Urfa’s Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office in Turkey has launched an investigation into the activities of 26 lawyers, including the Urfa Bar Association’s President Abdullah Öncel, on the alleged grounds that they are in breach of “The Law on Meetings and Demonstrations, No. 2911”.Read More
The seventh of October, the day Özgür Gündem Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Gurbetelli Ersöz was killed, has been celebrated as Kurdish Women Journalists Day since 2013.Read More
The houses of several politicians and journalists were raided today as part of an investigation into the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) and the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF). Several people were detained.Read More
Osman Kavala is a Turkish businessman, rights defender, and a political prisoner. Kavala has supported numerous civil society organisations since the early 1990s. He also founded Anadolu Kültür assosiation, a nonprofit arts and culture organisation based in Istanbul.Read More
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee Representation’s (UNHCR) data, there are 3.6 million registered refugees and 370,000 migrants from various countries in Turkey. The Directorate General of Migration Management also announced that as of 23 September, 59,785 Syrian refugees lived in temporary refugee centers and 3,562,183 lived in cities.Read More
The historical Diyarbakır city walls were listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2015, but now they could be removed from the list after potentially damaging restoration work.Read More
Walnut harvest season has begun in the Pınarbaşı (Bilbes) village located in the Beytüşşebap district of Şırnak (Şırnex), Turkey.Read More
Seda Taşkın – Kars The sunflower harvest season has begun in the Arpaçay district of the city of Kars (Qers) in Turkey.Read More
Twelve-year-old Helin Hasret Şen lost her life as a result of gunshots from a police vehicle after curfew was declared in the Sur district of Diyarbakır (Amed) on 12 October 2015.Read More
The tradition of pipe playing, one of humanities oldest wind instruments, continues in Kurdistan. Piper Reber Söyler, who learnt his trade from the pipe masters of Diyarbakır (Amed) in Turkey, wants this tradition to continue.Read More
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