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HDP: 300 Village Guards Are Being Hired

HDP: 300 Village Guards Are Being Hired

Peoples’ Democratic Party Group Interim Chairman Idris Baluken submitted a parliamentary inquiry regarding the reasons for hiring village guards in Bingöl and Elazığ during the resolution process.

İHD Releases Withdrawal Report

İHD Releases Withdrawal Report

IHD’s report puts forward facts and recommendations on a variety of issues including guerrilla withdrawal, new headquarter constructions, security dams, village guard system, attempts to return to villages and mine fields.

17 September 2013

UN Asks Turkish Government About Children Tried as Terrorists

UN Asks Turkish Government About Children Tried as Terrorists

The Committee on the Rights of the Child is expecting an explanation from the Turkish government by 3 August.

25 June 2009 Erhan Üstündağ

Parliamentary Report Blames Lack of Education for Murders

Mardin Village Massacre

Parliamentary Report Blames Lack of Education for Murders

A parliamentary report on the murder of 44 people in a village in Mardin questioned the role of the gendarmerie and blamed a general lack of education for the tragedy.

1 June 2009 Tolga Korkut

“Many Reasons for The Massacre, Yet Root Cause is Denial of Kurds"

Sociologist İsmail Beşikçi on Mardin massacre

“Many Reasons for The Massacre, Yet Root Cause is Denial of Kurds"

Dr. Beşikçi argues that the massacre of 44 people in a village in Mardin cannot be blamed only on feudalism, the village guard system, ignorance or underdevelopment.

8 May 2009 Ismail Beşikçi