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Turkey's pro-Kurdish HEDEP changes acronym to ‘DEM’

Turkey's pro-Kurdish HEDEP changes acronym to ‘DEM’
Turkey's pro-Kurdish HEDEP changes acronym to ‘DEM’

2023-12-11 21:00:09 - From: Kurdistan 24


The change was made following a rejection by Türkiye’s Court of Appeal. Given the similarity between the HDP abbreviation and the banned People's Democracy Party (HADEP), the court disapproved of its use.