The Canary Investigations UK editor Emily Apple, in an interview with Erem Kansoy, said: ”Mr. Öcalan is at the centre of a possible peace process. He also has a philosophical outlook that will influence the next century with its ideas. We see the practical consequences of his thoughts in Rojava”.Read More
A history book being used in French high schools includes a section describing the history of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the Democratic Union Party (PYD).Read More
As Executive Committee member of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Murat Karayılan, accused Germany and Canada of providing drone technology to Turkey, it was revealed – thanks to a written parliamentary question – that the United Kingdom (UK) has been providing military training to countries with serious breaches of human rights, including Turkey. According to […]Read More
Ferhat Yaşar (Translated from Gazeteduvar) Beginning with the slogan, ‘Every Kurd is naturally a member of the Kurdish Language Movement’, Hareketa Zimanê Kurdî (Kurdish Language Movement), or HezKurd, will take a position outside of politics, voicing demands for Kurdish language through democratic channels, without ideology or violence. Barış Celali, one of the leaders of the […]Read More
Words by Meghan Bodette On August 15th, 1984, the PKK launched its first attacks against Turkish state targets, in Eruh and Şemdinli. The operation marked the beginning of a struggle for Kurdish self-determination in Turkey and the broader region that has lasted to this day. While many governments categorise the Kurdish freedom movement’s activities as […]Read More
Democratic Party presidental nominee, Joe Biden’s, comments on Turkey and President Erdoğan have become top tweet in Turkey. Biden says on video that he is very concerned about Erdoğan’s approach to the Kurds.Read More
The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has implemented war policies to address the Kurdish issue, ever since it pulled out of the peace negotiations with the Kurds (which took place between 2014 – 2015).Read More
Gültan Kışanak Gültan Kışanak is a political prisoner, a journalist, and a former MP and co-mayor of Amed/Diyarbakir. With fellow political prisoners, she wrote a book ‘The Colour Purple of Kurdish Politics’, which looks at the role of women within political parties.Read More
Abdullah Öcalan, the founder and leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has been held in İmralı F High-Security Prison since 1999. He has been kept in isolation for years, serving aggravated life imprisonment.Read More
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