10-year-old Selman died for two bottles of water
18:01 17/09/201510-year-old Selman Ağar had left the house to get two bottles of water when police shot him in the Kurdish town of Cizre, Turkey, said his mother Rahime.
Turkish police arrest woman journalist
17:50 17/09/2015Turkish police have arrested Nevin Yıldız, a female journalist, at the Turkish-Bulgarian border.
Turkish state removes another woman co-mayor from duty
17:48 17/09/2015Turkish officials have removed Sevil Rojbin Çetin, co-mayor of the largely Kurdish town of Edremit, from her post. Sevil Rojbin is the fifth female co-mayor removed from duty by the state.
Kurdish woman co-mayor charged for Women’s Day remarks
17:12 17/09/2015Turkish state prosecutors have prepared charges against Kurdish woman co-mayor Gültan Kışanak for a speech she gave on March 8, International Working Women’s Day.
Police destroy historic buildings in Diyarbakır
14:45 16/09/2015Inside the historic walls of the city of Diyarbakır, historic buildings, churches and mosques have been riddled with bullets over the course of a two-day police siege.
Istanbul residents to strike against sexist doctor
14:43 16/09/2015Residents at an Istanbul medical school and hospital will strike after a leading doctor in the hospital ignored and legitimized violence against women.
Rebecca Harms: ‘Turkey laid the ground for war’
14:34 16/09/2015Rebecca Harms, the co-chair of the Green European Free Alliance in the European Parliament, came to Cizre to investigate what happened during the nine days of curfew.
Women of Diyarbakır refuse to surrender
14:10 16/09/2015Turkish police imposed a two-day curfew on the Sur district in the largely Kurdish city of Diyarbakır, opening fire on civilians. In the wake of the blockade, women in the Sur district said that ...
Women denounce AKP at funeral
13:15 15/09/2015At the funeral of a police officer killed in the conflict the Turkish state has started in Northern Kurdistan, women criticized the state and said they wanted no AKP representatives at the funeral.
PKK and PAJK political prisoners end hunger strike
12:51 15/09/2015Political prisoners associated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey have ended their hunger strike after one month.
‘Before the national issue, we need to solve the women’s issue’
11:13 15/09/2015Women serve as vehicles of the nation-state system, according to Professor Nadje Al-Ali of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Because of this, she said “the women’s issue is more ...
Jailed Kurdish co-mayor: they can’t stop participatory democracy
16:57 14/09/2015Sevil Rojbin Çetin, elected as co-mayor of the largely Kurdish town of Edremit in 2014, has written a letter to Edremit residents from jail, calling on them to continue the project of participatory ...
People of Cizre: ‘we will not leave our land’
16:54 14/09/2015Residents of the Kurdish town of Cizre, Turkey, under severe assault by Turkish security forces since September 4, have declared that they have no intention to yield to attempts to force them to ...
Turkish police attack Cizre solidarity protest in Istanbul
16:02 14/09/2015Police attacked a gathering of Peace Bloc activists in the city of Istanbul, Turkey, arresting many demonstrators and wounding a JINHA reporter.
Cizre resists as police declare curfew again
15:44 14/09/2015The Turkish state once again declared a curfew in the Kurdish town of Cizre last night, the day after a bloody nine-day siege of the city was lifted.
Residents resist police in Silvan
15:38 14/09/2015Residents of the largely Kurdish town of Silvan have refused to recognize a curfew declared by the state. Police have killed at least one resident in an assault on the town.
Diyarbakır enters second day of police attacks
14:49 14/09/2015When Turkish security forces blockaded the Sur district of the largely Kurdish city of Diyarbakır, clashes spread across the city. Today, residents are once again attempting to march to Sur to break ...
Soldiers attack anti-war demonstration, wound 7
16:07 13/09/2015Turkish soldiers bombed an anti-war vigil in the Lice district of Diyarbakır province yesterday, leaving seven people wounded.
Turkish police attack Diyarbakır district again
11:04 13/09/2015The Turkish government has announced a curfew today in the Sur district of the main Kurdish city of Diyarbakır. Civilians are heading to the area from across the city in an attempt to de-escalate ...
Women’s peace protest reaches Turkey’s capital
11:02 13/09/2015Women activists and artists headed to Turkey’s Parliament in the capital of Ankara yesterday to protest for peace.