The Free Women’s Movement’s (Tevgera Jinên Azad’s – TJA’s) spokesperson Ayşe Gökkan is in detention in the context of an investigation that was launched in Mardin (Merdin) in Turkey. This is the 83rd time she has been detained.Read More
According to Mesopotamia Agency (MA), Mardin Provincial Police Department announced the detention of fourteen people in Turkey as part of an investigation that was launched by the Mardin Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office into the activities of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and City Council and Neighborhood Assemblies. Local media reported the detention of six people […]Read More
The Confederation of Kurdistan Communities of Germany (KON-MED) has issued a statement regarding World Kobanî Day, which takes place on 1 November: “The Rojava Revolution is our common revolution, its defense is our common responsibility”.Read More
by Uğur Deniz – İstanbul The Co-Chair system is a system that not only ensures gender equality in politics but also nurtures fragmented non-hierarchical organization and an anti-government movement.Read More
After the Turkish government launched a military operation against Iraqi Kurdistan on 17 June, the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP’s) stance over the matter has become the subject of heated debate and discussion.Read More
Former Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputy İbrahim Binici and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Council member Mesut Bağcık were taken into custody in Turkey within the scope of the “Kobane investigation”.Read More
Seda Taşkın The People’s Democratic Party (HDP) won 65 municipalities during the elections held on 31 March 2018. Trustees were appointed to 48 of those 65 municipalities. There remained only six HDP municipalities that do not have trustees. We talked about the co-chair system with Semire Nergiz, co-Mayor of Nusaybin (Nisêbîn), to whose position a […]Read More
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Executive Committee member Murat Karayılan spoke to Sterk TV about the need for Kurdish groups to avoid conflict and in-fighting.Read More
On 9 October, the Iraq government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) announced an agreement regarding the administration and security of the region of Sinjar.Read More
Imprisoned former Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality (DBB) Mayor Selçuk Mızraklı has said that the Turkish government’s trustee policy not only aims to remove alternative municipalism, but also targets the culture, language, and the history of Kurdish people.Read More
