A new website dedicated to Abdullah Öcalan launches
A new website has been launched to make it easier for everyone interested to access information on Abdullah Öcalan, the...
Iraqi Kurdistan says farewell to slain scholar Nagihan Akarsel
Hundreds of people gathered on Saturday in Iraqi Kurdistan to pay tribute to assassinated scholar and feminist Nagihan Akarsel whose...
LGBT groups in Turkey wary of Erdoğan’s plans for constitutional changes
The Turkish government is continuing with plans to limit the rights of LGBTQ people, according to a human rights activist,...
Gender, ethnicity, class, and revolution
Sarah Glynn On Tuesday, Nagihan Akarsel, scholar, journalist, and activist, was shot dead outside her home in Sulaymaniyah, in the...
Football club fans protest festival in destroyed Kurdish historical district
The supporters of Amedspor, the football club of Turkey’s Kurdish populated province of Diyarbakır, have protested against a cultural festival...
Women of the World Resist: Global Solidarity for Amini and Akarsel
Robin Fleming Every action has its equal and opposite reaction. As we are seeing attacks on women increasing throughout the...
Alevi leaders find Erdoğan’s new plans for religious minority insincere, insulting
Plans revealed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday for recognising the places of worship for people of the...
Saying Jin, Jiyan, Azadî in Kurdish is not enough
Fréderike Geerdink The slogan ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadî’, ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’, is everywhere at the moment. Big and established media outlets...
Erdoğan discriminates between sick prisoners when using pardoning powers
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan uses his powers to pardon prisoners over health issues in a discriminatory way that violates...
Turkey’s ruling party loses appeal among more conservative Kurdish youth
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is facing a decline in support in the country’s Kurdish-majority areas, particularly losing...