Two villagers from Van in Turkey, Osman Şiban (50) and Servet Turgut (55), were thrown from a military helicopter on 11 September after they had been detained and tortured.Read More
Savan Abdulrahman – KurdistanRead More
Seda Taşkın – Kars The sunflower harvest season has begun in the Arpaçay district of the city of Kars (Qers) in Turkey.Read More
Ateş Alpar / Adana When Çukurova’s famous and unbearably hot air descends mercilessly over Adana city, another source of heat is being generated in the noisy molten metal foundries.Read More
Following the arrests of 17 former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Executive Board members and politicians in recent days, the crackdown on dissenters continues in Turkey.Read More
Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has been banned from meeting his lawyers for six months. On 23 September, Öcalan, Ömer Hayri Konar, Veysi Aktaş and Hamili Yıldırım were banned from meeting with legal representatives by the decree of the Bursa Second Office Judge of Execution.Read More
At the hearing of the Şenyaşar family in Malatya, the mother of the imprisoned Fadıl Şenyaşar asked: “What kind of justice is this?”Read More
The timing of the latest operations on 26 October against HDP politicians regarding the Kobani Protests, which happened six years ago, brought many questions to mind. Why six years later, and why now?Read More
Ateş Alpar Documentary filmmaker Bingöl Elmas is a member of the jury for the 57th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in Turkey. MedyaNews talked to Bingöl Elmas about the role of documentary cinema, social consciousness and collective memory, gender equality and the difficulties of being a female director in cinema.Read More
“404 Citizens” who comprise intellectuals, writers, human rights activists and lawyers have signed a statement (‘Call for democracy and justice’) criticising the operations against the People’s Democratic Party (HDP). They have also made an appeal to unite around the HDP.Read More
