by Uğur Deniz – İstanbul Populist presidents – many of whom are racist and xenophobic and who rise through corruption – are all over the world. How do we confront this monism? The co-chair system is a remedy. The co-chair system, which does not mean sharing seats or dividing power, predicts a fair change from […]Read More
Danish intellectuals and politicians have appealed to Kurdish parties to end tensions in Iraqi Kurdistan, writing a letter emphasising their concerns and calling on parties to prevent a possible war among Kurds.Read More
Reactions continue to mount against the agreement signed between the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) to ensure their control of Sinjar.Read More
An indefinite hunger strike in Turkish prisons is on its third day.Read More
The Kurdish Research Association (Komeleya Lêkolînên Kurdî) has achieved a first by launching language courses in the Hewramî and Kelhurî dialects of Kurdish language. Eyüp Subaşı, co-chair of the association, said that they aimed to prevent assimilation with the courses.Read More
The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council co-Chair Cemil Bayık spoke to Stêrk TV about the latest developments in Iraqi Kurdistan, underlining that a civil war would be disastrous for all Kurds.Read More
Coşkun Üsterci, the General Secretary of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT), spoke to the Mesopotamia News Agency about the current situation in Turkish prisons.Read More
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), based in London, has made a statement regarding the violations of rights that took place in Serêkaniyê, North East Syria, during Turkey’s occupation.Read More
After the “Sinjar Agreement” signed between the Iraqi central government and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) on 9 October, more than eight thousand military units have been sent to the region. The KDP, which controls the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, has shifted the Peshmerga to the Garê and Metina regions, especially Zinî Wertê, and established new […]Read More
The Saturday Mothers, relatives of the ‘disappeared’ and human rights defenders on 28 November asked about their relatives who were ‘disappeared’ under the custody of the Turkish state.Read More