Elections won through military voting ‘illegitimate’: DEM Party co-chair
Tülay Hatimoğulları, the co-chair of the Kurdish-led Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), said on Sunday that the local...
KNK raises alarm over planned Turkish military offensive in Iraq’s Makhmour, Sinjar
The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) has issued a press release expressing grave concern over the possibility of a Turkish military...
Sweden’s denial of asylum puts Kurdish activists at risk of deportation to Iran
Narges Hashemi and Idris Hashemi, Kurdish political refugees from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran's Kermanshah Province, are at grave risk of...
Transition of power unmasks corruption in Turkish municipalities
Corruption allegations have surfaced in several municipalities of Turkey following their transition from the ruling coalition parties to opposition parties...
Attacks against co-mayor system defeated in elections: Free Women’s Movement
The Free Women's Movement (TJA) on Sunday said in a statement that the local elections on 31 March resulted in...
Turkey plans to attack North and East Syria this summer: SDF spox
Turkey plans to launch a fresh assault on Kurdish-led North and East Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesperson Farhad Shami...
Journalist associations condemn post-election attacks on media workers in Turkey
Turkish authorities should “allow media and journalists to do their jobs and investigate reports of journalists being attacked by security...
A new spring in Kurdistan? Probably not – but a future is looming
Fréderike Geerdink It was a beautiful sight how the newly elected mayors in several Kurdish towns broke down the barriers...
Swiss parliamentarian labels Abdullah Öcalan as today’s Mandela, demands freedom
Swiss Federal Parliament Member Laurence Fehlmann Rielle has likened the imprisoned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan to Nelson...
Violent arrests at anti-Israel trade protest in Istanbul
A group of protesters in Istanbul, advocating for the cessation of Turkey's trade relations with Israel, faced violent arrests by...