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have died, the vast majority of whom were Kurdish civilians. Both sides were accused of numerous human rights abuses during the conflict. The European Court...

PKK and the Turkish government over the Rojava–Islamist conflict. Violence was widely reported against ordinary Kurdish citizens and the headquarters...

include in particular the status of Kurds in Turkey. The Kurdish–Turkish conflict has caused numerous human rights violations over the years. There is an...

2009, the U.S. State Department released a report on the human rights situation in Iraq, looking back on the prior year (2008). Abuses of Human Rights conducted...

(1937–1938) Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) According to human rights organisations, since the beginning of the ongoing Kurdish–Turkish conflict in 1978...

to Turkey for abuses on Kurdish-held areas during an assault, and said if the rebels were acting under the control of Turkish forces, the Turkish commanders...

In general, Kurdish women's rights and equality have improved dramatically in the 21st century due to progressive movements within Kurdish society. However...

The 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, code-named Operation Peace Spring (Turkish: Barış Pınarı Harekâtı) by Turkey, was a cross-border...

to Turkey for abuses on Kurdish-held areas during an assault, and said if the rebels were acting under the control of Turkish forces, the Turkish commanders...

In late July 2015, the third phase of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict between various Kurdish insurgent groups and the Turkish government erupted, following...

used it to describe anti-Kurdish sentiment in Iraq and Turkey during the mid- to late twentieth century. Much anti-Kurdish sentiment is a result of ultra-nationalist...

"Grew up Kurdish, forced to be Turkish, now called Armenian". Al-Monitor. "Minority Rights Group, Turkey > Armenians". Archived from the original on...

evidence of numerous human rights abuses against civilian population, and especially Kurdish civilian population, by the Turkish state and "non-state...

"Syria: Abuses in Kurdish-run Enclaves". Human Rights Watch. 2014-06-18. Archived from the original on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2016-12-04. "Under Kurdish Rule:...

Kurdish–Turkish conflict (with several ceasefires between 1993 and 2013–2015). Although the PKK initially sought an independent Kurdish state, in the...

executions of Kurdish civilians. Since the 1970s, the European Court of Human Rights has condemned Turkey for the thousands of human rights abuses. The judgments...

including the massacre of 182,000 Kurds in the Anfal genocide. The Kurdish–Turkish conflict, where Kurdish armed groups have fought against the state, has...

prosecution for the grave rights abuses their forces are committing." Various human rights groups and many Iraqi Turkmen themselves accused the Islamic State...

announced the group's disarmament in 2002. Occasional Turkish government raids against Hezbollah have continued and the conflict is still ongoing. Turkish authorities...

suggest that human rights should serve as a minimum requirement to avoid the worst-case abuses, while others see it as a higher standard. Many of the basic ideas...