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Rojava’s first children’s orchestra founded

11:18 26/09/2016 1

Cultural and Art Council of Cizîr Canton has founded the Rojava’s first children’s orchestra.

‘Our struggle will be difficult but women should become free’

10:52 26/09/2016 7

“We have maintained our struggle against male-dominant mindset for years. Our struggle will be difficult but economically, women should become free,” said Besra Sami, who is shopkeeper in ...

Mazıdağ women call for struggle against trustee appointments

10:12 26/09/2016 20

As workers in Mazıdağı Municipality stop working following appointed the trustee to their municipality, women, who react to the trustee, state they don’t recognize the trustee appointment. ...

Saturday Mothers in 600th week: We will not surrender

15:03 24/09/2016 24

Saturday Mothers gathered in the 600th week of their seeking for justice. “We declare again that we will not keep silent against policies that spread fear. We will not surrender to demand peace, ...

‘The most urgent needs for Şırnak are tents and heaters’

14:01 24/09/2016 5

The living condition of Şırnak people, who live in tents by not leaving their lands, has been getting harder due to the coming of winter. The primary needs our citizens in the city whose seven ...

Tülay Karaca and council members jailed

11:02 24/09/2016 1

Co-mayor Tülay Karaca and council members, who were detained in Tekman, have been jailed.

Destruction continues in Sur!

10:55 24/09/2016 1

As “curfew” has been imposed in the Sur district of Diyarbakır for 300 days, the destruction in the four neighborhoods has continued.

The fertile lands of Hevser cultivated by women’s labor

10:19 24/09/2016 68

The Hevser Gardens, which have a charming nature with its beauty and fertility, give thousands of tons of products to the region. The women, who work in tandem with soil in the Hevser, live with the ...

Sexual assault to 12-year-old child in Police Station

10:14 24/09/2016 3

Special operation police raided the Bakırköy Neighborhood of Mardin’s Derik district and detained Gurbet Çiçek and tortured and sexually abused her daughter.

Women of the KJA in preparation for self-government areas

10:12 24/09/2016 8

Women of the KJA have made tomato sauce, bottled foods and dried vegetables in the Sur Women’s Academy within the scope of the preparation for winter while continuing their works in solidarity with ...

Teachers’ sit down strike continues on 19th day

15:08 23/09/2016 1

The sit down strike held by teachers against the suspension has entered in the 19th day.

Zilan Aldatmaz still in custody

14:23 23/09/2016 1

Co-mayor of Saray Municipality, Zilan Aldatmaz has been held in custody since two days.

Women in Duisburg send postcards to Abdullah Öcalan

13:39 23/09/2016 3

Women in the Duisburg city of Germany sent postcards to the PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan.

Court orders to forcibly bring Ayşe Acar Başaran

12:39 23/09/2016 1

The court has ordered that the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Batman MP Ayşe Acar Başaran shall be brought to the court forcibly to the trial to be held on October 26.

19 academics to open ‘an alternative academy’

12:17 23/09/2016 3

19 academics, who are dismissed from Kocaeli University for demanding peace against war, are going to open an alternative academy in Sabancı Cultural Center on September 28. Many academics and NGOs ...

2016 Hrant Dink Award to Diyarbakır and Malawi

11:33 23/09/2016 1

2016 International Hrant Dink Awards were given to Theresa Kachindamoto from Malawi and Diyarbakır Bar Association.

Amedspor Women’s Volleyball Team ready for new season

10:15 23/09/2016 17

Amedspor Women’s Volleyball Team members, who have begun the preparation of new season, will compete in the 2nd League this year. The team’s members said their only goal was Play-Offs in this ...

Hüda Kaya: ‘We will not give up resisting whatever they do’

10:14 23/09/2016 2

The HDP Istanbul MP Hüda Kaya states that the trustee appointments to the municipalities held by the DBP also means that the will of women is targeted. “The will of women has been ignored. But we ...

According to the state, being from Nusaybin means treason!

10:08 23/09/2016 3

54-year-old Nurşan Demir, who was arrested for not leaving her home in the Nusaybin district of Mardin, where genocidal policy has been imposed, has been tried and the court demands life sentence ...

Metropolitan Women's Assembly: Yüksel Acer should be released

16:19 22/09/2016 1

Members of the Women’s Assembly of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality demanded Yüksel Aslan Acer, the Head of Women's Policy Department, to be released.