Uğur Deniz – Istanbul Agit Özdemir, from the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement, has described fires in the Kurdish cities of Turkey as “political fires” which are part of a “security strategy”. This time, we asked Özdemir about the dams surrounding Kurdish provinces, which so far number more than a thousand. One of the main reasons for […]Read More
Erdal Kuzu, who is the lawyer of the file regarding the disappearing of nine people by Gendarmerie Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism (JİTEM) in Turkey, says the comment of the prosecutor -that the disappeared “might have joined the Kurdistan Workers’ Party” – is a result of the “impunity regarding the covering up of state crimes”.Read More
Walnut harvest season has begun in the Pınarbaşı (Bilbes) village located in the Beytüşşebap district of Şırnak (Şırnex), Turkey.Read More
Detention operations and targeted suppression policies have been used against members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) over recent days in Turkey.Read More
Two villagers from Van in Turkey, Osman Şiban (50) and Servet Turgut (55), were thrown from a military helicopter on 11 September after they had been detained and tortured.Read More
Following the arrests of 17 former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Executive Board members and politicians in recent days, the crackdown on dissenters continues in Turkey.Read More
At the hearing of the Şenyaşar family in Malatya, the mother of the imprisoned Fadıl Şenyaşar asked: “What kind of justice is this?”Read More
Eylül Deniz Yaşar – İstanbul ‘Killed, but not dead’ Journalists struggling for a free media alongside millions of Kurds have been commemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of prominent Kurdish intellectual, Musa Anter.Read More
Twelve-year-old Helin Hasret Şen lost her life as a result of gunshots from a police vehicle after curfew was declared in the Sur district of Diyarbakır (Amed) on 12 October 2015.Read More
Turkish Army Forces (TSK) and the Syrian National Army (SNA) which is backed by Turkey have begun to transport barley from the city of Serekaniye in North-East Syria to Turkey. The TSK and SNA had attacked Serekaniye on 9 October 2019.Read More
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