kurdish Nemesis Condemned To Prison

Languishing behind bars since 2016, Selahattin Demirtas has waged a relentless battle against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan while profoundly expanding the national appeal of his leftist pro-Kurdish party.

International Business Times

The world's biggest election year

Nearly half the world is holding elections this year — but a new report suggests democracy is in big trouble

Salon

Kurdish Protesters Managed To Stop Election Cheating in Turkey

The Turkish government tried to hand over a mayorship to someone who only got 27 percent of the vote. Residents just weren’t having it.

Reason

Turkey’s election authority reinstates pro-Kurdish mayoral election winner

Election authority reverses ejection of Kurdish winner of mayoral race in city of Van in eastern Turkey.

Al Jazeera

How is democracy measured by global indices | Explained

The Hindu examines how democracy indices are made, and why India wishes to create one of its own, following a slide in rankings of its democracy over the years

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Turkey's Electoral Authorities Deny Pro-Kurdish Mayor's Mandate

Turkey's electoral authorities deny pro-Kurdish mayor's office, sparking protests. Opposition condemns decision in local elections aftermath.

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3 Emerging Market ETFs to Watch for International Growth

With solid economic data bolstering the case for another rate hike, enhanced bond volatility, and fears about war in the Middle East, the stock market will likely witness more volatility in the upcoming months. Amid this, top emerging market ETFs WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund (DEM), SPDR S&P Emerging…

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Democracy's deep and troubled roots

Democracy was spread around the world by Europeans, a new book argues — and it often became a tool of oppression

ABC News

Santos confirms Cooper Basin pipeline explosion, as protesters converge on company AGM

The oil and gas company says it is unaware how much gas was released when a pipeline in South Australia's outback exploded in January. Meanwhile, Aboriginal traditional owners walk out of the company's AGM in Adelaide.

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Timeless review: Nigerian star Davido's new album is mostly form over substance

Nigerian Afrobeats star Davido (David Adeleke) has demonstrated himself to be a master of showboating. He is able to milk every situation to the maximum. And he did not disappoint with the recent trailer for his fourth studio album, Timeless, released on 31 March.

Salon

Is democracy turning the tide?

Eight small countries have fought back hard against authoritarianism — oh, and there's Brazil and the U.S. too

Chicago Sun-Times

To survive, democracy must have support from every American who cherishes it

Just last week, a group of historians warned President Joe Biden that today’s threats to democracy are similar to the pre-Civil War era and the homegrown sympathy for fascism before World War II.

The Hindu

As the virus of totalitarianism begins to infect India, the immune system of the Republic needs to be reinvigorated

The Hindu

Democracies on the slide

Where does India rank in the latest democracy report from the V- Dem Institute? By what variables are governments measured in this report?

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