Walaa Abu Steit – Cairo A former Egyptian government official has accused Turkey of adopting what he described as “fascist” policies, calling on the international community to take firm action against Ankara for its blatant interference in the affairs of the counties of the Middle East region.Read More
Hani al-Gamal – Cairo The Egyptian Senate (the upper chamber of the Egyptian parliament) has convened for the first time since 2013. The Senate was cancelled in 2014, but was reinstituted by a package of constitutional amendments that were approved in 2019. The inaugural session of the Senate witnessed the election of its speaker and […]Read More
A Kurdish prisoner Serkan Tumay (27) has died in controversial circumstances in Kırıkkale F-Type prison in Turkey. His family stated he was tortured after seeing his dead body and there is speculation that he lost his life after being tortured by the prison guards.Read More
Former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş has written an article for the Duvar newspaper covering the Kobanê process, the government’s approach to the situation and the HDP’s policy.Read More
The Peace Mothers Fatma Akbaş, Hadiye Oğur, Adalet Çay and Meyaser Korkmaz were detained after a house raid in the city of Şanlıurfa (Riha) in Turkey on 6 October.Read More
Two Kurdish youths were attacked by Turkish nationalists in Munich on Friday 16 October.Read More
Hüseyin Acar (69), who lives in the Turgut Reis district of Bodrum, has been making baskets with the branches he collects from the forest every morning for more than 50 years.Read More
Ahmet Türk, dismissed by the Turkish Interior Ministry and replaced by a trustee when he was the mayor of Mardin Metropolitan Municipality, was called to testify within the context of the investigation that was launched by Ankara Prosecutor’s Office regarding the 6-8 October 2014 Kobani Protests.Read More
The border gates in Van (Wan) have been closed since March 2020. The gates were first closed due to the coronavirus restrictions. However, despite the normalisation process, Turkey has not yet re-opened the gates. With no visitors, tourism in the city is dying.Read More
Celebrations marking the eighth anniversary of the foundation of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey have continued. Thousands gathered to celebrate at the Bostancı Performance Centre in İstanbul, where HDP Co-Chairs Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar attended and spoke.Read More
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