The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council member Sabri Ok spoke to Stêrk TV. He discussed the tensions that have arisen between the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and underlined that the only way to resolve the situation is through dialogue. Ok stated that “the real problem is the ongoing […]Read More
Yazidis have described the Sinjar agreement between Hewler and Baghdad as a treaty of ”betrayal”. They have voiced the concern that the plan is for Sinjar to be handed over to the peshmerga unconditionally, and they have emphasized that they will never accept such the agreement.Read More
Journalist Nedim Türfent, who was arrested in May 2016 and has been in prison ever since, wrote from prison to Bianet: First of all, I have to remind you of their names, which have almost been forgotten.Read More
Mehmet Bal (58) travelled to Istanbul from Batman in Turkey to visit his son in prison. After his visit, he met with his relatives in Bağcılar district. Bal has been missing since 24 January.Read More
A Syrian family of 15 whose home was damaged in the İzmir earthquake have been given a single tent to live in, leaving eight to sleep outside in the local park.Read More
The General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses has just released its latest report regarding the current situation of the Covid-19 pandemic in prisons in Turkey. According to its ‘Penitentiary Institutions during the Covid-19 Pandemic’ report, coronavirus positive cases have been registered in 117 out of 368 prisons in Turkey. The previous report by the […]Read More
Turkey’s Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, son-in-law of Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announced his resignation via his Instagram account on 8 November.Read More
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Executive Committee issued a statement regarding the situation in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) ruling alliance in Turkey, Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP’s) relationship with the Turkish state.Read More
Mülkiye Tekin is a writer and poet who resisted patriarchal society and sexism and refused the life she was forced to live.Read More
Youth Movement Coordination (Gençlik Hareketi Koordinasyonu) organized a protest against Turkey’s education system in the Kadıköy district of İstanbul.Read More
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