UK Parliament to debate crackdown on pro-Kurdish activists, politicians in Turkey

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In-depth: Prompted by the release of a report by a group of British MPs, the debate comes as the crackdown on activists and politicians intensifies in the run-up to Turkey’s next elections.

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• The report, titled ‘Kurdish Political Representation and Equality in Turkey’, was published in June 2021. It was written by the UK Parliament’s All Party Parliamentary Group on Kurdistan in Syria and Turkey, a group of Labour, Conservative and SNP MPs supportive of improved rights for Turkey's largest ethnic minority.

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