Today, and the pogrom of 6-7 September 1955
Ziya Ulusoy "This antifascist awareness is of vital importance today, because the gang under Erdoğan and Bahçeli wants a repeat ...
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Iraqi Kurdistan: New video footage of gas clouds raise further concerns about Turkey’s long suspected use of chemical gas
In the battle between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) ongoing since 1980s, there have been many reports about ...
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The Istanbul pogrom of 6-7 September 1955 remembered after 66 years
The Istanbul pogrom of 1955 which had irreversible political, social and cultural outcomes, effectively wiping out the existence of non-muslim ...
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Dr Ayhan Işık: ‘Concept of terror used to legitimise occupying states’
There is a differentiation between state violence and anti-state violence in the literature of political science. While the concept of ...
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Turkey: Imprisoned prominent Kurdish politician in urgent need of medical treatment
Lawyers for the imprisoned Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk made a public statement demanding that the Turkish Council of Forensic Medicine ...
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“Pieces of shrapnel flew at us” says a Kurdish refugee woman from Makhmour refugee camp
Despite the Makhmour refugee camp, home to over 12,000 Kurdish refugees, being UN-protected, Turkey continues to attack it. A child ...
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From the Yazidi community in Rojava to the world: What is your definition of genocide?
When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seized Yazidi villages in Sinjar in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2014, thousands ...
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Emine Çağırga: Every time I open my fridge I think of Cemile
The ten-year-old children Cemile Çağırga and Selman Ağar were both killed during the curfew announced in Cizre from 4-12 September ...
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No justice in Cizre massacre, six years on
Two hundred and eighty-eight people were killed during the curfews declared on 14 December 2015, which ran until 2 March ...
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Council of State brings a halt to construction of gendarme station in the Ancient City of Dakyanus
The Lice district of Diyarbakir (Amed), one of the oldest settlements in the region with its deep-rooted historical heritage, has ...
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