Journalists file criminal complaints against police for their detention during Suruç Massacre commemoration
On 20 July, journalists were detained alongside several protesters during a commemoration event marking the sixth anniversary of the Suruç...
Turkey: Spiritually revered Munzur Valley, a unique habitat for wildlife under threat
The legendary and spiritually revered Munzur Valley which lies between northwest of Dersim city and the town of Ovacık in...
Ishak Pasha Palace: A monument to cultural coexistence
The construction of Ishak Pasha Palace, situated on a hill 5km from Doğubayazıt (Bazîd) city in the eastern province of...
YPG calls for response to desecration of graves by Turkish forces
A statement has been released by the Press Office of the People's Protection Units (YPG) on the desecration by Turkish...
Coelho and Rushdie censored in Turkey: the word ‘Kurdistan’ removed from Turkish editions of their novels…
The censorship of the word "Kurdistan" in the Turkish translation of Paulo Coelho's novel Eleven Minutes, which made headlines in...
280 racist attacks target ‘others’ in Turkey in last 10 years
A group of around 60 people, some of whom were armed, attacked a Kurdish family and killed 43-year-old Hakim Dal...
Turkey’s recent move in Cyprus condemned by UN Security Council
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has condemned Turkey's recently announced plan to reopen the coastal town of Varosha (Maraş)...
Independent media outlets demonised in Turkey
Officials of the coalition parties in Turkey accused some of the independent media outlets of allegedly receiving funds from foreign...
Iraq: Suspicious female deaths passed off as suicide
In Iraq, 2197 suicide cases were recorded in the last four years. In 2020 alone, 386 incidences of males and...
Abdullah Öcalan: “A ‘social Treaty of Lausanne’ is needed for the solution of the Kurdish question”
Medya News presents a translation of an excerpt from Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan's past evaluations of the...
