Turkey’s Kurdish community has come together to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Roboski Massacre in which 34 people, including 19 children, were killed by a Turkish aircraft.
Bombing and destroying cities only perpetuates a damaging war, said retired Turkish Colonel Süleyman Şadi Gür, in his critique of Turkey’s ongoing attacks on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Sebahat Tuncel, a Kurdish politician imprisoned in Turkey, has initiated a hunger strike to advocate for the freedom of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan and a peaceful resolution to the Kurdish issue.
The Defend Kurdistan Initiative has called for international action against Turkey’s military campaign in North and East Syria, accusing it of violating human rights and international law.