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Opinion
Pressure on HDP good for Turkey and Kurds

15 September 2019
By Burhanettin Duran
Kurdish mothers are cursing the PKK, the HDP and their 'Kurdistan cause' today. History won't kindly judge any politician who fails to live up to their responsibilities.
Opinion
Deeds, not words, matter in Istanbul

11 September 2019
By Burhanettin Duran
The CHP's electoral alliance with the Good Party (İP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) scored victories in Istanbul and Ankara, breathing new life into Turkey's political opposition. Opposition figures are not yet over the anger that built up over many losing election cycles, but they have become cocky in light of recent wins.
Opinion
To stop PKK terrorism, acknowledge the plight of Kurdish parents

9 September 2019
By Burhanettin Duran
The Kurdish mothers' protest in Diyarbakır teaches valuable lessons to the opposition, which is busy playing the three monkeys and seeing no evil

US must cut YPG ties over abduction of Kurdish...
9 September 2019 By Kılıç Buğra Kanat
For the last two weeks, the news of a group of Kurdish mothers protesting the abduction of their children by the PKK has dominated the headlines in Turkey. It all started a few weeks ago when Hacire Akar launched a sit-in protest in front of the pro-PKK Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) headquarters in Diyarbakır, over the abduction of her youngest son.
PKK’s dirty gamble with Kurdish youth
7 September 2019 By Talha Köse
Hacire Akar, a mother from Diyarbakır, is the symbol of a new protest movement against the PKK terrorist organization and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey. Her 22-year-old son Mehmet was taken to the HDP building in Diyarbakır by some of his "friends." To her dismay, she learned that her son joined the ranks of the PKK.