House raids in 4 cities: 39 people detained
14:50 29/10/201633 people have been detained in house raids in Muş, Adana and İzmir. Six Kurdish students detained in Ankara have been reported as “bombers” by mainstream media.
Protests in Adana and Van continue
14:22 29/10/2016Protests in Adana and Van in order to demand the detained the KJA Spokesperson Ayla Akat and Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality CO-mayor Gültan Kışanak to be released continue.
Statement from Sweden for Ayla Akat
13:00 29/10/2016Swedish Civil Society Organization Operation 1325 made a statement on social media and demanded Ayla Akat to be released immediately.
WHRD: Ayla and Gültan should be released immediately
11:53 29/10/2016The regional coalition for women human rights defenders (WHRDs) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) made a statement for the KJA Spokesperson Ayla Akat Ata and Diyarbakır Metropolitan ...
‘We won’t leave the areas until the attacks to be ended’ - UPDATED
11:40 29/10/2016Police attacked hundreds of women, who gathered in front of the building of the KJA in order to issue a press statement. The women broke the police obstacle and made the statement. “We resisted ...
Support from Leila Khaled to Gültan Kışanak: Free Gültan
11:29 29/10/2016The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (FHKC) Politburo member Leila Khaled made a support statement for detained Gültan Kışanak, Co-mayor of the Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality. ...
Soldiers shoot a pregnant woman in Şırnak
10:03 29/10/2016Soldiers opened fire from İkizce Gendarmerie Headquarters and seriously wounded a pregnant woman named Belkis Katar.
‘We will continue to scare the AKP’
09:55 29/10/2016Women stated that the attacks on women while protesting the detention of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality co-mayors are against all women. “We will continue to scare the AKP,” said the ...
‘Women’s resistance has begun’
07:36 29/10/2016As hundreds of women in Istanbul protested the arrest of Diyarbakır co-mayor Gültan Kışanak, HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party) general co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ said that they would make purple ...
Five politicians jailed in Bingöl
19:30 28/10/2016Five politicians, two of them women, arrested in the Genç district of Bingöl province have been placed in detention.
No word from Zeinab Sekaanvand
18:13 28/10/2016Zeinab Sekaanvand, issued the death penalty by the Iranian regime for killing her abusive husband, has been out of contact for the last 15 days. Zeinab’s family and lawyers have been unable to ...
Attacker Abdullah Çakıroğlu arrested again
18:09 28/10/2016Abullah Çakıroğlu, the man who attacked Ayşegül Terzi for wearing shorts, has been arrested today after being released by the court yesterday
Trustee closes Sitiya Zîn Women’s Center
14:55 28/10/2016The trustee recently appointed to take over the Cizre municipality has shut down the Sitiya Zîn Women’s Counseling Center, after having seized women’s confidential applications to the center.
‘We won’t give up our stance against misogynists’
14:45 28/10/2016Sebahat Tuncel, co-chair of the DBP (Democratic Regions Party), said that the AKP and President Tayyip Erdoğan were misogynists, but that they could not frighten women. “Can you put the Kurdish ...
Live gunfire against border occupation protestors
14:24 28/10/2016The people of Efrîn continue their resistance against the Turkish military’s occupation of the border and have been heading to the village of Sorke since early morning. It emerged that soldiers ...
Gültan Kışanak called for all-out resistance for women’s gains
14:14 28/10/2016A few days before her arrest, Diyarbakır co-mayor Gültan Kışanak had made a speech explaining why local government was a key site for women’s struggle. The final words of her speech: “It’s ...
‘Blocking internet in Kurdistan is violation of human right’
10:23 28/10/2016Lawyer Ceren Şimşek stated the access right to the internet is accepted as a fundamental right and the Turkish state, which signed the contracts, violates human rights by blocking the internet in ...
Banner reads, ‘Release our co-mayors’ hung on municipality building
16:53 27/10/2016A big banner was hung on the building of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality for Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı.
10 people wounded in Efrîn: People marching to the border
16:44 27/10/2016Turkish army’s attack on the people, who protested the border violation in the Sorke village of Efrîn wounds 10 people, including two women. The people are flocking to the border against the ...
Kongreya Star: We launch a total resistance
16:10 27/10/2016Chair of the Kongreya Star, Evin Swed, stated that Turkey has launched extensive attacks on the Kurdish people’s gains in Rojava and Bakur (North Kurdistan) and continued; “As Kurdish women, we ...