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Neighborhood women stand vigil in Diyarbakır

14:25 25/08/2015 6

For four days, residents of a Diyarbakır neighborhood have maintained a vigil to stop police violence. Last night, women took over the vigil.

Environmental disaster as Black Sea town floods

14:24 25/08/2015 3

Eight have died and one child is missing after a flood devastated the Black Sea town of Hopa, Turkey. Locals are angry at the government for the lack of aid.

Women of Cizre guard their streets from police

14:08 25/08/2015 5

As the Turkish state increasingly resorts to violence against women and children in Kurdistan, women have started standing vigil in the streets of the Kurdish town of Cizre until the peace they want ...

Kobanê opens second playground

10:58 25/08/2015 6

The city of Kobanê, Rojava has opened its second playground.

Women take the streets against war in Diyarbakır

10:54 25/08/2015 6

Women in four parts of the largely Kurdish city of Diyarbakır took to the streets yesterday to denounce the attacks on the town of Silvan.

Press banned from Silvan as police attack continues

10:50 25/08/2015 11

Journalists were nearly unable to report news from the town of Silvan yesterday as police attacks on the town resumed.

Three Istanbul neighborhoods declare self-government

10:25 25/08/2015 2

Three Istanbul neighborhoods have now declared self-government in the face of police attacks.

Kurdish co-mayor arrested

10:09 25/08/2015 3

A Turkish court has detained the co-mayor of the largely Kurdish district of Edremit on charges of "disrupting the existence and oneness of the nation."

Turkish police use sexual torture

10:07 25/08/2015 5

In the Turkish city of Adana, police have used sexual torture on 25-year-old Figen Şahin, arrested as police repressed a neighborhood declaration of self-government.

Neighborhood announces self-government in Adana

12:16 24/08/2015 3

The neighborhood of Dağlıoğlu in Adana, Turkey has announced self-government. Police arrested more than 10 in the wake of the announcement.

Young women form self-defense team in Cizre

11:59 24/08/2015 10

As police attacks escalate in the Kurdish town of Cizre, Turkey, young women have founded an autonomous self-defense unit.

Anti-war vigil weathers military repression in Serhat region

11:45 24/08/2015 12

Residents are continuing a "human shield" action to stop clashes in the Serhat region of Northern Kurdistan (in Turkey), despite soldiers' attempts to stop them.

Police attack peace action in Istanbul

11:27 24/08/2015 3

Police attacked a peace demonstration in the Gazi neighborhood of Istanbul last night.

65 Istanbul activists to join Kurdish peace vigil

11:25 24/08/2015 8

As the Turkish military continues an operation in the largely Kurdish Lice area, activists from Istanbul have headed for Lice in response to residents' calls for support.

Solidarity campaign for trans prisoner in Turkey

11:25 24/08/2015 5

Anarchist women in Turkey have called for a letter campaign for a trans woman prisoner held in a men's prison. The woman, Esra Arıkan, is being imprisoned with guards who have repeatedly sexually ...

Roads cut off, explosions in Silvan

11:21 24/08/2015 11

Yesterday, Turkish soldiers again closed off access to the district of Silvan.

YPJ/YPG rescues 13 women and children from Daesh

11:07 24/08/2015 1

YPJ/YPG forces have rescued 13 Êzidî women and children from Daesh captivity.

9 killed, 114 tortured in one year at border crossing

11:06 24/08/2015 1

Turkish soldiers have killed nine and tortured 114 people at the border with Efrîn, in Rojava in just one year, according to a new report.

Women march against war and femicide

11:05 24/08/2015 6

Turkey's anti-femicide platform held a march through downtown Istanbul to call for a law against femicide and to denounce war in Turkey.

Locals on guard against police attacks in Diyarbakır

10:23 24/08/2015 9

Neighborhood residents have continued a vigil against police operations in three neighborhoods of Diyarbakır.