Aygül Doku, the sister of Gülistan Doku – who has been missing for 323 days – has been fined 50,000 Turkish lira after being accused of preventing the main suspect from moving home.Read More
Following the Kurdish National Council (ENKS) visit to Ankara, the Syrian Democratic Council (MSD) Egypt representative Sîhanok Dîbo asked, “Why did the ENKS visit Ankara in a period of negatiations among Kurdish political forces?”Read More
As part of the preparations for the “National Congress of the Peoples of Cizre and Euphrates”, to be held by the Democratic Syrian Council (MSD) at the end of November, Riyad Derar announced the congress will discuss the political, military, management, education and service sectors in the region.Read More
Politicians from North and East Syria (Rojava) reacted to news of an Ankara visit by the Kurdish National Council (ENKS), which has been involved in negotiations for unity with other Kurdish parties. Democratic Party of Syrian Kurds (PDK-S) Central Committee member Gêlo İsa, in response to ENKS’ Ankara visit, said: “ENKS should cooperate with Kurdish […]Read More
The fourth hearing of the trial – relating to incidents in which Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy İbrahim Halil Yıldız’s bodyguards and relatives attacked the Şenyaşar family during the election campaign in Şanlıurfa (Riha) in Turkey on 14 June 2018 (which led to the deaths of four people) – took place at Malatya 3rd […]Read More
Uğur Kaymaz was murdered along with his father in the Kızıltepe district of Mardin (Merdin) in Turkey on 21 November 2004.Read More
Events were organised in North and East Syria (Rojava) to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which takes place on 25 November.Read More
Detention warrants were issued for 101 people this morning as part of an investigation into the Democratic Society Congress (DTK). Police raided addresses in Diyarbakır (Amed), Şırnak (Şirnex) and Adıyaman (Semsur).Read More
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The Lack of Women’s Participation in Middle Eastern Politics
by Savan Abdalrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan Political participation is a process in which individuals play a role in changing and fuelling the social system by giving life to it. Today, worldwide, we see a wide range of women participating in politics, but this does not change the fact that women’s participation faces oppression and gender […]Read More
The Turkish state’s combat helicopters have been bombing the Bradost region of Iraqi Kurdistan. People have captured images showing these attacks.Read More
