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Our final resolution has been published. 20 years of the EUTCC - a commitment to the future The 20th EUTCC Conference therefore calls on all democratic forces in Turkey, Europe and the Middle East to seize this historic opportunity together. eutcc.net/?p=2349
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📌 Özgür Özel, who met with DEM Party co-chairs, said they were not open to discussions about early elections. The meeting covered the peace process & the proposed monitoring committee to be established with the participation of political parties in Parliament. (2/6)
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📌 An investigation has been launched against lawyer Mehdi Özdemir following our report on the filming of private areas in the cell of Ersan Nazlıer, who is held at Karatepe Prison. (5/6)
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In France, National Rally Parti chair Marine Le Pen has called for an end to the financial support provided by the European Union to Turkey, as well as to pre-accession policies and development programmes. (6/6)
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#Türkiye Today (19.10.2026) 📌 The Democratic Local Governments Board of the DEM Party sends circular urging municipalities to apply to ministry to establish Kurdish language departments and directorates. (1/)
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20 Years of EUTCC Conferences - 20 Demands for Peace and Democracy 🕊 An end to the isolation on İmralı: Unrestricted access to Abdullah Öcalan must be guaranteed. 🗝
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#Türkiye Today (18.10.2026) 📌 As part of the process, the DEM Party is expected to begin talks with political parties this week, whilst Parliamentary Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş is also expected to begin discussions with political parties regarding the Monitoring Committee (1/4)
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📌 A man named A.K., who was found by the court to have committed sexual harassment against his neighbour across the street in Izmir, was fined 16,800 TL. Whilst it was decided that the fine should be paid in 5 instalments, the pronouncement of the sentence was deferred. (3/4)
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📌 Following the death of Dündar Ziya Gültekin, Deputy Mayor of Üsküdar, the municipal council will hold a fresh vote to elect a new deputy mayor. The CHP and the New Party will each field a candidate. (4/4)
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20 Years of EUTCC Conferences - 20 Demands for Peace and Democracy 🕊 Peace through political dialogue: The peace process must continue on a democratic and legally secure basis. ⚖️
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Turkey Today (17.10.2026) 📌 The Instagram account of the Azadiya Welat newspaper publishing in Kurdish has been blocked. (1/5)
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📌 It has emerged that, in the investigation into the disappearance of Gülistan Doku—whose fate has remained unknown for six years—footage from the CCTV cameras on the upper floor of the café where she worked was not included in the case file by the police. (4/5)
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📌 Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş said of mayors who have switched parties: “Mayors are accountable to the people who elected them. Those who switch parties will also be held to account at the ballot box.” (5/5)
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#Türkiye Today (16.10.2026) 📌 Cihan Aydın, Co-Chair of the Human Rights Association (İHD), called for the legislative provisions relating to the Peace and Democratic Society Process to come into force as soon as possible, for the roadmap to be announced, and for the (1/4)
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📌 Berivan Barin, an executive board member of the Istanbul branch of the Lawyers for Freedom Association, said prisoners at Bakırköy Women’s Closed Prison were being denied access to healthcare and called for the rights violations to be brought to an end. (3/4)
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📌 In a statement issued by the Supreme Council for Radio and Television, it was announced that Sözcü TV and Koza TV had each been fined 3 per cent for their broadcasts relating to the funding investigation. (4/4)
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