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Delegations and human rights groups head for Cizre

14:02 12/09/2015 29

With the nine-day blockade of the Kurdish town of Cizre, Turkey lifted, delegations of human rights organizations and activists have begun to enter the town.

Police slay young woman in Diyarbakır

14:00 12/09/2015 4

Turkish police have slain an 18-year-old young woman, Ruken Demir, in the main Kurdish city of Diyarbakır.

Scenes of resistance from Cizre under siege

13:56 12/09/2015 27

This morning, Turkish security forces lifted the nine-day 24-hour curfew on the Kurdish town of Cizre. Security forces continued to kill civilians overnight in the town. JINHA reporters inside the ...

Cizre co-mayor removed from post

13:50 12/09/2015 2

The Turkish government has ordered that the co-mayor of the besieged city of Cizre, Leyla İmret, be removed from her post.

People of Yüksekova resist police attacks from the barricades

13:48 12/09/2015 1

Last night, people in the Kurdish town of Yüksekova, Turkey were at the barricades again last night as police violently attempted to enter their neighborhoods.

Popular resistance lifts blockade on Cizre

12:47 12/09/2015 6

The governor of Şırnak province in Turkey has lifted the curfew in the besieged town of Cizre as of this morning, after a massive popular resistance against the siege.

Women maintain indefinite sit-in against attacks on Cizre

12:41 11/09/2015 12

In the main Kurdish city of Diyarbakır, residents have started an indefinite sit-in until the Turkish state lifts its siege on the Kurdish town of Cizre.

Kurdish women: dancing through the tear gas

12:02 11/09/2015 8

At a wedding in the Kurdish city of Van, women kept the dancing going as police fired tear gas in their neighborhood. The women said that they would resist repression by maintaining their everyday ...

March of thousands reaches Cizre under white flags

11:50 11/09/2015 3

Thousands of residents of towns neighboring the besieged Kurdish town of Cizre, Turkey marched through harsh mountainous terrain to reach Cizre. The civilians hope to stop the killing in the besieged ...

Women head to Turkey’s capital for peace

11:48 11/09/2015 1

Women artists and activists in Turkey will set out tonight for the Turkish capital of Ankara to demand peace in the country.

Security forces continue reign of terror in Cizre

11:26 11/09/2015 11

A 12-year-old boy and a mother trying to save her infant are among the latest women and children killed in the ongoing police assault on the Kurdish town of Cizre, Turkey.

Urgent call for solidarity to stop Turkey’s war on its citizens

15:04 10/09/2015 2

Turkey’s Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has issued an urgent call to civil society groups and governments around the world to support an immediate ceasefire in Turkey as violence escalates.

Clashes in Silvan, Dersim

14:19 10/09/2015 2

Last night, clashes broke out in the towns of Silvan and Dersim in Northern Kurdistan (in Turkey) as the Turkish state continues its war in the area.

Kurds attempt to defend themselves as fascist attacks continue

14:16 10/09/2015 2

Racist groups continued to attack Kurds and buildings of the left Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in cities across western Turkey last night. In some areas, Kurds formed self-defense units to deter ...

Rose revolution in Rojava

13:50 10/09/2015 7

Women in Rojava are defending their country. On the other hand, they are also rebuilding their city.

A Kurdish mother’s struggle to build a new life

13:48 10/09/2015 5

After surviving war, Semiha Gülaydın made a life for herself. Now, she says that only women can stop war.

Kurdish woman politician to start death fast if war continues

13:47 10/09/2015 2

Leyla Zana, a Parliamentary representative for the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey, has declared her intention to start a fast to the death if Turkey does not stop its assaults in ...

Saving Cizre ‘last chance’ for peace in Turkey

13:41 10/09/2015 30

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Parliamentary representative Meral Danış Beştaş, speaking to JINHA from a historic march to the besieged town of Cizre, reported that stopping the assault on ...

Death toll skyrockets in Cizre’s bloodiest night yet

13:40 10/09/2015 3

Turkish police and soldiers killed eight, including women and children, in an overnight bombardment on the Kurdish town of Cizre. The death toll in the town has now risen to 20.

March approaches besieged city of Cizre

12:53 10/09/2015 30

As Turkish security forces continue to blockade and bombard the Kurdish town of Cizre, a massive march of activists, Parliamentary representatives and local Kurds has set out on foot for the town. ...