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The 2011–2012 Kurdish protests in Turkey were protests in Turkey, led by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), against restrictions of Kurdish rights by of the country's Kurdish minority's rights. Although they were the latest in a long series of protest actions by Kurds in Turkey, they were strongly influenced by the concurrent popular protests throughout the Middle East and North Africa, and the Turkish publication Hürriyet Daily News has suggested that the popularly dubbed "Arab Spring" that has seen revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia may lead to a "Kurdish Summer" in the northern reaches of the Middle East. Protesters have taken to the streets both in İstanbul and in southeast Turkey, with some demonstrations also reported as far west in Anatolia as İzmir.

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  • The 2011–2012 Kurdish protests in Turkey were protests in Turkey, led by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), against restrictions of Kurdish rights by of the country's Kurdish minority's rights. Although they were the latest in a long series of protest actions by Kurds in Turkey, they were strongly influenced by the concurrent popular protests throughout the Middle East and North Africa, and the Turkish publication Hürriyet Daily News has suggested that the popularly dubbed "Arab Spring" that has seen revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia may lead to a "Kurdish Summer" in the northern reaches of the Middle East. Protesters have taken to the streets both in İstanbul and in southeast Turkey, with some demonstrations also reported as far west in Anatolia as İzmir. From 24 March and 10 May, a total of 2 protesters were killed, 308 injured and 2,506 detained by Turkish authorities. The protests declined in July after a new breakout of violence between state forces and Kurdistan Workers' Party rebels. (en)
  • Las protestas kurdas en Turquía son una campaña creada por los miembros de la minoría kurda de Turquía para protestar contra las restricciones de sus derechos por las autoridades turcas. A pesar de que son episodios parte de una larga serie de acciones de protesta por los kurdos en Turquía, están fuertemente influenciadas por las protestas populares simultáneas en todo el Oriente Medio y África del Norte, y el diario turco Hürriyet Daily News ha sugerido que la popularmente llamada "primavera árabe" que ha sido testigo de las revoluciones en Egipto y Túnez puede conducir a un "verano kurdo" en el extremo norte de Oriente Medio. Los manifestantes han salido a las calles, tanto en Estambul y en el sureste de Turquía, con algunas manifestaciones también informó de que el extremo oeste de Anatolia como Esmirna. (es)
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  • 1107024612 (xsd:integer)
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  • 2506 (xsd:integer)
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  • 0001-04-19 (xsd:gMonthDay)
dbp:causes
  • Political repression, suppression of Kurdish language, institutional racism, discrimination, centralization of authority, ban on several Kurdish parliamentary candidates, Turkish military operations against the PKK (en)
dbp:concessions
  • Ban on some Kurdish candidates lifted (en)
  • Compensation paid to families of 34 civilians killed in Uludere airstrike (en)
  • Kurdish language lessons allowed in schools. (en)
  • Start of Turkish-Kurd peace process (en)
  • Hatip Dicle allowed to be a candidate for MP, however, after the election, Turkey's Supreme Election Board cancelled his parliament membership. (en)
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  • 2011-03-24 (xsd:date)
dbp:fatalities
  • 3 (xsd:integer)
dbp:goals
  • Lifting of a ban on Kurdish candidates, reinstitution of Kurdish-language education, creation of an autonomous Kurdish region, release of political prisoners, end of military operations against Kurdish dissidents (en)
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  • More than 100,000 protesters (en)
  • Some officers (en)
dbp:injuries
  • 308 (xsd:integer)
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  • Pro-Kurdish Leaders: (en)
  • *Selahattin Demirtaş *Gülten Kışanak *Leyla Zana *Ahmet Türk *Aysel Tuğluk *Osman Baydemir *Nurettin Demirtaş *Hatip Dicle *Pervin Buldan *Sebahat Tuncel *Ayla Akat Ata (en)
  • Government Leaders: *Abdullah Gül *Recep Tayyip Erdoğan *Beşir Atalay *Osman Güneş *İdris Naim Şahin *Vecdi Gönül *İsmet Yılmaz Military Commanders: *Işık Koşaner *Necdet Özel *Bekir Kalyoncu (en)
dbp:methods
  • Civil disobedience, civil resistance, demonstrations, online activism, protest marches, rioting, sit-ins, strike actions, friday prayers (en)
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  • Kurdish–Turkish conflict and Serhildan; the impact of the Arab Spring (en)
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  • 2011 (xsd:integer)
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  • The 2011–2012 Kurdish protests in Turkey were protests in Turkey, led by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), against restrictions of Kurdish rights by of the country's Kurdish minority's rights. Although they were the latest in a long series of protest actions by Kurds in Turkey, they were strongly influenced by the concurrent popular protests throughout the Middle East and North Africa, and the Turkish publication Hürriyet Daily News has suggested that the popularly dubbed "Arab Spring" that has seen revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia may lead to a "Kurdish Summer" in the northern reaches of the Middle East. Protesters have taken to the streets both in İstanbul and in southeast Turkey, with some demonstrations also reported as far west in Anatolia as İzmir. (en)
  • Las protestas kurdas en Turquía son una campaña creada por los miembros de la minoría kurda de Turquía para protestar contra las restricciones de sus derechos por las autoridades turcas. A pesar de que son episodios parte de una larga serie de acciones de protesta por los kurdos en Turquía, están fuertemente influenciadas por las protestas populares simultáneas en todo el Oriente Medio y África del Norte, y el diario turco Hürriyet Daily News ha sugerido que la popularmente llamada "primavera árabe" que ha sido testigo de las revoluciones en Egipto y Túnez puede conducir a un "verano kurdo" en el extremo norte de Oriente Medio. Los manifestantes han salido a las calles, tanto en Estambul y en el sureste de Turquía, con algunas manifestaciones también informó de que el extremo oeste de Anat (es)
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  • 2011–2012 Kurdish protests in Turkey (en)
  • Protestas kurdas en Turquía de 2011 (es)
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