The system that breaks the sacred armor of sovereigns: Autonomous Administration
"Smear campaigns have been launched in every field against the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). Although the...
Human rights organisations in Belgium demand a halt to the export of A400M defence-related components to Turkey
On 1 July, in a registered letter to the Flemish, Walloon and Brussels governments, the League for Human Rights (LDH),...
Kurdish villagers returning after the forcible depopulations of 90s face yet more repressive restrictions on their lives
The evacuation of villages and forced migration was intensified after the 1980 coup in Turkey and especially during 1990s when...
Turkey: Hospital report of sick 83-year-old prisoner says ‘fit for prison’
On 27 June, seriously sick prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan was referred to the Forensic Medicine Institute in Istanbul for a...
Beşdar Hessen on jailed journalists in Duhoq: ‘They were imprisoned for reacting against Turkey’s attacks’
A number of civilians were killed by Turkish shelling and air strikes on the town of Sheladize (Şêladize) on 23...
Peace Mothers from Turkey: ‘It is in our hands to end the isolation’
The indefinite, rotating hunger strike launched by Kurdish political prisoners in Turkey protesting the isolation of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)...
Mustafa Karasu: ‘In practice KDP surrounds the guerilla in a way to facilitate and serve the Turkish state’
Mustafa Karasu, Executive Council member of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) spoke in a special program broadcast on Medya Haber...
Kurdish farmers’ tradition of collective harvesting with sickles and song stands the test of time
In the rough terrain around Turkey's eastern city of Şırnak (Şirnex), where combine harvesters cannot go, villagers harvest their crops...
Defend Kurdistan Initiative delegates condemn ‘disappearance’ of three people at Erbil airport
Regarding the disappearance of three people on 10 June, identified by the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in a press conference...
Kurdish artist Jango Mousa paints war and migration
Jango Mousa was born in the town of Amude in north-east Syria (Rojava) and graduated from Damascus University Faculty of...
