Diyarbakır Chief Prosecutor’s Office launched a detention operation in Turkey under the scope of an investigation into the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) on 20 November. Seventy two people were detained, including 24 lawyers. Twenty one of them were released later and three others were sent to court.Read More
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) spokesperson Ebru Günay highlighted her concerns over Turkey’s political agenda in a press statement that was made in the central office of the party.Read More
by Desmond Fernandes During a recent visit to the region, Nadine Maenza, the Vice-Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), on 31 October and 5 November (two days after the US elections) called for the political recognition of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), also known as Rojava.Read More
Uğur Kaymaz was murdered along with his father in the Kızıltepe district of Mardin (Merdin) in Turkey on 21 November 2004.Read More
World Children’s Day is 20 November, a time to reflect on the abuse of children’s rights in Turkey and around the world.Read More
Events were organised in North and East Syria (Rojava) to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which takes place on 25 November.Read More
An investigation has been launched into the mafia leader Alaattin Çakıcı after he threatened Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.Read More
Melê Ekrem Baran, the President of the Association of Religious Scholars, Assistance and Solidarity (DİAYDER), has voiced his concerns about the dangerous situation that Kurds face in Iraqi Kurdistan.Read More
Detention warrants were issued for 101 people this morning as part of an investigation into the Democratic Society Congress (DTK). Police raided addresses in Diyarbakır (Amed), Şırnak (Şirnex) and Adıyaman (Semsur).Read More
The policeman accused of killing Kemal Kurkut in 2018 was acquitted on Tuesday at the 12th hearing of the trial which was held in Diyarbakır (Amed), Turkey. The journalist Abdurrahman Gök, who photographed the Kurkut shooting incident, however, now faces trial.Read More
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