Anything is possible
Writer Akın Olgun looks at the coming Turkish general elections and the two main competing alliances, and notes also a...
Freedom! …After 30 years…
Edip Yalçınkaya was just 21 years old when he was arrested for political reasons in 1992 and sentenced to life...
Turkey: Severely ill octogenarian prisoner dies
Yusuf Bekmezci (82), a seriously ill prisoner who was in custody at Kırıklar F-Type Prison in Izmir, has died after...
Mother of Mehmet Tunç receives son’s burnt possessions six years after his killing… a knife twisted in the wound
A on 14 December 2015 a curfew was announced in the Cizre district of Şırnak that lasted 79 days, during...
Turkish journalist Güngör Arslan assassinated
Journalist Güngör Arslan was murdered yesterday night, 19 February, by a gunman who opened fire in the office of the...
Anything is possible
Akın Olgun Those who follow Turkey closely wait with interest to see what politics or mentality will leave its stamp...
The re-birth of Kurdish language in Rojava
February 21 was declared as World Mother Language Day by UNESCO on November 17, 1999, to promote awareness of linguistic...
Rock legend Roger Waters called for the freedom of Kurdish musician Nûdem Durak
Rock music legend, bassist and founder of the band Pink Floyd, Roger Waters called for the Kurdish singer Nûdem Durak...
This shall pass – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn When, 23 years ago, a CIA-led international plot captured Abdullah Öcalan and handed him over to the Turkish...
Theatre to put plays on in the dark
As protests against the high electricity bills continue in Turkey, one of the main theatres in Istanbul's Kadikoy district, Moda...
