Turkey’s main opposition CHP criticised for selective victimhood over Kurdish issue

Eren Keskin, co-chair of the Human Rights Association, has accused Turkey's main opposition party, the Republican People's Party (CHP), of ...

HUMAN RIGHTS

Kurdish man sentenced to prison in the UK after defending himself against racist demonstrators

August 17, 2024

Amer Walid, a 24-year-old Kurdish man from Plymouth, UK, was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Monday 12 August. ...

WORLD

Keir Starmer condemns far-right violence as arrests surge in Britain

August 5, 2024

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned what he called "far-right thuggery" following a wave of violent racist riots across Britain. ...

CULTURE

KNK calls for protection of Kurdish culture and language against racism

August 2, 2024

Kurdish people should “decorate every house, neighbourhood and living space with national colours”, the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) have said ...

POLITICS

Journalist faces threats after exposing racist vandalism

July 31, 2024

The journalist Ruşen Takva, who reported on the 16-year-old child who defaced Kurdish traffic warning signs in the Kurdish-majority city ...

KURDISTAN

Solidarity action across cities in Turkey as Kurds protest cultural suppression

July 30, 2024

Kurds in Turkey are responding to a recent wave of arrests connected to allegations of “terror propaganda” for dancing to ...

KURDISTAN

Turkey: Police support blacking out of Kurdish language traffic warning signs

July 29, 2024

Kurdish traffic warnings at pedestrian crossings were blacked out in Turkey's Kurdish-majority cities of Van (Wan) and Diyarbakır (Amed) on ...

CULTURE

Turkish authorities crack down on Kurdish cultural celebrations

July 26, 2024

The Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party condemned recent attacks on Kurdish cultural practices and daily life in Turkey ...

HUMAN RIGHTS

Turkish police detain youths for dancing to Kurdish songs

July 25, 2024

Nine Kurdish youths in Mersin, southern Turkey, were arrested on Monday for dancing to Kurdish music and chanting slogans. While ...

KURDISTAN

Professor claims Kurdish patients used as guinea pigs for untested covid-19 treatment

July 9, 2024

A Turkish professor has alleged that residents of Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır (Amed) were used as guinea pigs for an untested COVID-19 ...

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