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Amberin Zaman

Amberin Zaman

מרץ 12, 2015

Gulten Kisanak, the Peace and Democracy party candidate campaigning to be Mayor of Diyarbakir, speaks with journalists after casting her ballot in Diyarbakir on March 30, 2014, during municipal elections in Turkey ahead of a presidential vote in six months and parliamentary polls next year. Turkey's Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan, embattled by protests and corruption scandals, faced a crucial popularity test today when over 50 million eligible voters cast their ballots in local elections. More than 50 million

Pro-Kurdish demonstrators march with pictures of slain Kurdish activists Sakine Cansiz and Fidan Dogan during a protest at the Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul January 16, 2013. Three female Kurdish activists, including a founding member of the PKK rebel group, were found shot dead in Paris on Thursday, in execution-style killings condemned by Turkish politicians trying to broker a peace deal. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Kurdish Women in Turkey Struggle for Rights

Sibel Utku Bila

Sibel Utku Bila

Complaints of torture on rise in Turkey's Kurdish southeast

Pinar Tremblay

Pinar Tremblay

Members of the Kurdish community hold a banner showing the three Kurdish women, Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan, and Leyla Soeylemez (L-R) found shot dead in Paris, as they pay tribute to them in front of the Gare de l'Est railway station, in Paris January 12, 2013. Three female Kurdish activists, including a founding member of the PKK rebel group, were found shot dead in Paris on Thursday, in execution-style killings condemned by Turkish politicians trying to broker a peace deal. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (FRA

Erdogan to Continue PKK Talks Despite Paris Murders

Cengiz Candar

Cengiz Candar

KRG PM: Talk of Iraqi Kurdish independence red line for Iran, but not Turkey

Amberin Zaman

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture