by Savan Abdulrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan Today, the death penalty is applied in 53 states in the world and yet statistics still indicate that crime continues in the world. There are states that have abolished the death penalty in favour of lifelong imprisonment; there are others that still keep the death penalty but use it […]Read More
After the resignation of Turkey’s Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) issued a statement today calling for an early election.Read More
The General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses has just released its latest report regarding the current situation of the Covid-19 pandemic in prisons in Turkey. According to its ‘Penitentiary Institutions during the Covid-19 Pandemic’ report, coronavirus positive cases have been registered in 117 out of 368 prisons in Turkey. The previous report by the […]Read More
Selahattin Erdem Translated from Yeni Özgür Politika In discussing the topic regarding “relations between national unity and democracy” – an issue which I examined in my previous article – I arrived at the conclusion that national unity requires peace, which means a ceasefire, and that peace can only be possible under conditions of democracy. This […]Read More
Turkey’s Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, son-in-law of Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announced his resignation via his Instagram account on 8 November.Read More
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Executive Committee issued a statement regarding the situation in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) ruling alliance in Turkey, Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP’s) relationship with the Turkish state.Read More
Journalist Aziz Oruç has been released from prison on probation after his third hearing.Read More
A Yazidi (Êzîdî) town in Sinjar in Iraqi Kurdistan was bombed by unmanned aerial vehicles from Turkey.Read More
While protests against the deal regarding Sinjar and the relations between Turkey and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region continue, the Peace Mothers urged Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani to consider the importance of unity among Kurds.Read More
The Euphrates Region Health Committee is preparing to open new four health centres in Kobanê , one of which is a psychological support centre.Read More
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