An indefinite hunger strike in Turkish prisons is on its third day.Read More
After the “Sinjar Agreement” signed between the Iraqi central government and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) on 9 October, more than eight thousand military units have been sent to the region. The KDP, which controls the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, has shifted the Peshmerga to the Garê and Metina regions, especially Zinî Wertê, and established new […]Read More
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Group Deputy Chairperson Meral Danış Beştaş commented on the reform discourse of those in power in Turkey, as well as the conflict between the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the relationship between the mafia and ruling circles.Read More
The Sinjar agreement was signed between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Iraqi government on 9 October 2020. Since then, there has been rising criticism of the agreement. The Yazidi community living in Sinjar has repeatedly voiced its concern over the agreement alongside the Sinjar Democratic Autonomous Assembly (MXDŞ).Read More
In an interview with the Jerusalem Post – conducted by Hadeel Queis and Jonathan Spyer – Murat Karayılan, Executive Committee member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), spoke about the nature of US-PKK relations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s adoption of a neo-Ottoman approach, the significance of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, prospects of a ceasefire […]Read More
The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council co-Chair Cemil Bayık spoke to Stêrk TV about the latest developments in the Sinjar Agreement made between Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan.Read More
The Executive Committee member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Murat Karayılan was a guest on a Stêrk TV broadcast on the anniversary of the PKK’s foundation. Stressing that the struggle against the AKP-MHP regime in Turkey has reached an important stage, Karayılan said, “We have paid the price for everything, but the regime is […]Read More
Yeni Yaşam Newspaper presents a summary of the Turkish state’s statements to bring “to an end” the dialogues and the attempts to make peace with the PKK, which was established 43 years ago.Read More
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Coalition against ISIS will not pull troops from northeastern Syria
A press conference set up between the Global Coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Rimelan (northeastern Syria) to discuss the latest combat strategies against the Islamic State (ISIS) was held on Tuesday.Read More
Cemil Bayik, Co-President of the Executive Council of the Union of Kurdistan Communities (KCK) called on Europe to stand with the Kurds in an article he wrote for the French communist journal L’Humanité, to mark the 42nd anniversary of the founding of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).Read More
