Women resist femicide in song
09:40 23/02/2016After Zülfü Öztürk was slain by her husband in Ankara, Turkey, the women in her area formed the Zülfü Women’s Life Chorus to draw attention to femicides. Members called the group “the ...
Mother of baby Elif Su, trapped in Sur: ‘She can’t sleep’
08:39 23/02/2016With 4-month-old baby Elif Su Aslan and her mother Seda Aslan trapped in the besieged Sur district of Diyarbakır, Seda has reported on the child’s condition in a recent telephone conversation.
Woman whose body was exposed in Sur identified
15:51 22/02/2016The bodies of two of those killed in the past few days in the Sur district of Diyarbakır, were identified by their families. One is Asya Taşçı (nom de guerre Mizgin Nuda Koçer), a member of YPS. ...
Êzid women's self- defense force to organize under the name 'YJŞ'
15:18 22/02/2016YPJ-Shengal held its first conference. Women announced that the name of organization was changed into Shengal Women Unite (YJŞ) in the conference. " YJŞ is a defence force of all Êzid women on ...
Women discuss communal economy in Mardin
13:06 22/02/20161.Preparatory Workshop of the Women's Economic Conference was organized by Mardin components of the Free Women's Congress (KJA). Women discussed the female labor in democratic, ecological and ...
The address of the solution in Şırnak: People's Assembly
12:19 22/02/2016The people's problems have been solved in People's Assembly in Şırnak where self-government declared. Ayşe Çiftçi, the co-chair of the People's Assembly, stated that people fall back upon the ...
‘We will continue to fight for our mother language’
17:25 21/02/2016The International Mother Language Day (IMLD) is held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. The pressure and assimilation policies on the ...
167 dead bodies retrieved to hospitals from Cizre
13:22 21/02/2016A crisis desk was formed to identify the dead bodies whose were killed in Cizre's "basements of savagery" by the Democratic Regions Party (DBP), the Mesopotamia Association of Assistance and ...
Dead body found in Cizre
12:39 21/02/2016A dead body was found in the Cudi neighborhood of Cizre. The dead body was taken to Cizre State Hospital.
Nusaybin Women: Will will resist with YPS to the end
12:35 21/02/2016Nusaybin women have continued to resist against the state’s blockade and attacks for months behind the barricades. Women said that they wouldn’t leave their homes. “The people constructed the ...
Rojava Young Women’s Unite declared
11:27 21/02/2016Young Women's Movement held the first congress in Girkê Legê. Rojava Young Women’s Unite was declared in the congress. Meanwhile, The branches of Union will be opened in all cities of Rojava.
‘They shot in Dılşah’s hopes and immaculate smile’
10:52 21/02/2016Gülşah Ak (50) was killed by state forces on February 20 in Nusaybin. Her sister Halife Yıldırım told us her sister, “My sister had faith in life after self-government declared. She loved her ...
'Fatma was the mother of the resistance'
15:49 20/02/2016Fatma Ateş (55) was seriously wounded in Turkish state forces' bombardment of the Sur district of Diyarbakır. Fatma was finally evacuated to hospital last night, but could not be saved. At her ...
Women bury Dılşah, slain in Nusaybin
15:36 20/02/2016Dılşah Ak, slain when armored vehicles opened fire on her in Nusaybin, has been carried to her final rest on the shoulders of women.
7 refugees, including 2-year-old, slain
15:25 20/02/2016It has emerged that one week ago, seven refugees (among them a 2-year-old) were killed by Turkish soldiers as they tried to cross the border from the Çilaxa region of Rojava.
Woman executed under arrest in Cizre
15:21 20/02/2016Claims have emerged that a woman was taken into custody two days ago in Cizre and then assassinated. Bloodstains and the woman's pants have been found in the building where the assassination took ...
Hatice gives life with medicinal herbs
13:51 20/02/2016In the city of Mersin, Turkey, a woman named Hatice Köse is a fixture at bazaars with her stand selling medicinal herbs. "Being a woman in this society is truly hard, but there is no woman who ...
The lost children of the Cizre massacre
13:27 20/02/2016In the town of Cizre, where hundreds of people were burned alive by state forces, the families of 15-year-old Cengiz Gerem and 18-year-old Kasım Yana still do not know the fate of their children. ...
Women resist environmental devastation in Cerattepe
12:57 20/02/2016For 20 years now, the people of Artvin, Turkey have been resisting the environmental devastation planned by the Cengiz Holding corporation, known for its links to the ruling AKP. Now, the people of ...
Women changing agricultural policy with communes
12:17 20/02/2016As women form agricultural communes in Diyarbakır, Van and Batman, they are diversifying the soils of Kurdistan and stopping the sterilization of the land. Dilek Acer, of the Congress of Free Women ...