Funerals held as death toll in Mardin-Diyarbakır fire rises to 14
The death toll from the devastating fire in Diyarbakır (Amed) and Mardin (Merdin) has risen to 14, with funerals and ...
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Kurdish mayor who lost 10 relatives blames state policies for deadly fire in Turkey
Hamdin Demir, the mayor of Mazıdağı (Şemrex) who lost 10 relatives in the fire that swept through rural areas in ...
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KCK calls for Kurdish self-organisation and solidarity in response to devastating fire in Turkey
The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) have responded to a devastating fire in Kurdish-majority areas of Turkey with a strong call ...
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Daily News : 21 June 2024
06/21/2024 – #DailyNews – #MedyaNews 🔸 Today saw the continuation of this week's worldwide 'Dialogue Days' events that took ...
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Turkish state officials late to react to large fires raging between Mardin and Diyarbakır
Huge fires raged in the Kurdish-majority southeast region of Turkey last night, resulting in dozens of casualties and injuries. The ...
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#BREAKINGNEWS : Huge fires raging between Mardin and Diyarbakir, calls for immediate aerial fire intervention
Huge fires are raging between Mardin (Merdin) and Diyarbakir (Amed) in southeastern Turkey. The fires are rapidly spreading to residential ...
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Diyarbakır as exemplar of the Kurdish condition – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn Diyarbakır, or Amed to use its Kurdish name, is regarded as the capital of Bakur: North – or ...
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Acquittal of police officers in Tahir Elçi case ‘huge blow to justice’: Amnesty International
There has been widespread criticism both internationally and domestically in Turkey over the acquittal of three police officers in the ...
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Daily News : 12 June 2024
12/06/2024 – #DailyNews – #MedyaNews 🔸 The claimed downing of another Turkish drone by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), ...
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Turkish police officers acquitted for murder of Kurdish lawyer Tahir Elçi, lawyers walk out
A verdict was reached today, 12 June, in the 11th hearing of the high-profile murder case of Kurdish human rights ...
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