Neighborhood women stand vigil in Diyarbakır
14:25 25/08/2015For 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 25/08/2015Eight 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 25/08/2015As 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 25/08/2015The city of Kobanê, Rojava has opened its second playground.
Women take the streets against war in Diyarbakır
10:54 25/08/2015Women 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 25/08/2015Journalists 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 25/08/2015Three Istanbul neighborhoods have now declared self-government in the face of police attacks.
Kurdish co-mayor arrested
10:09 25/08/2015A 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 25/08/2015In 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 24/08/2015The 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 24/08/2015As 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 24/08/2015Residents 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 24/08/2015Police attacked a peace demonstration in the Gazi neighborhood of Istanbul last night.
65 Istanbul activists to join Kurdish peace vigil
11:25 24/08/2015As 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 24/08/2015Anarchist 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 24/08/2015Yesterday, Turkish soldiers again closed off access to the district of Silvan.
YPJ/YPG rescues 13 women and children from Daesh
11:07 24/08/2015YPJ/YPG forces have rescued 13 Êzidî women and children from Daesh captivity.
9 killed, 114 tortured in one year at border crossing
11:06 24/08/2015Turkish 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 24/08/2015Turkey'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 24/08/2015Neighborhood residents have continued a vigil against police operations in three neighborhoods of Diyarbakır.