Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council Member Mustafa Karasu has made a statement on the agenda of Turkey and the Middle East.Read More
Abdullah Öcalan, the founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), who remains imprisoned under isolation conditions in İmralı High Security F-Type Closed Prison in Turkey, was banned from meeting his lawyers for six months from 23 September. It was also revealed that Öcalan was banned from making calls for six months.Read More
CULTURE
HUMAN RIGHTS
KURDISH POLITICS
Kurdish language play banned at İstanbul’s Municipality City Theatre
The Kurdish-language play “Bêrû’’ was included in the October programme of the İstanbul Municipality City Theatre in Turkey. Due to be staged by Teatra Jiyana Nû (New Life Theatre), it was banned on the grounds that it could “disturb the general public order”.Read More
Fatma Sevmiş was detained during home raids in Hakkari on 14 October. She was arrested on the allegation of “being a member of an organisation” and sentenced to prison. Following the verdict, Sevmiş’s fell ill and she was taken to Hakkari State Hospital. After the treatment, she was sent to Van Prison.Read More
A Kurdish prisoner Serkan Tumay (27) has died in controversial circumstances in Kırıkkale F-Type prison in Turkey. His family stated he was tortured after seeing his dead body and there is speculation that he lost his life after being tortured by the prison guards.Read More
Former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş has written an article for the Duvar newspaper covering the Kobanê process, the government’s approach to the situation and the HDP’s policy.Read More
Ahmet Türk, dismissed by the Turkish Interior Ministry and replaced by a trustee when he was the mayor of Mardin Metropolitan Municipality, was called to testify within the context of the investigation that was launched by Ankara Prosecutor’s Office regarding the 6-8 October 2014 Kobani Protests.Read More
Celebrations marking the eighth anniversary of the foundation of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey have continued. Thousands gathered to celebrate at the Bostancı Performance Centre in İstanbul, where HDP Co-Chairs Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar attended and spoke.Read More
HUMAN RIGHTS
KURDISH POLITICS
Carleton University and 2,500 academics call for Cihan Erdal’s release
A petition calling for the release of Cihan Erdal – a 32-year-old PhD student who was detained in Turkey during Kobanî operations on 25 September – has been signed by 2,500 academics worldwide.Read More
On the eighth anniversary of the foundation of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), several celebrations were held in Turkey. HDP representatives emphasized that the party upholds human dignity and that the struggle to uphold these principles will continue.Read More
