Civilian shot by soldiers in Hakkari
Eighteen-year-old Mehmet Dinç, from the village of Yesilova, was grazing sheep in the evening when the soldiers fired at him....
Dr Mehmûd Osman: ‘Turkey aims to Turkify Iraqi Kurdistan’
The Turkish military launched a large ground and air offensive reportedly aimed at Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) targets in the...
Poisoning cases increase in North and East Syria due to water cuts
As Turkey continues cutting off the water supply of the Euphrates river, cases of poisoning are increasing in the region...
No justice for 17-year-old boy allegedly killed by Turkish police
Ömer Koç was 17 years old when he was shot dead in 2015. There were Turkish policemen with shotguns in...
Turkey sows the seeds of future conflict – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn When western nations were engaged in wars against Al Qaeda and ISIS, the growth and spread of these...
In which I effortlessly connect Roboskî massacre to Dutch colonialism
Fréderike Geerdink The banner ‘Dersim 1938 – Roboskî 2011’ was drawing my attention when I first walked into the village...
Kurds continue to send letters to UN demanding freedom for Öcalan
Kurds living in Europe continue to protest the isolation of Kurdistan Workers' Party leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been kept...
Kobani trial postponed to 14 June without receiving opinion of prosecution
The second hearing of the Kobani case was held in the Ankara Sincan Prison Campus. Lawyers criticised the judge for...
Beritan Aksoy: ‘All I ask for is the bones of my father’
The enforced disappearances became a systematic state practice after the September 12th 1980 military coup, applied by the hands of...
KCK’s Cemil Bayık says Turkey’s act of cutting off the water supply from the Euphrates ‘is a war crime’
Cemil Bayik, Co-President of the Executive Council of the Union of Kurdistan Communities (KCK) spoke to Sterk TV in a...
