As the Covid-19 death toll peaks in Turkey, unemployment has become a significant issue amid new restrictions.Read More
As hunger strikes continue in Turkey’s prisons, prisoner Selim Keği has joined the strikes, saying, “We will struggle until Öcalan’s physical freedom is ensured”.Read More
288 people were killed during the curfews declared on December 14, 2015 and continued until March 2, 2016 in Cizre (Cızir) district of Şırnak (Şirnex) province of Turkey.Read More
The body of Mercan Erkol (Berîtan Tolhildan), a fighter of the The People’s Defense Forces (HPG) who lost her life in an air assault in October 16, 2017 in the Kulp (Pasur) district of Diyarbakır (Amed), has still not been delivered to her family for three years despite the sample of her DNA matching with […]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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Human rights organisations in Turkey: Violations continue in every aspect
Human Rights defenders in Turkey issued joint press statements in various provinces of Turkey, including Istanbul, Diyarbakır (Amed), Adana, Mardin (Mêrdîn), Hatay and Van (Wan) on the occassion of Human Rights Week.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
Serhat Aykul was a People’s Defence Forces (HPG) fighter who was killed in an air attack that was carried out by an Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (SİHA) of the Turkish armed forces on 22 August 2020. As reported by Mesopotamia News Agency, he was killed in the foothills of the Amanos Mountains in the Hassa […]Read More
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Yüksel Mutlu on religious cults: Alevis should unite against assimilation
The increase in the Sunni religous cults operating in Tunceli (Dersim) (a mainly Alevi populated region) in Turkey has been reported by various media outlets recently.Read More
Nuray Çevirmen, a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Human Rights Association (İHD) in Turkey, spoke to Jinnews about the human rights situation in Turkey, violations of rights in prisons, and the ongoing hunger strikes against the İmralı Prison isolation conditions of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan.Read More
