Members of ISIS who are housed in al-Hol camp frequently attempt to escape. Internal Security Forces spokesperson, Ali Hesen, has stated that they have stopped 700 such escape attempts, ‘supported by Turkey’, since 2019.Read More
Thousands of Kurdish songs are translated to Turkish without any permission from the creators of the songs. They were published as if they are initially in Turkish. Koma Wetan’s music “Cahiltî” is one of these.Read More
Saturday mothers met for the 808th time in protests. They demanded justice in Istanbul, Diyarbakir (Amed), and Izmir for their loved ones disappeared in custody.Read More
Raise in Special Consumption Tax (ÖTV) affects the secondhand car market negatively in Turkey. Van Car Dealers’ Cooperative chairperson İsmet İnan stated that the capital of car dealers shopkeepers reduced by half and added they did not predict a drop in prices.Read More
As the economic crisis deepens, the increasing agricultural input costs put the tobacco growers into trouble in Turkey.Read More
Nomads (Koçer) migrated to Siirt, Batman, and Şırnak with the coming of spring has come to Hakkari (Colemerg) city of Turkey as the weather gets warmer.Read More
The People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Central Executive Committee convened at Taksim Hill Hotel in Istanbul under the presidency of co-chairs Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar.Read More
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) General Commander Mazlum Abdi spoke about the war crimes that have been committed by the Turkish state, which are also detailed in a recently released United Nations report.Read More
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Dîsa ”once again” Radio Yerevan (Erivan) Kurdish Melodies Reinterpreted with
During the period of the Soviet Union, two hour weekly Kurdish broadcasts began in 1955 on Radio Yerevan (Erivan), based in the capital of Armenia. These broadcasts were heard all over Anatolia and became extremely popular.Read More
Cemil Kırbayır, a left-wing activist, was detained in September 1980 in Kars province and allegedly tortured to death in October 1980. The Kırbayır case remained un-prosecuted for decades. Berfo Kırbayır was an activist mother and had been searching for her missing son, Cemil Kırbayır. She symbolized the search for justice for relatives of the disappeared […]Read More
