The ‘Freedom for Öcalan Signature Campaign’ initiated by intellectuals and academics from Europe continues. Activists from all around the world have expressed their solidarity with the campaign. The latest expressions of support demanding the freedom of Öcalan and ther Kurds came from Egypt, Bolivia and Argentina.Read More
Police raided houses of numerous activists and People’s Democratic Party (HDP) members in 15 districts of Istanbul, Turkey.Read More
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Executive Committee member Murat Karayılan issued a statement regarding the tensions in Iraqi Kurdistan with the Turkish state and the National Intelligence Organisation (MIT). Karayılan evaluated the efforts of the the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) and the Parliamentary Union of Kurdistan.Read More
Within the scope of the“Stop Isolation, Fascism, Occupation; Time to Achieve Freedom” initiative that was announced by the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) and the Kurdistan Communities of Women (KJK), a new campaign was launched in Italy as part of the international campaign to demand freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.Read More
Medyanews Exclusive Prominent Kurdish author Ferda Çetin talked to MedyaNews about the controversies in Iraqi Kurdistan surrounding the Sinjar agreement that was signed by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the discussions that have been taking place about Kurdish national unity.Read More
Mehmet Ali Koçak, who lives in Siirt (Sêrt) in Turkey, reacted against the unlawful decision to bury his son Abdullah Koçak in the cemetery of the nameless before his DNA test results could be used to enable him to bury his son in the family’s cemetery.Read More
by Uğur Deniz – İstanbul The question of a mother whose child’s grave was attacked several times resonates with us: ‘What does the state want from dead Kurds?’ What is the problem of the political power of Turkey with the dead? Medyanews interviewed anthropologist Derya Aydın, who studies cemeteries and mourning processes and its reflections […]Read More
Rajai Fayed, an Egyptian author, intellectual and President of the Egyptian Centre for Kurdish Studies, stated that the Egyptian intellectuals’ campaign to collect signatures calling for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s freedom would continue. He stated that campaign initiatives to keep collecting signatures would continue until the anniversary of the arrest of Öcalan.Read More
The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Executive Board Co-Chair Cemil Bayık spoke about the 42nd foundational anniversary of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the significance of Abdullah Öcalan in leading it.Read More
by Nilüfer Koç Since the beginning of 2020, the Kurdish people have been concerned by the threat of intra-Kurdish conflict. This began in spring with the deployment of military forces affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) to Zini Werte and continued with the deployment of KDP forces to other regions of South Kurdistan where […]Read More
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