Rojava Information Centre (RIC) reports that in Turkish occupied Afrin in Syria, in recent weeks, “dozens of arrests have targeted Kurdish members of the proxy councils Turkey has built up in the region to legitimize its occupation”.Read More
Savan Abdulrahman – South Kurdistan After nearly one hour of driving, we arrived at Hawraman, Byara. Mr Poet, who we spoke to on the phone and who was to be our guide, told us, “Just come through the Byara entrance and you will find me wearing a Faranji”.Read More
İstanbul Deputy and investigative journalist Ahmet Şık reported on the incidents in Turkey that caused the death of Servet Turgut – who had reportedly been thrown off a military helicopter on 11 September 2020 in Van (Wan) – and the serious injury to Osman Şiban.Read More
The People’s Democratic Party (HDP) coordinated celebrations across cities in Turkey on 1 November, ‘World Kobanê Day’.Read More
The Kurdish poet and writer Celal Melekşa has died at the age of 69.Read More
Two kolbers (cross-border labourers) have been shot on the Iran-Turkey border, according to a report by the Mesopotamia Agency.Read More
Turkish soldiers shot and killed Şerali Dereli (63) in a village in the Esendere region of Hakkari (Colemerg) on Saturday evening.Read More
The Makhmur People’s Assembly has protested the death penalty of Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er (Muhammed Beşikçi).Read More
Following the Sinjar agreement between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Iraqi government, there have been many criticisms of the deal from a variety of sources.Read More
The women’s TV channel JIN TV is being officially launched on November 2 after a test broadcast.Read More
