İsmail Demirbaş (49) criticized the government in a street interview in the southern province of Antalya in Turkey in October. He stated that Turkey needed early elections as soon as possible to “get rid of the bloodsucking vampires”. This interview took place in a YouTube channel where street interviews are aired.Read More
Turkey’s military operations continue in Iraqi Kurdistan. Turkish fighter jets bombed localities in the town of Derkarê in Zakho early on Tuesday morning, according to Roj News. The same areas were targeted again in the evening. Reports from the ground stated that the attacks started fires in the agricultural lands of the local people and […]Read More
Journalist Nedim Türfent, who was arrested in May 2016 and has been in prison ever since, wrote from prison to Bianet: First of all, I have to remind you of their names, which have almost been forgotten.Read More
Eight-year-old Enes Ata and 14-year-old Mahsum Mızrak were killed in Diyarbakır in 2006 when police used tear gas to disperse a crowd. On 15 October this year, a court upheld the acquittal of the defendant police officers.Read More
Mehmet Bal (58) travelled to Istanbul from Batman in Turkey to visit his son in prison. After his visit, he met with his relatives in Bağcılar district. Bal has been missing since 24 January.Read More
After president Erdoğan’s son-in-law resigned as Turkish finance minister, an optimistic atmosphere emerged in financial markets. However, the financial crisis will only get worse with the depreciation of the Turkish lira, analysts say.Read More
Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council member Mustafa Karasu issued a statement regarding the tensions between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the PKK. Karasu also commented on the US election results.Read More
A 90% effective coronavirus vaccine in the preliminary stages of development has sparked hope among health professionals.Read More
A Syrian family of 15 whose home was damaged in the İzmir earthquake have been given a single tent to live in, leaving eight to sleep outside in the local park.Read More
Abdurrahim Demir, who has been in prison in Turkey for 23 years, is at risk of death due to his worsening health condition. His wife Nezahat Demir states that the authorities are waiting for his death in prison. She asks: “Is this how the state will destroy what it cannot destroy outside?”Read More
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