The Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey’s Research Centre (DİSK-AR) estimates that ‘broad unemployment’ and job losses in Turkey reached 14.2 million in June. The negative impact of Covid-19 on employment has continued, it noted.Read More
In Afrin (Efrîn), to assert its power, Turkey continues to use force to repress people. Twenty two civilians, six of them women, were subjected to torture and murdered in the past three months, according to a recent report.Read More
The Turkish government appointed trustee to Mardin Municipality has suspended Ismail Taş because he had ‘shared’ a song in the Kurdish language six years ago.Read More
The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) has made a statement and declared that it will launch a new campaign against Turkey’s policies in the region. All the political powers which aim to block the democratization of Turkey, Kurdistan, and the Middle-East, have agreed on eliminating the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). KCK has called upon the Kurdish […]Read More
Şehmus Yas, aged 65, who lives in the city of Van (Wan) in eastern Turkey, sings klams (a Kurdish folk singing style) on the streets.Read More
Forest fires have continued to rage on Mount Cudi in Turkey for almost three months. Forest fires in areas near the villages of Cevizdüzü (Cifane), Dağkonak (Nerex), Kemer (Gilindor), Üçkiraz (Nêvava), Kavalı (Gundikê Spîndarûkê), and Toptepe (Avgamasya) continue but there have been no attempts by the authorities to extinguish these fires.Read More
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) candidates were elected in the local elections at Ağrı (Agiri), in Patnos district, on 31 March. The trustee appointed to the municipality left a debt of about 136 million lira, but the income of the municipality is just 36 million per year. The municipality consequently faces foreclosure because of the trustee’s […]Read More
The initiatives of Kongreya Star’s Women’s Economic Committee (WEC) have positively contributed to the economy of the region. Women farm, produce fresh food, and make essential furniture in the cooperatives at prices that are also affordable.Read More
Savan Abdulrahman Graveyards in the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) administered region has been transferred to a private company to manage. Management services include tasks such as washing the dead, burying them, and providing general services and decoration of the graves. Since this privatized change, however, people in the KRG have had to pay substantial […]Read More
Since June, Turkey has launched attacks against southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) and the Qandil Mountains. Clashes between Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) forces and the Turkish state continue in the region.Read More
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