Kemal Kurkut was killed by police officials during the 2017 Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır, Turkey. The final hearing of the case is to be held on 17 November.Read More
Tens of thousands of workers have been infected and 368 have lost their lives in the eight months of the coronavirus pandemic, according the a report by the Health and Safety Labour Watch (İSİG).Read More
The Şanlıurfa Bar Association has announced that the governorship has banned the Kurdish play Bêrû (Faceless).Read More
Translated from Gazete Karınca In 1960, 280 children were burned to death in controversial circumstances in a fire in Şehrezad Cinema in Amude, Syria. The children have not been forgotten. Those who survived by chance in the cinema recall the events of that fateful day.Read More
The German humanitarian organization World Hunger Aid (Welthungerhilfe) has cancelled a controversial ‘aid’ project for gangs and their families that have recently settled in Afrin, in northern Syria. The organisation, which operates under the German Presidency, announced that it had cancelled the project due to the “high suspicion that it might contradict its basic […]Read More
Semire Direkçi’s health is severely deteriorating in prison in Turkey. Most of her intestines were removed following surgery 451 days ago. She protested that she was being denied her right to health treatment at a time when her organs were failing.Read More
by Zozan Sima Translated from Yeni Özgür Politika Debates on femicide have intensified this century. It is happening because of the contradiction between the patriarchal system and women’s demands for freedom, which have intensified. As women’s awareness about their rights and freedom increases, they resist more. However, attacks against women’s rights also increase at the […]Read More
by Savan Abdulrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan The Kurds and the United States of America have a long history of relations. Since the USA is a state that has had hegemonic influence over other states throughout history, it directly affects the situation of the Kurds. Due to this relationship, Kurds have been following the US presidential […]Read More
Translated from Yeni Özgür Politika İmralı is the prototype of a solitary confinement and torture system. Held in solitary confinement for 21 years at İmralı Prison in Turkey, Abdullah Öcalan has indicated that the İmralı system itself is “three-legged”. It had its origins “in the US, in Europe and in Turkey and is a system […]Read More
by Hani al-Gamal – Cairo Iraq has joined together with Egypt and Jordan to form a new alliance that may change the nature and of inter-Arab cooperation in the coming period.Read More
