Rojava Information Centre (RIC) reports that in Turkish occupied Afrin in Syria, in recent weeks, “dozens of arrests have targeted Kurdish members of the proxy councils Turkey has built up in the region to legitimize its occupation”.Read More
Savan Abdulrahman – South Kurdistan After nearly one hour of driving, we arrived at Hawraman, Byara. Mr Poet, who we spoke to on the phone and who was to be our guide, told us, “Just come through the Byara entrance and you will find me wearing a Faranji”.Read More
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Province co-chairs Zeyyat Ceylan and Hülya Alökmen Uyanık, who were detained on 22 October as part of an investigation launched by Diyarbakır Chief Prosecutor’s Office, appeared in court on 30 October after eight days in custody.Read More
İstanbul Deputy and investigative journalist Ahmet Şık reported on the incidents in Turkey that caused the death of Servet Turgut – who had reportedly been thrown off a military helicopter on 11 September 2020 in Van (Wan) – and the serious injury to Osman Şiban.Read More
Translated from the Catlakzemin feminist website In the 1980s feminism blossomed in Turkey. Subjects that were not discussed before, such as domestic violence, marital rape, and asking permission from husbands before getting a job, started to become part of the national conversation.Read More
According to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), the number of prisoners in Turkey has markedly increased in recent times. Human rights defenders have additionally stated that the conditions of prisoners have worsened.Read More
Şerali Dereli (61) was reportedly murdered by soldiers in Duranlar (Awyan) village of Esendere region in Hakkari (Colemerg) in Turkey on 29 October. His family claimed that soldiers opened fire on them as they tried to reach his body. After the incident, footage was publicly released that shed further light on the attack.Read More
The death toll in Turkey has risen to 83 since Friday’s (30 October) earthquake in the Aegean Sea. The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) announced that 962 people have been injured, with 743 discharged from hospitals and 219 still under treatment.Read More
The renowned foreign correspondent and author Robert Fisk has died at the age of 74. It has been reported that the journalist became unwell at his home in Dublin and later died in St Vincent’s hospital. Born in the English county of Kent in 1946, Fisk later moved to Ireland and eventually became an Irish […]Read More
A Syrian mercenary has claimed that the Turkish state promised him $100 for every Armenian he killed in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.Read More
