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Turkey Releases Leading Pro-Kurdish Politician | |
2018-02-21 | |
[AnNahar] ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... on Tuesday released the former co-leader of the country's main pro-Kurdish party, the group said, after she was detained over her opposition to Ankara's offensive in northern Syria. Police nabbed Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! Serpil Kemalbay of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Ankara on February 13, two days after she handed over her job to a successor. "Our former co-leader Serpil Kemalbay has been released. Defending peace is not a crime; it is an obligation, an honour!" the party said on Twitter. Kemalbay, who still faces charges and has been placed under judicial control, will have to report regularly to the authorities and cannot leave the country, an HDP official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
At a party congress on February 11 Pervin Buldan took over Kemalbay's job. The HDP, the third-largest party in parliament, has been hit by arrests of its leaders and supporters on accusations of supporting the PKK, which the party denies. Since the offensive began in Syria, | |
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