Journalist Norma Costello: ‘There’s a media blackout in Kurdistan’
10:08 10/02/2016“There is a war happening here that is unreported,” said journalist Norma Costello, reflecting in Diyarbakır on attacks on press freedom by the Turkish government that allow the siege on the ...
‘They may be gone, but their struggle will go on’
16:45 09/02/2016Among the many civilians who Turkish state forces trapped in a basement in Cizre was Ali Fırat Kalkan. His mother and aunt, on vigil in the nearby district of Nusaybin, said “even if there are ...
Dismissed academic Nil Mutluer: ‘We won’t stop’
15:56 09/02/2016Nil Mutluer is one of six academics at Istanbul’s Nişantası University who have been dismissed for signing a statement calling for peace in the country. “This has now become a struggle for ...
16-year-old teenager killed in Diyarbakır
15:33 09/02/2016A march was held in Diyarbakır to protest the massacre in Cizre. State forces attacked the people. Mahmut Bulak (16) was shot and killed by state forces.
Women: AKP will lose like Daesh did
15:20 09/02/2016Women protested the Cizre massacre in Çınar under the leadership of the Free Women's Congress (KJA). Women said, "The AKP government will lose like Daesh did in Kobane and Shengal."
Peace Mothers: ‘The UN is being rejected’
13:32 09/02/2016Members of the Peace Mothers group are maintaining a sit-in outside of the UN building in Turkey’s capital of Ankara despite police harassment. Peace Mother Yıldız Bahçeci reported that UN ...
Resistance in the East, desperation in the West
13:04 09/02/2016Today we received the news of dozens death from Cizre where attacks have continued for 57 days. We still hear their words "Give a voice". We asked the "basement of savagery" and mass murder to the ...
ÖHD: ECHR and AYM are guilty of Cizre massacre
11:13 09/02/2016Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) emphasized that European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and Turkey's Constitutional Court (AYM) are guilty of Cizre massacre by rejecting the demand of interim ...
Sur resistance continues for 70 days
10:19 09/02/2016For 70 days, the people's resistance have continued in the Sur district. Gazi Avenue of Sur has been added to 24-hour curfew again.
Van women: Children executed in Cizre were our children
09:52 09/02/2016People's anger rises in Kurdistan and Turkey after the news of massacre of more than 30 citizens in Cizre spread. Van women said, "Children who were executed in Cizre, were also our children.' Then ...
Police attack actions for Cizre
08:49 09/02/2016As thousands took to the streets across Turkey and Kurdistan to protest the massacre in the Cizre basement, police attacked protestors in multiple cities.
Actions in Diyarbakır to protest the execution of wounded in Cizre
15:04 08/02/2016Following the news that wounded in Cizre basement were executed, actions began in Kurdistan and many cities in Europe to protest the execution of wounded.
'We have daughters and sons who resist'
12:19 08/02/2016Van women reacted the ongoing martial law under the name of "curfew" in North Kurdistan. They said, "We call on all Kurdish people to support our dauhters and sons who resist."
3 teenagers shot by state forces in Xaçort
10:38 08/02/2016For 3 days, a voice action has been held in Kurdistan cities to protest ongoing attacks, martial law under the name of "curfew". People usually use pots and pans to make voice. State forces opened ...
Eskalera Karakola: an example of women’s autonomy
09:56 08/02/2016As women develop projects of autonomous self-government, Madrid’s Eskalera Karakola provides a nearly 20-year-old example of what can happen when women come together to govern themselves.
Claims of 60 killed in Cizre basement
08:48 08/02/2016Yesterday evening, Turkish state news channel TRT claimed that state forces conducted an operation on the basement where wounded citizens are trapped in the town of Cizre, killing nearly 60 people. ...
Cizre delegation stopped by state force
17:05 07/02/2016The HDP MPs and healthcare personnels tried to go in Cizre to evacuate the wounded in two basements in Cizre. They were stopped by state forces at the entrance of the town.
Western Women: We came to share the resistance of Kurdish women
16:30 07/02/2016Western women came to Diyarbakır for solidarity with the Kurdish people against the AKP's slaughter policy. They said, "We came to share the resistance of Kurdish women and stand by honorable ...
Human Rights Foundation of Turkey: 224 civilians killed in "curfews"
15:42 07/02/2016Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (THİV) noted that 1 million 377 thousand people have been affected by curfews (24-hour) and 224 civilians have been killed during the "curfews".
4 dead bodies found in Cizre
14:47 07/02/2016Four unidentify dead bodies were found in Cizre.