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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance
Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
Wahhabism & Extremism
Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds
Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Ankara Anti-Kurdish Escalations Not Settling Challenge
Thursday 19 January 2017
Demirtas and Yüksekdağ, two top leaders of People’s Democratic Party of Turkey which strongly supports the rights of the Kurds inside Turkey, were given very long jail terms by the Turkish prosecutors. On Tuesday, January 17, the Diyarbakir court demanded 142 years in jail for Demirtas an ...
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Turkey’s Future after Erdogan’s Narrow Win in Referendum
Monday 17 April 2017
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Demirtas who is now in detention, as well as other small movements out of the parliament hold no instruments in hand to curb the ruling party's measures. Actually, the time is now for the Islamist and conservative camp to push the seculars and Kemalists to the sidelines in various economic, cult ...
Analysis
Turkish Snap Elections: Erdogan’s Road to Power Solidification
Sunday 22 April 2018
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Demirtas in a blow to the Kurdish party’s political position. After the detention of a large number of the Kurdish leaders and activists, erosion of the power of the Ankara’s archenemy PKK following a period of home clashes with the Turkish army, and also rise of the nationalist iYi Part ...
Report
Opponents Build Firm Front against Erdogan’s Monocracy as Vote Nears
Wednesday 9 May 2018
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Demirtas is in prison for nearly two years, will unquestionably have the vote of the Kurdish part of the Turkish society. Now it becomes clearer how a unity of the nationalists, Islamists, leftists, and the Kurds can be risky to the Erdogan’s win.
In the simplest view, entry of each of these ...
Analysis
Erdogan’s Election Gamble Using Cross-Border Military Campaign
Sunday 24 June 2018
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Demirtas, the imprisoned co-leader of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP), issued a statement from the jail arguing that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is turning the militaristic policies at home and abroad into a sacred issue for his own political interests. Demirtas added that E ...
Analysis
Turkish Elections Close Age of Ataturk, Open Age of Erdogan
Thursday 28 June 2018
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Demirtas 8 percent, Meral Aksener 7 percent, Temel Karamollaoglu 0.9 percent, and Dogu Perincek 0.2 percent.
And here is the parliamentary polls’ result, according to Turkish Anadolu news agency:
People’s Alliance, comprised of the ruling AKP and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), harve ...
Analysis
Turkey’s AKP Risks Loss as Local Vote Nears
Monday 18 March 2019
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Demirtas, is the biggest rival of the AKP and has the largest support in the Kurdish-majority provinces. The party is at odds with the MHP on various home issues and so is against the MHP gaining the key decision-making post in the country.
In this year’s elections, the AKP and MHP appear to ...
Analysis
Is AKP, Erdogan’s Power Falling Apart?
Saturday 31 August 2019
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Demirtas, were arrested in the same year after Erdogan and his party accused them of helping terrorism in Turkey. Erdogan argued the Kurdish party was the political wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a militant organization labeled terrorist by Ankara. Davutoglu was one of the popular ...
Analysis
How Will Mayors Arrest Influence Erdogan And His Party?
Wednesday 20 May 2020
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Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag along with 9 other lawmakers, were arrested and jailed under charges of colluding with the PKK against the Turkish government.
The wave of arrests continued beyond 2016, though less intensive, until recently that the government once again stepped up the crackdown. ...
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Kurds Double-Edged Sword Determining Erdogan’s Win or Loss
Sunday 30 April 2023
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Demirtas, the leader of HDP who has been serving a prison sentence since 2016 for terrorism charges, has recently said that this party is the biggest supporter of the Kurds and represents about two-thirds of the Kurdish votes. Demirtas urged the opposition to reach consensus on a single person and b ...
