Democratic Alevi Women's Assembly declared
14:30 07/02/2016Co-chairs of Dervish conventbe and women's commissions, contained within Democratic Alevi Federation (FEDA) in many contries of Europe, declared Democratic Alevi Women's Assembly. The preparation of ...
Speaker of the Socialist Women's Council arrested
12:10 07/02/2016Pınar Türk, speaker of the Socialist Women's Council in Istanbul (SKM) has been taken into custody.
Women exposed to harassment, assault during "curfew" in Silopi
11:31 07/02/2016Women were exposed to inhuman treatments through martial law attacks under the name of "curfew" which continued for 37 days in the Silopi city of Şırnak.
Peace Mothers to State: Don't push our patience
10:10 07/02/2016"We, as the people, are defending ourselves now. Don't push our youth's patience. We will fight if you try to annihilate our language, democracy and equality." said, Nafiye Başaran, Assembly member ...
Unknown chemicals used in Cizre sewers
15:15 06/02/2016As Turkish state forces maintain a siege on the town of Cizre, state forces have introduced an unknown chemical agent into the sewers. Meanwhile, there has been no contact with a building where nine ...
Pregnant woman denied ambulance in Cizre dies
14:56 06/02/2016As Turkish state forces maintain martial law attacks on the town of Cizre, a pregnant woman named Zerin Uca had a heart attack. Because state forces blocked ambulance access, Zerin has passed away.
Peace Mothers pause hunger strike
14:43 06/02/2016A group of Peace Mother activists has temporarily called off their hunger strike at the UN building in Turkey’s capital of Ankara. The women have given the UN until Monday to take immediate action ...
‘How many rains have fallen on my child’s exposed body…’
10:29 06/02/2016“How many times has the rain fallen; how many times has the sun set on him?” asks Makbule Girçek, who is holding a vigil in Diyarbakır simply so that her son can have a grave. For 20 days, ...
Turkish soldiers kill Rojava girl at border
10:13 06/02/2016Turkish soldiers have killed a small girl at the border between Rojava’s Efrîn Canton and Turkey’s Kilis district.
Boy shot, killed after Cizre building burns down
09:08 06/02/2016Nine people burned to death in a basement in Cizre where dozens of the wounded are trapped. 16-year-old Abdullah Gün, among those trapped in the basement, went outside to look around when Turkish ...
Women start hunger strike at Turkey UN building
09:06 06/02/2016At the UN building in Turkey’s capital of Ankara, a group of women from the Peace Mothers group has started a hunger strike against the massacres in Kurdistan.
Building,37 residents trapped, besieged by state forces
17:00 05/02/201637 residents were trapped in a building in the Cizre town of Şırnak. Nine of them were burned to death. The building has been besieged by armored vehicles and state forces announced "surrender" to ...
Special forces open fire on JINHA reporters
16:04 05/02/2016JINHA reporters Dilan Karamanoğlu and Aysel Işık went to Şırnak to cover news. They were attacked by masked special forces. They battered our reporters and targetted opening fire on them.
Women: We won't birth soldiers for your war
15:33 05/02/2016Prime Minister said, "Giving birth is national service." Women responded: "The power wants us to give birth to kill the people who resist and fight for freedom. We will organize together and we will ...
13-year-old child killed in Sur
11:38 05/02/2016A shell hit a house in the Hasırlı neighborhood of Sur last night. Murat Menekçe (13) died, two children have been wounded in the house.
Nusaybin Women: We will resist until the end
11:25 05/02/2016"This is the final resistance. We will succeed. We, as women and children, will resist. We call on all Kurdish: Everyone must revolt. Today is the day of honor," said Nusaybin women.
Mortar attacks on Sur
10:33 05/02/2016For 66 days, siege and genocidal attacks under the name of "curfews" has been imposed on the Sur, Diyarbakır provice. Mortar attacks have been continued in the city since morning. Smoke is rising ...
9 citizens burn to death in Cizre
09:51 05/02/2016For 14 days, wounded Cizre residents have been trapped in a basement. All attempts to evacuate the wounded and dead bodies have remained inconclusive. For more six days, communication with the ...
YPS-Jin declared in Gever
16:16 04/02/2016As people in the town of Yüksekova resist the Turkish state's violent state of martial law, the women of Yüksekova have declared the founding of the YPS Jin, or Women's Civil Defense Forces.
'We won't leave without the wounded'
15:23 04/02/2016A vigil began in the Girêmîra city of Mardin's Nusaybin district. Women who join the vigil call on all people in the would, "We gave birth to our children to live in their lands. We don't leave ...