Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) Central Executive Committee member, Duran Kalkan, commented on the current political situation. He stated that the agreement between the Syrian Democratic Council (MSD) and the People’s Will Party suggested a way forward towards a solution in Syria. He draws attention to relationships between Arabs and Kurds in the Middle East and […]Read More
Shop owner Hacı Esvet Şenyaşar and two of his sons, Adil and Celal, lost their lives as a result of an armed attack by relatives of the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP’s) Urfa deputy, İbrahim Halil Yıldız. The attack took place in the Suruç district of Urfa on 14 June 2018, just before the local […]Read More
The Free Women’s Movement (TJA) launched its “We defend ourselves” (“Em xwe diparêzin”) campaign against sexual assault, political pressures and restrictions on the Kurdish language.Read More
Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) former co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, imprisoned in Edirne Prison in Turkey, has spoken to the Financial Times (FT) about the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).Read More
Doğan Çetin, who was carrying out his compulsory military service in Edirne, was subjected to racial discrimination, assault and verbal abuse by two soldiers when he spoke in Kurdish and also said: “I wish we had received an education in Kurdish”. After his assault, he filed a criminal complaint. He said: “I fear for my […]Read More
Pakistan Bilen, the Peoples Assembly co-chair, said there were concerns, on the one hand, over the Covid-19 outbreak and on the other, the attacks in Makhmur which has been under an embargo for fourteen months. Makhmur is located in Iraq.Read More
The people dealing with tobacco cultivation in the Kızıltepe (Qoser) district of Mardin (Mêrdin) in Turkey lack support.Read More
Lider Polat was tortured for five hours after having his vehicle hijacked in Istanbul by attackers posing as police officers.Read More
Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairs Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar have visited former HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş and former HDP deputy Abdullah Zeydan, both of whom have been imprisoned in Edirne F-type High Security Closed Prison.Read More
Mehmet Öcalan calls for an end to the 21 years of prison isolation conditions of his brother, Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.Read More
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