The Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) have issued a programme in support of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (HDP’s) “Democratic Struggle Programme”. It will take place across eight cities in ten days.Read More
Two workers engaged in beltway construction lost their lives due to the collapse of heavy construction equipment in the Suruç (Pirsus) distict of the city of Urfa (Riha) in Turkey.Read More
Technology that can convert salty sea-water into potable water has the potential of transform millions of lives across the globe.Read More
Istanbul KESK (the Confederation of Public Workers’ Unions) Women’s Council protested against the detention of their executives and members and demanded their immediate release.Read More
In a recent ‘Opinion’ piece for The Guardian, Simon Tisdall cautioned that “Turkey’s aggression towards its rivals and allies alike is posing a threat to regional stability, yet nobody is prepared to act”.Read More
After the Covid-19 outbreak broke out last December in Wuhan, a city in China, it has spread across the world.Read More
Ferhat Yaşar (Translated from Gazeteduvar) Beginning with the slogan, ‘Every Kurd is naturally a member of the Kurdish Language Movement’, Hareketa Zimanê Kurdî (Kurdish Language Movement), or HezKurd, will take a position outside of politics, voicing demands for Kurdish language through democratic channels, without ideology or violence. Barış Celali, one of the leaders of the […]Read More
Tens of thousands of Belarusian opposition supporters gathered for the largest protest rally in recent history in Minsk as President Alexander Lukashenko rejected calls to step down in a defiant speech.Read More
Since the first confirmed case of coronavirus in Turkey, on 11 March, the total number of cases, as of 14 August, had reached 246,861. The Health Ministry announced that 1,226 new cases had been recorded that day. The total number of tests done by Turkey has reached 6 million, and the official death toll stands […]Read More
Words by Meghan Bodette On August 15th, 1984, the PKK launched its first attacks against Turkish state targets, in Eruh and Şemdinli. The operation marked the beginning of a struggle for Kurdish self-determination in Turkey and the broader region that has lasted to this day. While many governments categorise the Kurdish freedom movement’s activities as […]Read More
