by Akın Olgun Whoever controls judicial power in Turkey secures what they want and, of course, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who monopolizes power, is mostly able to get what he wants. In fact, the moment that Erdoğan speaks out against transgressors, prosecutors immediately take action and trials are opened one after the other.Read More
by Ferda Çetin Turkey has established 38 new outposts and bases in the last two years in the Iraq/South Kurdistan territory. So far, military stations, National Organisation Intelligence (MIT) offices, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) runways, listening and monitoring centres have been established in the following regions: Erbil, Zakho, Dohuk, Batifa, Haftanin, Metina, Hakurk, […]Read More
The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council member Mustafa Karasu has spoken about the relationship between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). Karasu noted that the attacks and attitude of the KDP against the Kurdish Freedom movement are part of the plan put into effect by the US.Read More
A new legislative proposal named, Preventing the Financing of Weapons of Mass Destruction, which includes 43 articles, was approved in the Justice Commission of the Turkish parliament. As the proposal is expected to be discussed in the General Assembly of the parliament in the coming days, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Republican Peoples’ Party […]Read More
Democratic Society Congress (DTK) co-chair Leyla Güven was sentenced to 22 years and three months in prison for her statements against the attacks on Afrin and her activities as part of the DTK. Güven has now been taken into custody in Diyarbakır (Amed), Turkey, the Mesopotamia News Agency reports.Read More
As political prisoners entered the 25th day of their hunger strike, launched on November 27 against the isolation imposed upon the Kurdish leader, Abdullah Öcalan campaigns were launched on social media.Read More
People of Kurdistan and their allies took to the streets in Europe to protest the isolation of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan. They also called for the demands of the political prisoners who are on a hunger strike to be met.Read More
As hunger strikes continue amid the Covid-19 outbreak in Turkey’s Şanlıurfa (Riha) Prison, the prison administration is not testing prisoners for the virus despite increasing case numbers.Read More
by Fayik Yağızay Despite all the expectations, the European Union (EU) Summit held on 10-11 December produced no serious decision to sanction Turkey. The limited actions agreed upon have been dismissed as largely symbolic. For those who follow the EU institutions closely, this was no surprise.Read More
The Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) made a press statement for human rights week surrounded by police in front of the Human Rights Association’s İstanbul Branch building.Read More
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