YPS-JIN commander: YPS guarantees democratic autonomy
12:34 26/02/2016Yıldız Cûdi, YPS-JIN commander, made statements about Kurdish people's resistance for self-government. She commented on the attacks by Turkish state forces on Kurdish people’s resistance. ...
A rebellion against exploitation of the female soul: Women's Academy
10:42 26/02/2016Women's Academy started its operations several days ago. It has created a new expression area for women about violence, labor, exhibiting of women's bodies, film screenings and many other issues. ...
Elif Su, children under attack in Sur
14:41 25/02/2016As four-month-old Elif Su Aslan has been trapped in a basement in Sur for nine days, other children have to live under the attacks in the town too. The names of 11 of them have been learned.
Esra Yakar, medicine student wounded in Kobanê, sentenced 6 years, 3 months
14:00 25/02/2016Esra Yakar, a student at the Medical School of Dicle University in Diyarbakır, went to Kobanê to provide treatment to the wounded. She was seriously wounded during an attack by ISIS. She returned ...
Co-chair of DBP Van, Caziye Duman released
13:13 25/02/2016Previous day, 16 people,including Caziye Duman, co-chair of the DBP Van, were taken into custody in Van. They have been released.
6th Congress of Yekitiya Star begins
12:03 25/02/20166th Congress of Women's organization of Yekita Star began with the participation of 251 delegates.
Human Rights Defenders: Open a life corridor for Sur
11:26 25/02/2016Zeynep Ceren Boztoprak, head of Istanbul Branch of the Human Rights Association in Turkey, and Züleyha Gülüm, a lawyer and member of the Peace Bloc called to stop the violation of right in ...
9 dead bodies identified in Antep
10:20 25/02/2016Tens of people were killed in three basements in Cizre. 20 of them were sent to Antep. Nine of them have been identified. Berjin Demirkaya and Sakine Siray who wounded in Ankara blast, are among ...
Tuğba, killed in Cizre, had spoken to JINHA
09:52 25/02/2016Tuğba Eminoğlu was one of killed in Cizre's basement, her body was identified yesterday. She had spoken to JINHA on the second day of the blockade. "How does Ahmet Davutoğlu(Prime Minister of ...
Blockade continues in Sur, Cizre, İdil, Nusaybin, Derik
16:59 24/02/2016State forces' attacks have continued in Sur, Cizre, İdil, Nusaybin and Derik. Eight people who were killed in Cizre's basements were identified in Silopi. Mortar attacks have continued in İdil. ...
Journalist Rohat Aktaş, 8 other people's bodies identified
14:43 24/02/2016Rohat Aktaş, the editor and reporter from Azadiya Welat Newspaper, and eight people's bodies which were sent to Habur a temporary the Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) identified by their families ...
‘Mevlide and her friends paid the ultimate price’
12:36 24/02/2016After 20-year-old Mevlide Özalp was slain in one of the “basements of savagery” in Cizre, her father Ahmet Özalp described the trenches that the people of Cizre dug to protect the people of the ...
The state demolishes, UNESCO watches!
12:11 24/02/2016The Turkish state has demolished all historical sites in Sur for 85 days. Yıldız Tahtacı, an activist from the Amed Ecology Assembly, criticized UNESCO's silence. She said, "The Ministry of ...
Ayşe said 'I won't leave Silopi', but…
10:40 24/02/2016Ayşe Buruntekin said, "I won't leave my home", but she was shot and killed while she went out to buy milk for her one-year old Rustem. Her daughter, Hatice stored her dead body in her home for six ...
‘Women are central to production’
10:00 24/02/2016The Kurdistan women’s association Congress of Free Women (KJA) is continuing work to establish a democratic communal economic system with the upcoming Women’s Economy Conference. KJA activist ...
Hundreds of women march on ECHR in Strasbourg
09:11 24/02/2016Hundreds of women marched to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France today to protest the court’s refusal to issue interim measures to protect people in Kurdistan from ...
New footage from Sur: ‘We can’t breathe’
17:11 23/02/2016As Turkish state forces continue attacks on the Sur district of Diyarbakır as of this morning, the provincial governor has announced that civilians would be evacuated from the area at 4 p.m. today. ...
Kurdistan women to begin March 8 celebrations in Silopi
13:00 23/02/2016The Kurdistan women’s organization Congress of Free Women (KJA) has announced that their activities for March 8, International Women’s Day, will kick off this year in the town of Silopi, where ...
Hediye’s children ask ‘why did you kill our mother?’
12:48 23/02/2016In the early days of state attacks on the town of Cizre, Turkish state forces shot down Hediye Şen with eight bullets in front of her home. Hediye’s 8-year-old daughter Kevser, speaking with ...
Students flock to native language education in Rojava
09:52 23/02/2016In the Rojava city of Qamişlo, Kurdish language education is ongoing at the Celadet Bedîrxan Academy of Language, Literature and History. Students at the academy called learning their native ...