World Kobanê Day’ was celebrated on 1 November in cities in Germany and Canada.Read More
Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council co-chair Besê Hozat has commented on the Sinjar (Shengal) agreement signed between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Iraqi government.Read More
The 20th hearing of the case known as the Dargeçit Gendarmerie Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism (JİTEM) trial – concerning the enforced disappearance of eight persons, including one specialist sergeant Bilal Batırır and three children in the Dargeçit district of Mardin province in Turkey between 29 October 1995 and 8 March 1996 – was held.Read More
Kurdish and German revolutionaries have carried out an act of civil disobedience outside an arms factory in Kiel, Germany.Read More
Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council co-chair Besê Hozat has weighed in on the isolation of Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the responsibility of European countries for this isolation.Read More
Afrin County Council co-chair Muhammad Naso has criticised the embargo implemented on migrants from Afrin by the Syrian administration and stated that Syria’s attitude was similar to the Turkish state’s. Naso also drew attention to Russia’s responsibility.Read More
Amed City Theatre in Diyarbakir (Amed) is reopening with the play ‘Hema Hema Jin: Elizabeth’ (‘Almost women: Elizabeth’) on 6 November. The theatre was closed due to coronavirus precautions for months.Read More
MedyaNews Exclusive Heja Netirk had been trained and educated in traditional Kurdish music and conducted research into dengbej’s (traditional Kurdish singers). She learned to play the guitar whilst imprisoned for nine months in Turkey.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
