Viruben Nandakumar struggles for Tamil self-determination in Sri Lanka
Fréderike Geerdink With parents who fled pogroms against Tamils in Sri Lanka in the 1980s, it was inevitable that Viruben...
Turkey does not need consent for military offensive into northern Syria – Erdoğan’s top aide
The timing of a new military operation into northern Syria can only be decided by Turkey, and Ankara does not...
Turkey: Kurdish MPs targets of nearly 3/4 of motions calling for lifting of immunity
Some 1,231 motions out of a total 1,691 seeking to revoke the immunity of the members of the Turkish parliament...
Council of Europe asks Turkey to submit defence in “aggravated” life imprisonment case
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has requested Turkey to submit its defence regarding five different applications...
Lack of Kurdish-Turkish interpreter keeps sick 80-year-old woman in jail
An 80-year-old Kurdish woman with serious health problems was sent back to prison on Wednesday, as no interpreter was supplied...
Kurdish forces arrest 27 ISIS members in northeast Syria
Twenty-seven members of the Islamic State’s sleeper cells were arrested by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in trenches discovered...
Erdoğan’s interests forces him to shift Syrian policy
Turkey’s Syrian refugee problem and the potential domestic policy gains to be achieved by weakening the Kurds in north Syria...
Stranded Kurdish refugees reach safety after ordeal in Ionian Sea
More than 80 Kurdish refugees who were stranded on the Greek waters of the Ionian Sea while crossing to Italy...
If you tolerate this your children will be next – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn While political pundits continue to debate the implications of Turkey’s U-turn towards President Assad, and to speculate on...
Turkey’s seven-year offensive devastated civilians in Iraqi Kurdistan: report
Killing between 98 and 123 civilians in Iraqi Kurdistan in the last seven years, Turkish military actions have spread insecurity...
