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Surviving tells of last moments in Cizre's basements - EXCLUSIVE

12:03 01/03/2016 3

Dilbirîn (17) survived Cizre's basements, known as "basements of savagery," where hundreds of people were burned to death. Dilbirîn told how the state killed the people in the basements. "The state ...

Curfew to continue at intervals in Cizre

10:36 01/03/2016 1

Şırnak Governorship announced that 24-hour curfew which has been imposed since December 14, will be implemented overnight in Cizre.

A resistance story from South to North

10:02 01/03/2016 4

H.M had to leave her home in Federal Kurdistan Region many years ago due to Saddam Hussein's massacre policies on Kurds. H.M. joined to YPS-JIN in Turkey against state forces's war on Kurds.

A corridor not opened for 4-month- old Elif, civilians!

16:54 29/02/2016 1

Four-month- old Elif Su who has been trapped in Sur's basement, has waited to be evacuted for 13 days. Elif Su and hundreds of civilians have waited under blockade that a corridor will be opened ...

Political leaders: lift the blockade on Sur

16:35 29/02/2016 8

Co-chairs and co-spokepersons of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK), the Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK), the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and the Democratic Regions Party began a vigil and ...

Another woman arrested for 'insulting' President

15:08 29/02/2016 1

Gizem Yerik, a student at Faculty of Fine Arts in Uludağ University, was taken into custody for allegedly "insulting" the President while she was in class. After the prosecution process, Gizem was ...

Children living behind Nusaybin's barricades

14:47 29/02/2016 10

Children rebuild a new life behind the barricades in the Nusaybin's resistance neighborhoods. " They kill children. We feel safe behind the barricades," said Children.

'Social ecology is self-government itself'

13:55 29/02/2016 4

Hatayi Demir, a member of the Mesopotamia Ecology Assembly, stated that with a war launched in Kurdistan, the destruction of the habitat of all living beings is a result of a lack of consciousness ...

YPS-JIN: 'There will be revenge for all murdered women'

12:40 29/02/2016 7

Gever YPS-JIN promised that they will raise the resistance of women and this year's March 8, International Women's Day will be the year of resistance. YPS-JIN said, "The revenge of mourdered women ...

Hülya Aksoy sent off with women's slogans

16:23 27/02/2016 8

Hülya Aksoy was slain in Cizre basements which are known as "basements of savagery". She was mistakenly buried in Karayazı due to confusion about the identities of hers and another woman's bodies. ...

Women announce their activities for March 8

15:27 27/02/2016 2

Women in Kurdistan and Turkey have announced that their activities for March 8, International Women's Day.

11th day in basement: Blockade must be lifted

14:36 27/02/2016 1

After intense attack began in the morning, 10 mayor explosions occurred in the Sur district of Diyarbakır. The women of the district said that bombs were raining down on them and that the blockade ...

Diyarbakır women: Our dreams are wounded in Sur now

13:37 27/02/2016 6

As siege and onslaught have entered the 87th day in the Sur district of Diyarbakır, state forces have continued to attack basements where civilians have been trapped. Diyarbakır women demand the ...

Women prepare for March 8 with spirit of resistance

12:23 27/02/2016 3

Women will prepare for March 8 with a slogan "Women resist for their leader and their freedom." ("Leader" refers to jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan.) Zübeyde Zümrüt, a member of the Congress of ...

Cizre women wait to return

11:28 27/02/2016 5

State forces have tried to displace tens of thousand of people in Cizre with attacks. However, the people are waiting in villages and cities around Cizre to return their homes. More than five ...

Court adjourns in case of Çilem Doğan, who protected herself

16:11 26/02/2016 4

After years of abuse, Çilem Doğan killed her abuser this past July. Her husband violently attempted to force Çilem to work as a prostitute. Çilem defended herself from his abuse, shooting him ...

Yenişehir co-mayors arrested

16:00 26/02/2016 1

Yenişehir co-mayors Ülkü Baytaş and Selim Kurbanoğlu were taken into custody while they were distributing leaflets in the Ofis quarter of Diyarbakır.

Elif Su, children stuck in Sur for 10 days

15:37 26/02/2016 2

Four-month-old Elif Su has been trapped in Sur's basement for 10 days. She is wating to be evacuated from there. Diyarbakır Governorship announced that they would open a corridor for the people in ...

11 women, killed in Cizre, buried

14:45 26/02/2016 2

As 66 citizens who were killed in Cizre's basement, were identified and buried, there were 11 women among them. 11 women were sent off on an eternal journey in their hometowns.

"I will call to account those who murdered my husband"

13:03 26/02/2016 5

Mahmut Duymak (51) was killed in Cizre's first "basement of savagery". His ashes was given to his family. His wife Lütfiye said, "They gave me five kilos bones and told me 'Here is your husband'. I ...