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State forces allegedly storing goods looted in Silopi

11:09 01/02/2016 2

For 37 days, Turkish state forces devastated the town of Silopi in a violent reaction to popular calls for self-government. Citizens returning to their homes report that their posessions have been ...

Freedom starts with YPJ, say members

10:47 01/02/2016 5

Women in Rojava’s YPJ described the force as the beginning of freedom for women whose spaces are occupied by men at every turn.

Silopi people: We will build new life together

10:15 01/02/2016 10

Residents of Silopi had to leave their houses during 37 days martial law under the name "curfew". They are returning to their houses now. Residents said, " We will rebuild our houses, we will bild a ...

Physician: ‘Prioritize preventing rape of refugees’

09:54 01/02/2016 3

Gülden Aykanat is among the many healthcare workers in Turkey, where millions of refugees live, to undergo UN training in emergency reproductive healthcare. Gülten said that she found it concerning ...

Citizen wounded in Sur

09:05 01/02/2016 1

On 61st day of blockade in Sur, a citizen(80) has been wounded after a mortar hit a house in the district.

Thousands of women gather in Kadıköy for peace

16:36 31/01/2016 33

Women's Initiative for Peace (BİKG) started a campaign with the slogans such as 'We stand by life, not death. We uphold our right of peace and truth'. Thousand of women gathered in Kadıköy and ...

Cizre Women: We will evacuate the wounded even if they kill us

14:26 31/01/2016 6

For nine days, wounded in Cizre residents have been trapped in a basement. Cizre women went to evacuate the wounded from the basement by carring white flags. Women said, "We will evacuate the wounded ...

Narin calls on youth to resist

13:13 31/01/2016 3

Narin Kobanê, an Arabian woman, has been impressed by the resistance of the YPG and YPJ fighters against Daesh's gangs. Narin is resisting against Daesh's gangs under the umbrella of public order in ...

Sêvê' mother: We will continue to resist

11:59 31/01/2016 8

Sêvê Demir was executed with her two comrades in the Silopi district of Şırnak. Sêvê passed the resistance torch to her mother Sakine Demir. Sakine has maintained the vigil in the Girêmîra ...

14 volunteer health care workers wait to enter Cizre

09:51 31/01/2016 1

As HDP MPs have maintained the hunger strike in front of Ministry of the Interior office to evacuate wounded in Cizre, 14 volunteer health care workers are waiting in Mardin to go to the city and ...

Ambulances refused access to Cizre wounded again

16:45 30/01/2016 1

For eight days, 19 wounded Cizre residents have been trapped in a basement under bombardment by Turkish state forces. Today, the wounded people left the basement to reach ambulances. State forces ...

Leading politician leaves politics after Cizre basement events

16:26 30/01/2016 1

Emine Ayna, general co-chair of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) in Turkey, has announced that she is leaving politics. In a written statement, she said that she has lost faith in the possibility ...

Religious scholars begin 'resistance fast'

15:34 30/01/2016 4

Religious scholars began a resistance fast under the leadership of Democratic Islamic Congress (DİK) to end the attacks on Kurdistan.

Language training in Shengal

12:25 30/01/2016 5

Women who take shelter in Shengal Mountain after gangs attacks on Shengal, found an assembly. They are begining to have Kurdish language training. As they are improving their self-defense, they also ...

Rmêlan women become stronger with self-defense training

11:12 30/01/2016 7

Rmêlan Defense Forces start a self-defense training program for women in order to protect their lands against gang attacks. Women who are attending the training program stated that they didn't want ...

Displaced people return to Shengal

10:02 30/01/2016 4

Êzidîs had to flee to Federal Kurdistan Region and stay in Şarya Kamp due to Daesh attacks on Shengal. Êzidîs begin to return to liberated Shengal. Şehla, one of those returning to Shengal, ...

Women of Sur will not be displaced again

09:50 30/01/2016 4

As Turkish state forces attempt to depopulate the Sur district of the city of Diyarbakır by expanding areas under total martial law, the women of Sur say they will not be displaced again.

Cizre basement case to go to ECHR

08:58 30/01/2016 1

As 19 wounded residents remain trapped in a basement in the town of Cizre and unable to access medical care due to Turkish state attacks, the case will now be brought to the European Court of Human ...

‘Water, just water’ say wounded in Cizre basement

14:45 29/01/2016 1

For seven days, 19 wounded Cizre residents have been trapped in a basement under bombardment by Turkish state forces. The wounded, who have gone without water for three days, are on the point of ...

Mother activists join effort to break blockades in Kurdistan

14:33 29/01/2016 3

A group of mothers of those killed in the Gezi resistance, the Suruç bombings and in forced disappearances across Turkey have arrived in Kurdistan with the goal of joining a march to break the siege ...