Former ECHR judge urges peaceful resolution of Kurdish issue

The Social Initiative for Peace, led by former European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judge Rıza Türmen, has called on...

The Kurdish journalist Agid Roj was killed on Saturday in a Turkish air strike near the Tishreen dam, northeast of...

Protests in Van (Wan) have intensified following the Turkish government's decision to appoint a trustee to replace the elected mayor,...

A statement released today by the Asrın Law Office draws attention to the 26th anniversary of the capture of Abdullah...

Abdullah Zeydan, the co-mayor of Van (Wan) Metropolitan Municipality, was sentenced to prison and subsequently suspended from office by the...

Marking the 26th anniversary of the 1999 abduction of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, tens of thousands of Kurds, Armenians, Syriacs,...

In an exclusive interview with Medya News correspondent Chris Den Hond, Democratic Union Party (PYD) executive member Salih Muslim...

As 15 February 2025 marks the 26th anniversary of Abdullah Öcalan’s abduction, a resurfaced speech from 1995 has gone viral...

Protests have broken out across the Kurdish-majority city Van (Wan) following the Turkish government’s appointment of a trustee to the...

Sarah Glynn Today, tens of thousands of Kurds from across Europe are marching through Strasbourg to demand Freedom for Abdullah...

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