Son of Kurdish writer Cegerxwîn dies of Coronavirus
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- 09:35 28/3/2020
Kurdish poet and writer Cegerxwîn’s son Keyo Hassan Cegerxwîn died at the age of 84 in Stockholm as a result of a coronavirus infection.
Kurdish poet and writer Cegerxwîn’s son Keyo Hassan Cegerxwîn died at the age of 84 in Stockholm as a result of a coronavirus infection.
Co-mayor of the HDP-run Halfeli town in Iğdır province, Hasan Safa, was detained on March 23 and replaced by a trustee appointed by the government.
The co-chair of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Leyla Güven appeals to the South Kurdistan government to lift the embargo on the Maxmur refugee camp immediately.
The families of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and other prisoners in İmralı applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to visit their imprisoned family members.
Batman Municipality Co-Mayors Songül Korkmaz and Mehmet Demir, who were released yesterday after 4 days in custody, were taken in handcuffs to the prosecutor. The co-chairs said that the people who should be testifying were not themselves but the Minister of the Interior and the Governor of Batman who violated the Constitution.
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Women's organizations reacting to the execution arrangement said that they did not accept that sexual offenders being included in the remission.
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