Ferda Çetin – Translated from Yeni Özgür Politika As tensions have risen in recent months in Iraqi Kurdistan between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), it would seem that KDP forces are preparing for war. The KDP’s military forces have occupied the strategically significant Zînê Wêrte region, continued with troop […]Read More
by Hani al-Gamal – Cairo Consumers in Arab states have started boycotting Turkish goods in response to calls that started in Saudi Arabia, against the background of what the proponents of the boycott campaign describe as “belligerent” Turkish policies against Arab states and the support Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gives to terrorist organizations.Read More
The health condition of the seriously ill prisoner Fatma Tokmak in Bakırköy Women’s Closed Prison in Turkey is getting steadily worse.Read More
Ateş Alpar – Adana Children who are supposed to read and play with their peers in Turkey are working under very harsh conditions in high-risk jobs. They work as if they are not children. They have to work in jobs that are very dangerous and might cause injury.Read More
In 1981, the PEN International writers association declared 15 November to be the Day of the Imprisoned Writer.Read More
Tens of thousands of workers have been infected and 368 have lost their lives in the eight months of the coronavirus pandemic, according the a report by the Health and Safety Labour Watch (İSİG).Read More
60 years on, the children who died in Şehrezad Cinema
Translated from Gazete Karınca In 1960, 280 children were burned to death in controversial circumstances in a fire in Şehrezad Cinema in Amude, Syria. The children have not been forgotten. Those who survived by chance in the cinema recall the events of that fateful day.Read More
by Savan Abdulrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan The Kurds and the United States of America have a long history of relations. Since the USA is a state that has had hegemonic influence over other states throughout history, it directly affects the situation of the Kurds. Due to this relationship, Kurds have been following the US presidential […]Read More
by Hani al-Gamal – Cairo Iraq has joined together with Egypt and Jordan to form a new alliance that may change the nature and of inter-Arab cooperation in the coming period.Read More
by Doğan Çetin Translated from ANF Firat News Agency Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the founder and leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), was killed in an operation that was based upon joint intelligence gathering between the US and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on 26 October last year. He was killed in […]Read More