Children in Ain Issa (Eyn İsa) wake up to the sounds of bombs and artillery fire and are losing their rights by the day, according to an account by Hawar News.Read More
The ‘Bill on Preventing the Spread and Financing of Weapons of Mass Destruction’ was approved by the General Assembly of the Turkish parliament on 26 December.Read More
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Reactions to Turkey’s dismissal of ECHR’s Demirtaş decision
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Grand Chamber decided that former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş was to be released immediately on 22 December. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ignored the decision and said, “The decision is not our concern”, leading to angry reactions across Turkey.Read More
The fifth hearing of the case regarding the assaults and killings of four members of the Şenyaşar family, carried out by AKP deputy İbrahim Halil Yıldız’s guards and relatives during an election campaign in the Suruç (Pirsus) district of Şanlıurfa (Riha) in Turkey on 14 June 2018, was tried in the Malatya Third High Penal […]Read More
Bereaved families are still awaiting the return of loved ones’ remains after they were buried in plastic boxes under concrete sidewalks in Kilyos Cemetery.Read More
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‘There is no solution to the Kurdish question with repression’
With the conflict that restarted in 2015, after the breakdown of peace negotiations, thousands of people were systematically subjected to rights violations on the grounds that they did not support the current government. Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair President of Local Governments Salim Kaplan stated that 20 thousand HDP members have been detained in the […]Read More
Bawer Dersim, a Commander at the People’s Defence Centre Headquarters, spoke to the Special Programme broadcast on Medya News TV. Evaluating the tension with the KDP, Bawer Dersim underlined that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) does not want a civil war and is always in favor of dialogue.Read More
The ‘Bill on Preventing the Spread and Financing of Weapons of Mass Destruction’ relating to Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO’s) in Turkey was passed by the Justice Commission on 19 December.Read More
The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council Co-Presidency published a written statement on the anniversary of the Maraş Massacre which took place 19-26 December 1978.Read More
Democratic Society Congress (DTK) co-chair Leyla Güven was sentenced to 22 years and three months in prison for her statements against the attacks on Afrin and for her activities as part of the Democratic Society Congress. She has been sent to Elazığ (Xerpet) prison on 23 of December.Read More
