On 11 December thousands marched in the Aleppo province of Syria to protest the isolation of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan, who is imprisoned in the İmralı F-type High Security Prison in Turkey. Appeals to resist and fight for the freedom of people in the Middle East, women and Öcalan were made during […]Read More
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) chair Devlet Bahçeli targeted the pro-democracy Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and demanded the party be closed. In response, the HDP said: “We will bring democracy to this country despite you”.Read More
288 people were killed during the curfews declared on December 14, 2015 and continued until March 2, 2016 in Cizre (Cızir) district of Şırnak (Şirnex) province of Turkey.Read More
In an interview with the Denge Welat radio, Murat Karayılan, Executive Committee member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) spoke about the hunger strikes ongoing in Turkish prisons and sexual violence being used as a weapon of war. .Read More
Human Rights defenders in Turkey issued joint press statements in various provinces of Turkey, including Istanbul, Diyarbakır (Amed), Adana, Mardin (Mêrdîn), Hatay and Van (Wan) on the occassion of Human Rights Week.Read More
European Union leaders are discussing relations with Turkey at their summit in Brussels on 10th and 11th December. The EU is discussing whether to impose sanctions against Turkey for its actions in the Eastern Mediterranean.Read More
Seda Taşkın People of Diyarbakır (Amed) reflect on the economic difficulties they face amid the deepening financial crisis in Turkey.Read More
The increase in the Sunni religous cults operating in Tunceli (Dersim) (a mainly Alevi populated region) in Turkey has been reported by various media outlets recently.Read More
Seda Taşkın The people of Diyarbakır shared their criticisms regarding the trustee appointed by the government for Diyarbakır Municipality.Read More
People have continued to react unfavourably to the nature of relations between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Turkish state.Read More
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