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Police slay young man in Yüksekova

12:04 01/09/2015 2

Turkish police invaded two neighborhoods in the Kurdish town of Yüksekova, killing a young man named Ali Kaval.

Thousands attend funeral of guerrilla Fatma Gasyak

12:02 01/09/2015 2

A crowd of thousands gathered in the town of Cizre, in Northern Kurdistan (in Turkey), for the funeral of woman guerrilla Fatma Gasyak (nom de guerre Amara Jiyan).

Kurdish women activists join anti-war vigil

11:06 01/09/2015 3

Kurdish women activists have joined a civilian vigil to stop clashes in the war-torn area of Lice, Turkey.

Women ready to defend themselves in Dêrîk, Rojava

13:06 31/08/2015 5

35 women from the Dêrîk region of Rojava have completed military training and are now prepared to defend their neighborhoods and villages from attacks.

Village council's rape order withdrawn in India after protest

13:00 31/08/2015 1

After widespread outrage about the decision of a village men's council to have two women raped as punishment for their brother's action, the village council is facing charges.

Kurdish activist charged for gathering aid for children

11:20 31/08/2015 2

A Kurdish activist and politician has been charged with supporting an "illegal organization" after she collected aid for children affected by war.

Mothers of guerrillas and soldiers come together to stop war

11:07 31/08/2015 5

In the Lice area of Kurdistan in Turkey, Turkish and Kurdish mothers have come together in an anti-war vigil. The women have put their lives on the line to stop clashes between the two sides.

Funeral for guerrilla Evindar Geli

10:28 31/08/2015 3

The people of the Kurdish town of Yüksekova gathered to bid farewell to fallen YJA STAR guerrilla Aysel Bor (nom de guerre Evindar Geli).

Assyrian women form first battalion in Rojava

10:19 31/08/2015 17

In Rojava, Assyrian women have organized to defend themselves against Daesh with the Bet Nahrin Women military battalion.

Police attack politicians in Van

10:01 31/08/2015 14

Police attacked the Xaçort neighborhood of the largely Kurdish city of Van, leaving Van Parliamentary representatives under clouds of tear gas.

Police attack women's peace march in Istanbul

09:59 31/08/2015 9

Police attacked a group of women who held a peace march and burned effigies of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Istanbul yesterday.

Police assassinate three young men in Silopi

09:56 31/08/2015 25

Police have assassinated three young men in the town of Silopi, in Northern Kurdistan (in Turkey).

Funeral for 13-year-old Fırat

09:34 31/08/2015 2

The town of Silvan buried 13-year-old child named Fırat Simpil, who was killed in an unexplained explosion yesterday.

Turkish police kill 16-year-old boy

14:18 29/08/2015 7

Turkish police have slain a 16-year-old boy named Mazlum Turan in the largely Kurdish town of Kızıltepe. Police claim that they shot Mazlum when he refused an order to stop the vehicle.

Neighborhood revolts after sexual attack on 4-year-old

12:15 29/08/2015 7

In the city of Antep, in southern Turkey, four people sexually attacked a small child. Neighborhood residents took to the streets in protest, shutting down the roads.

Just one woman in Turkey's interim cabinet

10:52 29/08/2015 1

Turkey's Prime Minister has appointed just one woman to the interim cabinet in the country.

Thousands flee homes in Hakkari

10:50 29/08/2015 9

Thousands fled their homes in the Kurdish town of Hakkari, Turkey as police and soldiers launched an attack yesterday.

Paris women's street name action spreads to Ankara

13:25 28/08/2015 7

After women in Paris intervened to name street names after women this week, the action has spread to the Turkish capital of Ankara.

Women's activists to head for besieged town of Lice

11:34 28/08/2015 1

Local women's activists have decided to head for the besieged rural Kurdish town of Lice, Turkey to join an anti-war vigil there.

As soldiers bombard Yüksekova, women refuse to leave

11:31 28/08/2015 4

In the Kurdish town of Yüksekova, Turkey, there is no house left untouched by two days of state attacks with mortars and automatic weapons. Women in the town have taken up an active role in the ...