Turkey: No country for Kurdish newspapers
'It's memorycide': Turkey dismantles monuments to Kurdish culture
#Kurds
Locals in Diyarbakir say Turkey is trying to wipe out Kurdish heritage in its south-east, and with it political aspirations
Thursday 3 August 2017 09:30 UTC
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Friday 4 August 2017 9:17 UTC
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#Kurds
Locals in Diyarbakir say Turkey is trying to wipe out Kurdish heritage in its south-east, and with it political aspirations
Thursday 3 August 2017 09:30 UTC
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Friday 4 August 2017 9:17 UTC
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Kurds in Diyarbakir celebrate 'Newroz' despite continuing tensions
Thousands defy security concerns and continuing military crackdown in Kurdish-majority southeastern Turkey to celebrate traditional new year
Dancing and fire are integral to the celebration of the Persian festival (MEE/Murat Bayram)
Monday 21 March 2016 14:47 UTC
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Monday 21 March 2016 16:53 UTC
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IN PICTURES: Residents return to Silopi after 36-day crackdown
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VIDEO: Turkish Kurds talk about their concerns over Sunday's elections
#TurkeyChooses
A rise in violence in southeast Turkey has made voters wary of the future
Turkish flags line the streets of Diyarbakir prior to the elections (MEE/Murat Bayram)
Friday 30 October 2015 15:05 UTC
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Saturday 31 October 2015 9:40 UTC
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IN PICTURES: Aftermath of clashes between Kurds and Turks in Diyarbakir
#TurkeyAtWar
Violence has flared up across southeastern Turkey in recent months
A vandalised house with Turkish ultra-nationalist and Islamic symbols (Murat Bayram/MEE)
Wednesday 14 October 2015 20:57 UTC
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Thursday 15 October 2015 1:46 UTC
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VIDEO: Top Kurdish lawyer speaks to MEE hours before his arrest in Turkey
#TurkishPolitics
Tahir Elci, a lawyer and campaigner for Kurdish rights says he was arrested for comments made on a CNN Turk panel
Tahir Elci hours before his arrest in Diyarbakir in south eastern Turkey (MEE / Murat Bayram)
Tuesday 20 October 2015 17:56 UTC
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Tuesday 20 October 2015 18:09 UTC-
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PKK leader promises to 'topple' Erdogan as clashes continue
Four people killed in fighting in southeastern city of Diyarbakir
Burnt-out cars in the Baglar district of Diyarbakir following clashes (MEE/Murat Bayram)
Tuesday 15 March 2016 11:59 UTC
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Tuesday 15 March 2016 13:41 UTC
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Four people killed in fighting in southeastern city of Diyarbakir
Tuesday 15 March 2016 11:59 UTC
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Tuesday 15 March 2016 13:41 UTC
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Families mourn children caught in crossfire in Turkey's southeast
#TurkeyAtWar
The body of Rozerin Cukur, a 17-year old Kurdish student, is believed to be lying on a street in the Diyarbakir district of Sur
Photographs of missing children are shown on the walls of the offices of the Diyarbakir branch of the Turkish Human Rights Association (MEE/Murat Bayram)
Tuesday 26 January 2016 10:46 UTC
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Tuesday 2 February 2016 11:05 UTC
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Turkey's Silvan under siege as Kurdish fighters assert authority
#TurkeyAtWar
Kurdish 'popular resistance' clashes with Turkish military after 9 days under curfew
Military vehicles on a deserted street of Silvan in southeastern Turkey, during a curfew following clashes between Turkish forces and Kurdish militants (AFP)
Wednesday 11 November 2015 20:30 UTC
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Friday 13 November 2015 17:09 UTC
Video by Murat Bayram
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'IS militants' and Turkish police in deadly Diyarbakir shootout
#TurkeyAtWar
Seven members of alleged IS cell and two police officers killed in morning raid by security services in volatile Kurdish-majority southeastern city
Armed Turkish police vehicles in Diyarbakir following clashes with IS (Murat Bayram/MEE)
Monday 26 October 2015 08:32 UTC
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Monday 26 October 2015 16:27 UTC
Video by: Murat Bayram
Two protesters killed during clashes in southeastern Turkey
#TurkeyAtWar
Demonstrations had been taking place over a days-long curfew in the Sur district of Diyarbakir
Riot police fire a water cannon at residents of Diyarbakir (Murat Bayram/MEE)
Monday 14 December 2015 16:35 UTC
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Monday 14 December 2015 17:51 UTC