Erdoğan renews threats to Iraqi Kurdish PUK, Talabani responds by honouring fallen SDF commander
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) with tougher measures if it continues to support ...
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US State Department highlights ‘significant human rights issues’ in Turkey
The US State Department has highlighted a broad range of severe rights abuses in Turkey and Turkish-occupied regions of Syria, ...
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Turkey-Iraq 24-point deal includes joint security measures targeting PKK
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed a comprehensive 24-point agreement with Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shiya al-Sudani on Monday. Erdoğan ...
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PYD’s Salih Muslim: ‘Turkey uses the PKK as an excuse to invade Kirkuk, Mosul, Sulaymaniyah’
Turkey is using the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as an excuse to invade Kirkuk, Mosul and Sulaymaniyah, Salih Muslim, Co-Chair ...
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Turkey: Drug addict arrested for possession of Kurdish book, narcotics use left unchecked
Ekrem Yaman, whose son was arrested not for drug use despite his pleas but for possessing a political book, expressed ...
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US congressional hearing probes Turkey’s human rights record
The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission conducted a significant hearing in Washington DC, scrutinising Turkey's human rights record. The event ...
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KCK’s Cemil Bayık criticises Turkey-Iraq security pact, warns of increased regional instability
Cemil Bayık, co-chair of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), criticised the Turkey-Iraq security agreement, cautioning Iraq against joining Turkey's anti-Kurd ...
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Kurdish umbrella org accuses Iraqi Kurdish KDP of collusion with Turkish military
The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) released a critical analysis on Monday, authored by Co-Chair Cemil Bayık, accusing the Kurdistan Democratic ...
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Isolation of Abdullah Öcalan ‘worst case of inhumane treatment ever recorded’: PACE member
Isolation is the most inhumane treatment a person can have in a democratic society, Kostis Efstathiou, a member of ...
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Swedish lawyers warn persecution of Kurds leading country ‘off the rails’
Political persecution of Kurds in Sweden has “gone off the rails,” twenty-five lawyers in the Nordic country have warned. Members ...
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