The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Urfa province Co-Mayor Emine Çetiner was detained whilst she was attending a commemoration of the 2015 Ankara ISIS suicide bombing. Çetiner was in Suruç district of Urfa for the commemoration event and taken to the provincial gendarmerie command centre.Read More
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chairs Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar issued a statement about the recent fires that broke out in the city of Hatay in Turkey.Read More
Enver Ünlü, the trustee placed in control of Iğdır (Îdır) municipality in Turkey, has dismissed nine workers and civil servants in the municipality and special provincial administration on the grounds that they are under investigation.Read More
Abdullah Öcalan, the founder of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK), who remains imprisoned under isolation conditions in İmralı High Security F-Type Closed Prison in Turkey, has been banned from making calls for six months. Other prisoners held in the same prison – Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş – have also had these […]Read More
Several citizens in Turkey, including writers, poets, workers and academics, called on governments to support initiatives aimed at ending the clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The signatories of the “No war, hatred and hostility, but Peace!” initiative stated that they were against any war that caused death and destruction.Read More
The Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has released a report on the violation of human rights that occurred in Turkey in September. According to the report, there were 238 violations of the ‘right to live’ and 255 cases of reported ‘torture’.Read More
The Iraq government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have issued statements confirming that they have reached agreement on Sinjar. However, Sinjar’s Autonomous Administration Assembly has reacted to these statements and clarified that it will not accept an agreement that excludes the wishes of the people of Sinjar.Read More
The trailer for Elif Yigit’s new documentary called “Heskîf” has just been released. The documentary focuses on the historic settlement of Hasankeyf and its destruction by the Ilisu Dam on the Tigris River in southeastern Turkey.Read More
A fire broke out in Belen district in Hatay, Turkey, on 9 October and it continues to spread across several places near the city into its second day. One fire fighter suffered from inhalation of smoke and seventy people were affected by the fire.Read More
As threats continue to be made against the existence of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (NES), also known as Rojava, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi issued a statement, calling on the Syrian government to act responsibly.Read More
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