The Canary Investigations UK editor Emily Apple, in an interview with Erem Kansoy, said: ”Mr. Öcalan is at the centre of a possible peace process. He also has a philosophical outlook that will influence the next century with its ideas. We see the practical consequences of his thoughts in Rojava”.Read More
Abdullah Öcalan, the founder and leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has been held in İmralı F type High-Security Prison in Turkey since 1999. He has been kept in isolation for years while serving an aggravated life sentence.Read More
Fréderike Geerdink The Rojava Film Commune is working on a new feature film. It will be about the Turkish invasion of Serêkaniyê, Northeast-Syria, which happened last year in October. So while Turkey is violating human rights on a large scale, as was confirmed again in a United Nations report this week, the film commune members […]Read More
Meghan Bodette – USA On 12 September 1980, the Turkish military seized power from the country’s elected government, imposing a right-wing nationalist dictatorship.Read More
by Meghan Bodette – USA In August, Democratic nominee for President of the United States Joe Biden chose California Senator Kamala Harris as his nominee for Vice President.Read More
by Desmond Fernandes The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) launches its “Stop Isolation, Fascism, Occupation: Time to Achieve Freedom” initiative today, on the fortieth anniversary of the 12 September 1980 coup d’état. The ramifications of the coup d’état have been far-reaching.Read More
Fréderike Geerdink Kurdistan Region President Neçhirvan Barzani visited Ankara. I couldn’t help but think of Ottoman times, when Kurdish clan leaders maintained good relationships with the Sultan in Constantinople, which benefitted both sides to the detriment of the common people.Read More
The 6th September marks the 65th anniversary of the “pogrom” that was carried out against non-Muslims in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1955. Over 300 non-Muslim citizens were injured, eleven people were murdered and thousands of ‘non-Muslim’ houses and establishments were looted and destroyed or severely damaged.Read More
Ertuğrul Kürkçü, honorary chair of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has written a piece on Covid-19 and the capitalist system.Read More
Translated from ÖzgürPolitika News, written by Meral Çiçek Joey Hood, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs in the US Department of State, asked Hewler, Baghdad and Ankara to work together “under the consultancy of the US”. In this way, the US not only justified Turkish air strikes and intervention in Shengal, but […]Read More
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