The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) called the Assembly Human Rights Inquiry Commission to an emergency meeting regarding Osman Şiban and Servet Turgut, who were thrown from a helicopter after they were detained by soldiers in Turkey.Read More
Seda Taşkın Musician Ronas Aram talked to MedyaNews about a ban on Kurdish in a festival organized by an agency with the permission of İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) in Turkey.Read More
Ateş Alpar / Adana, Yüreğir Çukurova is in Adana province, which is located in the centre of Turkey. It is known for its intensive agricultural farming, as it has fertile soil that is ideal for farming activity. Seasonal labour migration to the area is significant for this reason. The favourable conditions in Çukurova mean that […]Read More
Detention warrants were issued by Ankara’s Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office for a total of 82 people in seven provinces in Turkey. Police detained dozens of People’s Democratic Party (HDP) members, including Kars Co-Mayor Ayhan Bilgen, over 2014 Kobanî protests against the siege by ISIS of Kobanî.Read More
Ankara’s Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has decided to detain 82 people in seven provinces within the scope of the investigation launched into the 6-8 October ‘Kobanî protests’ of 2014. Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Kars Municipality co-mayors Ayhan Bilgen and Sırrı Süreyya Önder have been taken into custody as part of this operation.Read More
The Sur district of Diyarbakır (Amed) in Turkey forms an essential part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Read More
Debates over Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (Millî İstihbarat Teşkilatı, MİT) have increased recently in Germany’s Federal Parliament.Read More
Uğur Deniz – İstanbul In Turkey, as inequality deepens, the education system has collapsed. Due to Turkey’s coronavirus outbreak, the distance education system EBA (Education Information Network) collapsed on its first day.Read More
Sultan Eylem Keleş / İstanbul Kardeş Türküler is a band that has been celebrating the fraternity of peoples for twenty seven years. The band has attracted people from all walks of life. Kardeş Türküler was founded in 1993 at Bosphorus University. Students from different departments gathered at Bosphorus University’s Folk Club and made concerts composed […]Read More
Medyanews Exclusive Abdullah Öcalan’s isolation and Kurdish society’s struggle for democratic rights are key concerns that need to be addressed in order to achieve democratisation in Turkey.Read More
