In an interview with Cecilia Udden from Sweden’s State Radio, Mazloum Abdi, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander, said that Kurds felt abandoned by the world following their defeat of the Islamic State (ISIS). He warned that the lack of support for the Kurds may cause ISIS to reassert itself.Read More
Medyanews Exclusive The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has been engaged in armed struggle since 1984 (initially seeking independence, later autonomy as well as greater political and cultural rights for Kurds) in the Republic of Turkey.Read More
The Turkish ambassador to Austria, Ozan Ceyhun, has denied Kurdish-Austrian politician Berivan Aslan’s origins in an interview.Read More
The Free Women’s Movement (Tevgera Jinên Azad – TJA) appealed to the public for solidarity regarding the hunger strikes that were launched on 27 November by political prisoners in Turkey.Read More
After they announced their support for the hunger strikes that started on 27 November in prisons in Turkey, the cells of imprisoned female Kurdish politicians were raided in Kandıra No. 1 Type-F Prison. During the raid, police confiscated all the written materials and books of the politicians.Read More
Alaattin Ahmed, the sheikh of the Esyad El Heyayin tribe, commented on efforts to solve the crisis in North and East Syria, the Turkish state’s attacks, and the attitude of Arab countries towards the attacks.Read More
The Kurdish National Congress (KNK) co-chair Ehmed Qeremus, who promotes diplomacy to ease tension initiated by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in the Federal Kurdistan Region, stated that conflict must be avoided. “This situation will please the invaders”, he said. “The people of Başûr do not want war either”.Read More
by Uğur Deniz – İstanbul Populist presidents – many of whom are racist and xenophobic and who rise through corruption – are all over the world. How do we confront this monism? The co-chair system is a remedy. The co-chair system, which does not mean sharing seats or dividing power, predicts a fair change from […]Read More
by Fréderike Geerdink The gangs of Daesh were a few hundred metres away from the military base of the PKK at the frontline near Kirkuk. That fact didn’t distract the fighters that evening. Some were slaughtering a sheep that had been brought in from a base closer to the city, others were sitting on the […]Read More
Danish intellectuals and politicians have appealed to Kurdish parties to end tensions in Iraqi Kurdistan, writing a letter emphasising their concerns and calling on parties to prevent a possible war among Kurds.Read More
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