Seda Taşkın – Kars The sunflower harvest season has begun in the Arpaçay district of the city of Kars (Qers) in Turkey.Read More
Kurdish organisations call for a new struggle against oppressive forces
Following the arrests of 17 former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Executive Board members and politicians in recent days, the crackdown on dissenters continues in Turkey.Read More
At the hearing of the Şenyaşar family in Malatya, the mother of the imprisoned Fadıl Şenyaşar asked: “What kind of justice is this?”Read More
“404 Citizens” who comprise intellectuals, writers, human rights activists and lawyers have signed a statement (‘Call for democracy and justice’) criticising the operations against the People’s Democratic Party (HDP). They have also made an appeal to unite around the HDP.Read More
Clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces on the Nagorno-Karabakh border continue despite global calls for a ceasefire.Read More
The tradition of pipe playing, one of humanities oldest wind instruments, continues in Kurdistan. Piper Reber Söyler, who learnt his trade from the pipe masters of Diyarbakır (Amed) in Turkey, wants this tradition to continue.Read More
MSD Executive Board Chair İlham Ehmed: ”MSD always uses peaceful
Speaking at a panel held in Raqqa in Syria, Syrian Democratic Council (MSD) Executive Board Chair İlham Ehmed emphasized that they will continue to insist on peaceful ways to solve the Syrian crisis.Read More
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Pervin Buldan visited Kars (Qers) province in Turkey to express solidarity with the people of Kars as well as its Co-Mayor Ayhan Bilgen, who was detained in the state’s operations against HDP politicians on 25 September.Read More
Contradictory statements presented in the EIA report for four quarries
It has been revealed that one of the four quarries that are due to be opened in the district of Savur (Stewr) in Mardin (Mêrdîn), Turkey, belong to Edip Basınç, the head of the Ottoman Organization in Savur District.Read More
As the inflation rate has mounted, food prices have increased incrementally in Turkey. Figures show that the real income of people has decreased and the economic crisis is deepening.Read More