Kurdish villagers concerned about new wave of migration after devastating fires in southeast Turkey

Kurdish villagers in southeast Turkey who recall the systematic burning of their villages by the Turkish state in the 1990s, ...

ECOLOGY

Reports reveal Turkey’s DEDAŞ overcharges, underperforms in Kurdish regions

June 25, 2024

Two reports from 2020 uncovered DEDAŞ's neglect of electrical infrastructure in Kurdish-majority southeast Turkey, contributing to deadly wildfires and inflated ...

POLITICS

Gülistan Koçyiğit slams Turkish government’s responses to wildfires, prisoner deaths

June 24, 2024

The Turkish government has been accused of prioritising control over the addressing of crises, such as the recent wildfires, by ...

KURDISTAN

State-owned company, not villagers, responsible for Diyarbakır-Mardin fire: prosecutor’s report

June 24, 2024

A preliminary report by the Diyarbakır Chief Prosecutor confirms that the fire between Diyarbakır (Amed) and Mardin (Mêrdîn), which resulted ...

ECOLOGY

SE Turkey: Emerging details suggest potential racial bias behind recent deadly fires

June 23, 2024

A fire in Kurdish-populated southeast Turkey last year, which devastated the same region where 15 people recently died, was caused ...

ECOLOGY

Report challenges official claims that blamed fatal fire on villagers

June 23, 2024

Negligence by Turkish officials, rather than villagers burning stubble, has been identified as the primary cause of a recent wildfire ...

POLITICS

Kurdish mayor who lost 10 relatives blames state policies for deadly fire in Turkey

June 22, 2024

Hamdin Demir, the mayor of Mazıdağı (Şemrex) who lost 10 relatives in the fire that swept through rural areas in ...

POLITICS

KCK calls for Kurdish self-organisation and solidarity in response to devastating fire in Turkey

June 22, 2024

The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) have responded to a devastating fire in Kurdish-majority areas of Turkey with a strong call ...

ECOLOGY

Early intervention could have saved lives, say villagers after devastating fire

June 22, 2024

A wildfire has ravaged 66 kilometres of land in southeastern Turkey, leaving behind a path of destruction on Thursday and ...

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