Global media spotlight on PKK’s 12th Congress: Historic shift towards peace?
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) officially announced that it convened its 12th Congress from 5 to 7 May, marking what ...
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Sick prisoners central to Turkish judicial reform talks amid historic peace efforts
In Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır (Amed), in eastern Turkey, Kurdish legal organisations and civil society groups are urging the Turkish government to ...
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Pro-Kurdish DEM Party addresses assassination allegations over death of Sırrı Süreyya Önder
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party have issued a statement addressing growing speculation that Sırrı Süreyya Önder’s death ...
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Erdoğan hints at post-PKK era, pledges new process of reforms
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with ministers and MPs from his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) at the ...
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KCK pays tribute to Sırrı Süreyya Önder, calling him a martyr of peace and democracy
The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) has paid tribute to the late Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a member of the İmralı Delegation ...
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Figen Yüksekdağ and Ahmet Türk pay tribute to Sırrı Süreyya Önder
Leading political figures from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish movement have paid tribute to Sırrı Süreyya Önder, the late deputy speaker of parliament ...
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Syrian Kurdish leaders honour Önder’s legacy of peace and democratic dialogue
Senior Syrian Kurdish officials have issued tributes to Sırrı Süreyya Önder, the late deputy speaker of Turkey’s parliament and member ...
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Turkey’s ruling party touts PKK disarmament but sidesteps democratic reform details
Ömer Çelik, spokesperson for Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has called a directive by jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party ...
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Corbyn calls for UK to halt arms to Israel, back Kurdish rights
Former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for the British government to halt arms exports to Israel and ...
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Syria negotiates while Turkey threatens
Sarah Glynn Amidst all the noise of world affairs, key people in Syria are quietly getting on with negotiating a ...
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