Mesopotamia News Agency reporters Zeynep Durgut and Azad Kaya, and JinNews reporters Rojda Aydın and Derya Ren were detained in Cizre, a district of Şırnak (Şirnex) when returning from a news report they were covering in Şırnak.Read More
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Deputy Director who sexually assaulted more than 30 students stands
Deputy Director of the Central Anatolian High School in Cizre sent sexual messages to more than 30 students and commited serious sexual assault.Read More
Kurdish political prisoners of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), in over 121 prisons in Turkey, are on Day 21 of their indefinite hunger strikes to break the isolation of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.Read More
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Profile of imprisoned Kurdish dengbêj Behiye Baki
Behiye Baki is a Kurdish dengbêj (folk singer) who was detained and sentenced to life in prison in Turkey for the alleged charge of “being a member of an organization” in 2017. The court’s decision was based sorely on witness statements, with no other evidence being presented against her.Read More
Diyarbakır Bar Association’s Prison Monitoring Commission has published a report on the violations of rights that are taking place in Elazığ (Xerpet) High-Security Closed Penal Institution No.1 and No.2, Elazığ T-Type Closed Penal Institution, Elazığ E-Type Closed Penal Institution, and Elazığ Women’s Closed Penal Institution in Turkey.Read More
Altın Erdoğan, who began work in fruit orchards in Antalya, was brutally beaten on her third day, simply because she objected to no Covid masks being worn in a crowded service vehicle. Altın lost her eye as a result of the violence and is now preparing to sue.Read More
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Selman Yeşilgöz: Protect the ‘castle of the Alevi-Kızılbaş faith’
Uğur Deniz Dersim in Turkey, which is a place of significance and the starting point for Alevi-Kızılbaş people, is in the grip of Islamist communities and sects. Dersim Research Centre (DAM) has conducted field work and research on the subject which suggests that the epicentre of these sects in the city is Munzur University. Selman […]Read More
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu threatened the opposition and pro-democracy Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) during the budget talks in Turkish parliament yesterday. Referring to the HDP’s criticisms against trustees, Soylu said “Tough cheddar (oh olsun)”. Threathening the HDP, Soylu also used expressions that acquitted the police that murdered Kemal Kurkut.Read More
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Iraqi state forces attack protestors in Sulaymaniyah
The state forces of the Iraqi government used tear gas and weapons attacking the protestors, who came together in front of the Defence Council of Sulaymaniyah, Hawar News Agency (ANHA) reports.Read More
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From Kurdish organisations to European Union: Impose sanctions on Turkey
European Union leaders are discussing relations with Turkey at their summit in Brussels on 10th and 11th December. The EU is discussing whether to impose sanctions against Turkey for its actions in the Eastern Mediterranean.Read More
