The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has pronounced its judgement on the former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş. The court concluded that Demirtaş who has been in pre trial detention for over four years, has been kept in prison for political reasons.Read More
by Sarah Glynn This week, an Italian opinion poll found that 14% of respondents thought that Turkey was the country that posed the biggest threat to the world. It was an odd question, but the response does suggest that most people are more aware of the dangers posed by an aggressive imperialist Turkey than many […]Read More
Democratic Society Congress (DTK) co-chair Leyla Güven was sentenced to 22 years and three months in prison for her statements against the attacks on Afrin and for her activities as part of the Democratic Society Congress. She has been sent to Elazığ (Xerpet) prison on 23 of December.Read More
A court in Turkey has sentenced Kurdish politician and People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Hakkari (Colemerg) Deputy Leyla Güven to 22 years in prison.Read More
Jeen Press – Syria A parliamentary delegation from the National Council of Austria met with officials from the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) in Qamishli in Syria on Saturday.Read More
Afrin Area Historical Monuments Committee Co-Chair, Esmehan Ehmed stated that, Turkey is converting the Al- Nabi Houri castle into a mosque in Afrin, as reported by Hawar News.Read More
Savan Abdulrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan As published on Iraqi News Agency (INA), The Iraqi central bank announced that Iraq decreased the value of the Iraqi dinar against the US dollar in order to bring as much as needed cash to the government banks.Read More
Turkish police have arrested a former press consultant of the Turkish Embassy in Brussels on alleged charges of drug smuggling.Read More
The European Court of Human Rights made a decisive ruling against the Turkish Government in the case of the imprisoned ex Co Chair of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş and called on the Turkish AKP Government to release him immediately.Read More
After a cabinet meeting in Baghdad, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi made a statement regarding his recent visit to Turkey.Read More
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