Disciplinary sanction extends Öcalan’s incommunicado detention
A new three-month disciplinary sanction has been imposed on Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK),...
Kurdish activist Ali Çeven arrested amid allegations of ill-treatment in custody
Kurdish activist Ali Çeven was detained in Istanbul on 1 November for the second time in three days and subsequently...
The CHP under the spotlight – a weekly news review
News from Turkey proceeds with more plot twists than a Shakespeare comedy, while instead of Shakespearian cross dressing we see...
Sefkan Kobanê recounts the historic victory over ISIS in Kobanê – Part three
After ISIS had expanded its presence into northern and eastern Syria and initiated an assault on Kobanê in September 2014,...
US pushes for restraint as Israel/Iran conflict escalates
Following Israel's strikes on Iran's military facilities on 26 October, Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader and Commander-in-Chief, assigned responsibility for...
Hatimoğulları urges unity against trustee appointments in Turkey
Tülay Hatimoğulları, co-chair of Turkey’s Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), has called for public unity against the government’s...
Turkey’s Justice Minister says new meetings with Abdullah Öcalan depend on requests
Turkey's Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç stated on Thursday that future meetings with Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan would be considered based...
Sefkan Kobanê recounts the historic victory over ISIS in Kobanê – Part two
After ISIS had expanded its presence into northern and eastern Syria and initiated an assault on Kobanê in September 2014,...
Nationalist leader’s unexpected outburst kindles hope for peace in Turkey
Recent days have seen renewed hopes for a political solution to one of Turkey's most complex internal issues, the Kurdish...
Turkish opposition leader calls for early elections over government’s trustee appointments
Opposition leader Özgür Özel condemned the Turkish government’s decision to replace elected Esenyurt Mayor Ahmet Özer with a government-appointed trustee...
