Translated from Gazete Karınca by Ercan Sezgin The history of the Kurds is in a sense the history of resistance. Kurds have been resisting the state system for 5,000 years and the nation-state system for 500 years. They resisted but never won, were defeated but never finished. The only reason why the Kurds have survived […]Read More
Four years on from 4 November 2016, Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) former Co-Chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, former HDP deputy Ms. Çağlar Demirel, the former Mayor of Diyarbakir (Amed) Gültan Kışanak and former HDP İstanbul deputy Sebahat Tuncel spoke out from prison about the detention and arrest operations that had been undertaken against them […]Read More
The lawyers of two villagers who were reportedly subjected to mass beatings and torture by Turkish soldiers on 11 September 2020 applied to the Constitutional Court on the grounds that their freedom to seek their rights was restricted.Read More
The Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP’s) Central Executive Board (MYK) issued a statement on the anniversary of the 4 November political coup: “Democratic politics is stronger than ever, despite all the attacks, with the power and legitimacy it receives from the people. It survives, despite all the obstacles”.Read More
Translated from HawarNews Throughout their history, Yazidis (Êzidîs) have been subjected to genocidal attacks by the Seljuks, Oghuzs, Mongols, Tatars, Ottomans, Turkey, Britain, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).Read More
Translated from HawarNews The Kurdish people are the most ancient people of the region with a history stretching back thousands of years. The Kurds, who have a major role in history and democratic civilization, have been ignored due to a lack of historical research. Many documents about the Kurds have also distorted facts about them. […]Read More
The Associated Press – like the editors of the New York Times – has not been able to confirm the winner of the US presidential elections, despite Republican Donald Trump’s assertion that “we did win this election”.Read More
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Pervin Buldan made a number of statements regarding the situation in Turkey during the party’s group meeting.Read More
World Kobanê Day’ was celebrated on 1 November in cities in Germany and Canada.Read More
Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council co-chair Besê Hozat has commented on the Sinjar (Shengal) agreement signed between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Iraqi government.Read More
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