Parliamentary representative investigated for attending funeral
09:57 04/09/2015The Turkish state has begun an investigation into Tuğa Hezer, a representative for the left Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), for attending the funeral of a woman guerrilla.
Women shut down traffic to call for release of kidnapped women
09:54 04/09/2015Women shut down traffic in the city of Aleppo, Syria to call for the immediate rescue of women and children kidnapped by the Al Nusra group from their neighborhood.
The woman behind Aylan Kurdi's photograph speaks
09:47 04/09/2015Journalist Nilüfer Demir, who photographed the body of three-year-old refugee Aylan Kurdi washed up on a beach in Turkey, spoke about the famous photograph.
Clashes in six parts of Kurdistan
14:15 03/09/2015Clashes and fighting took place in six areas of Kurdistan last night.
Survivors relate crimes of rapist commander in Kurdistan
14:05 03/09/2015A Turkish military commander, notorious for the rapes and killings of civilians that took place under his watch in Kurdistan, has now been promoted and reassigned to the region. Women survivors of ...
Teenage girl shot by sniper fighting for her life
13:52 03/09/201514-year-old Berfin Ökten, who was shot by a Turkish state sniper in the Kurdish town of Silopi, is fighting for her life in hospital.
Peace Mothers call on diplomats to stop war in Turkey
13:51 03/09/2015A delegation of Peace Mothers activists has met with UN and UK ambassadors to ask them to mediate to end Turkey's war in Kurdistan.
Turkish soldier rapes Palestinian woman at Syrian border
13:49 03/09/2015A Palestinian woman has called for justice for a Turkish soldier who raped her as she tried to cross the Syrian-Turkish border.
Figen Yüksekdağ: Turkey's government is waging war on the people
16:38 02/09/2015Figen Yüksekdağ, co-chair of Turkey's left Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has traveled to the Kurdistan region of the country speaking to residents of towns under police and military assault. ...
Refugee disaster in Bodrum
15:46 02/09/2015Two boats carrying Syrian refugees headed to Greece have sunk off the coast of Bodrum, Turkey. 11 have died and five gone missing.
85-year-old Remziye victorious in environmental struggle
15:40 02/09/201585-year-old Rezmiye Saatlı has emerged victorious from her one-woman struggle to stop the construction of a wind plant that would displace farmers and destroy nature in the Aegean area of Turkey.
'If you have the stomach, spend one night in this place'
15:38 02/09/2015In the Kurdish town of Silopi, where police snipers roam the rooftops, JINHA spoke with children and their families about what the much-discussed notion of "self-government" means to them and why ...
Town of Nusaybin shuts down for arrested mayor
14:40 02/09/2015Residents of the Kurdish town of Nusaybin, Turkey stopped all business for a day to protest the arrest of the town's co-mayor, Sara Kaya.
Women of Cizre cast off their scarves for peace
13:41 02/09/2015Women in the Kurdish town of Cizre, Turkey marched for peace in the country yesterday for September 1, celebrated in the country as World Peace Day.
Mothers head to Ankara for peace
13:38 02/09/2015A group of mothers who lost their children to repression and war in Turkey has reached the capital of Ankara. The women are demanding peace with the slogan, "Get your hands off our children."
Vigil action for peace
13:41 01/09/2015People did peace vigil action last night in the city of Siirt in Turkey for September 1, World Peace Day in Turkey.
Racist attacks target the family of Kurdish woman tortured by police
13:02 01/09/2015Since it emerged that Turkish police sexually tortured a Kurdish woman, her family reports that racists have been harassing them. Police have refused to respond to the complaint.
Women take to mountains for peace
12:54 01/09/2015The activists of the Peace Mothers and Saturday Mothers in Turkey have taken to the mountains of Kurdistan so that no more mothers feel the pain of war and loss.
Health workers mobilize for peace in Turkey
12:36 01/09/2015As war escalates in the Kurdistan region of Turkey, nurses and healthcare workers have become police targets as they try to intervene to save the victims of the fighting. Healthcare workers' unions ...
More co-mayors arrested in Kurdistan
12:15 01/09/2015Turkish police continue to arrest the co-mayors of towns in Northern Kurdistan (in Turkey). Sara Kaya, the female co-mayor of the town of Nusaybin, is among the most recent to be arrested.