New era for İstanbul Bar as İbrahim Kaboğlu elected president after 22 years
Professor İbrahim Kaboğlu has been elected as the new president of the İstanbul Bar Association, receiving 7,219 votes in an...
Turkish government rejects dialogue process on Kurdish question
An adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Mehmet Uçum, has denied that Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)...
‘Peace Mothers’ from Iranian Kurdistan launch hunger strike in solidarity with Warisheh Moradi
In the city of Sanandaj (Sine), in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhilat), the Peace (Ashiti) Mothers initiated a hunger strike on 17...
Öcalan’s lawyer calls new negotiation claims ‘manipulative’ as Erdoğan’s aides deny peace talks
Cengiz Yürekli, the lawyer representing Abdullah Öcalan, has dismissed rumours of new negotiations with the imprisoned Kurdish leader as “manipulative”,...
Sixty-two organisations urge RTÜK to restore Açık Radyo’s licence
Sixty-two press and civil society organisations, led by the International Press Institute (IPI), have condemned the cancellation of Açık Radyo’s...
The scramble for Syria – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn Israel’s wars are shaking the unstable equilibriums of Middle East politics, and the different powers active in the...
Human Rights Association reports over 27,000 detentions in Kurdish cities over nine years
The Human Rights Association (İHD) has reported that more than 27,000 people were detained in Kurdish cities across Turkey between...
KDP accused of coercing security forces in Kurdistan to photograph ballots
Journalist Aram Germiyanî alleged that the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) pressured security forces in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI)...
Turkey reintroduces ‘foreign influence agent’ regulation to parliament
Turkey’s ruling party has reintroduced a controversial regulation targeting “foreign influence agents”, which had previously been withdrawn following public criticism....
The sixth round of Iraqi Kurdistan regional parliament elections commences today
At 7am. this morning, 18 October, special voters in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (KRI) commenced the process of casting their...
