Aygül Doku, the sister of Gülistan Doku – who has been missing for 323 days – has been fined 50,000 Turkish lira after being accused of preventing the main suspect from moving home.Read More
Protests took place in several cities across Turkey after the detention of numerous citizens associated with the Democratic Society Congress (DTK).Read More
Nuray Çevirmen, a member of the Women’s Commission, has said that applications regarding economic and social rights have increased during the coronavirus pandemic.Read More
Following the Kurdish National Council (ENKS) visit to Ankara, the Syrian Democratic Council (MSD) Egypt representative Sîhanok Dîbo asked, “Why did the ENKS visit Ankara in a period of negatiations among Kurdish political forces?”Read More
After Romanian authorities detained and tried to deport him to Turkey, the journalist Nuri Akman has been released.Read More
After the arrest of four journalists who revealed that two villagers were thrown from a military helicopter in Van (Wan), press suppression has escalated in Turkey, with increasingly brazen attempts to silence news organisations.Read More
As part of the preparations for the “National Congress of the Peoples of Cizre and Euphrates”, to be held by the Democratic Syrian Council (MSD) at the end of November, Riyad Derar announced the congress will discuss the political, military, management, education and service sectors in the region.Read More
Politicians from North and East Syria (Rojava) reacted to news of an Ankara visit by the Kurdish National Council (ENKS), which has been involved in negotiations for unity with other Kurdish parties. Democratic Party of Syrian Kurds (PDK-S) Central Committee member Gêlo İsa, in response to ENKS’ Ankara visit, said: “ENKS should cooperate with Kurdish […]Read More
The fourth hearing of the trial – relating to incidents in which Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy İbrahim Halil Yıldız’s bodyguards and relatives attacked the Şenyaşar family during the election campaign in Şanlıurfa (Riha) in Turkey on 14 June 2018 (which led to the deaths of four people) – took place at Malatya 3rd […]Read More
The Kurdistan Communities of Women (KJK) issued a declaration against masculine violence and femicide in the run-up to 25 November, ‘International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women’. The KJK called upon all women worldwide to engage in self-defence and organize against the masculine, patriarchal system.Read More
