Ann Linde calls on Turkey to comply with international law
Whilst operations launched by Turkey in the Zap, Metina, and Avashin regions in Iraqi Kurdistan have been continuing since late ...
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Turkey: Quarrying in temperatures of up to 35ºC, Kurdish stone workers endure gruelling working conditions
Stone workers in the Idil district of Turkey's eastern province of Şırnak (Şirnex) break, excavate and process the basalt stones ...
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Lahor Şêx Cengî: ‘We will never be involved in a war between Kurds’
Debates continue surrounding a possible conflict between Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) after the explosion ...
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Ecological destruction in conflict zones: burning of forests and building new gendarmerie stations
Forest fires in east and south-eastern Turkey can never be truly understood without considering the politics in the region since ...
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Kurdish female fighters: ‘This is not just an armed struggle, anyone can engage with the struggle to their own ability’
Whilst operations launched by Turkey on the Zap, Metina and Avashin regions in northern Iraq have been continuing since late ...
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Hunger strike in Turkey: Mothers say prison policies are based on oppression and tyranny
The indefinite, rotating hunger strike launched by Kurdish political prisoners in Turkey – to protest against the isolation conditions of ...
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Autonomous Administration of NE Syria delegation visits France: ‘Solution’ in Syria and ‘recognition’ of AANES discussed
A delegation from the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES, also known as Rojava) arrived in Paris on ...
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No electricity or freshwater: The fate of seasonal agricultural workers from Urfa
Although its lands are fertile and appropriate for agriculture, thousands of people take to the roads as seasonal workers from ...
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UN Special Rapporteur urges Turkey to stop misusing the law to detain human rights defenders
“I am greatly concerned that anti-terrorism laws are being used extensively to silence Turkish human rights defenders and disrupt their ...
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Farmers in Turkey are struggling because of high taxes on tobacco growing
Tobacco is an important source of income for farmers in Adiyaman (Semsur). Last year, 20,000 tons of tobacco was produced ...
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