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		<title>Arrest of HDP leaders fuels vicious cycle of violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The controversial arrest of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-leaders Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdagalong along with ten other MPs for alleged links to terrorism ramped up an already tense climate in the predominantly Kurdish south east. These arrests, as part of a greater crackdown on dissidents and opposition forces in the aftermath of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Lifting of MPs immunity from prosecution fuel for new social earthquake in Turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2016 12:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ratified a bill lifting MPs&#8217; immunity from prosecution. Although, it is a move that affects all opposition parties, it no doubt bites the Kurdish-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) the hardest with 55 out of 59 of their elected parliamentarians facing a summary of proceedings. The billed was signed [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Erdogan’s presidential system already on show as Davutoglu stands down</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2016 07:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To say that Turkey is passing through a sensitive juncture is a big understatement. A rekindled and bloody war with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the ever-present threat of the Islamic State (IS), millions of refugees from the Syrian civil war and a headache posed by growing Syrian Kurdish autonomy is underlined by political uncertainty. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>AKP’s sweep to power in Turkey raises more questions than answers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 07:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Justice and Development Party (AKP) swept to a single-party majority for the fourth time since 2002, this was much to the surprise of many. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP won 316 seats in parliament in stark contracts to June elections. The snap elections would afford a second chance to make amends and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Transformation of realities on the ground in Turkey since June polls but snap election outcome unlikely to follow suit</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/10/transformation-of-realities-on-the-ground-in-turkey-since-june-polls-but-snap-election-outcome-unlikely-to-follow-suit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2015 10:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Less than 5 months after the historic national elections on 7th June, Turkey heads to the polls once more on 1st November. In such a short period of time, a lot has happened in Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost their majority and much of that was [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey’s snap election promises yet more political deadlock and instability</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turkey faces a snap election on November 1st, just months after its last election. The elections of June 7th bore great significance as the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its parliamentary majority owed to the success of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) that saw a Kurdish political party comfortably pass the 10% [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>HDP’s historic triumph at the polls renews focus on peace process in Turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2015 00:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[History was achieved at the polls in Turkey as the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) became the first pro-Kurdish party to enter parliament as it emphatically surpassed the traditionally elusive election threshold with 13% of the vote. At the same time, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) were the biggest losers even as they amassed [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>HDP on cusp of history in Turkey’s elections but price of failure remains high</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/06/hdp-on-cusp-of-history-in-turkeys-elections-but-price-of-failure-remains-high/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2015 11:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many years, the Kurds suffered a choice of the Kurdistan Workers Party’s (PKK) armed struggle and the repressive policies of successive governments. For the dozens of Kurdish political parties, allegations of been a voice of the PKK and Turkey’s harsh security laws, saw them quickly shut down. Now ahead of historic general elections on [&#8230;]]]></description>
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