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YPS-Jin: every stone on the barricade a stone for freedom

11:01 15/01/2016 20

As the slogan “a stone on the barricade, a stone for free life” spreads across the besieged town Nusaybin, the women who have organized defense force YPS-Jin say that women’s organizing is now ...

84 civilians killed in 33 days in Cizre and Silopi

10:38 15/01/2016 1

As the 24-hour curfews in Cizre and Silopi enter their 33rd day today, 84 have been slain in the state’s attacks since the curfew began.

Blockades kill 2 more women

09:30 15/01/2016 2

Two more deaths have occurred as the Turkish state continues martial law in the towns of Cizre and Silopi. 52-year-old Narınç Kızıl died of a heart attack and was unable to get medical attention ...

Mass investigation into 1128 academics calling for peace

09:30 15/01/2016 1

Istanbul’s chief public prosecutor has started a mass investigation into 1128 academics in Turkey who called for an end to the blockades of multiple cities.

Another citizen killed in Cizre

08:57 15/01/2016 2

A young man in the town of Cizre, where state attacks have intensified, has died. Meanwhile, four children wounded early yesterday are in critical condition.

Saturday Mother Hanım Tosun: ‘the faces in power change, but they think the same’

17:14 14/01/2016 1

After Hanım Tosun lost her husband Fehmi Tosun to the “unsolved murders” of the dirty war in the 1990s in Turkey, she said that as the state continues to kill the people of Kurdistan, the ruling ...

2 missing citizens found executed in Cizre

14:56 14/01/2016 1

Any news could not be received from Mahmut Şahin and Selamet Şahin for four days. Their neighbors found them as being executed in their home.

4 children wounded in Cizre

14:26 14/01/2016 1

Four children have been wounded in the Cizre district of Şırnak. They have been taken to hospital.

Peace Mothers started hunger strike

13:49 14/01/2016 5

Families have been on hunger strike for 13 days to retrieve their children's dead bodies. Peace Mothers started two-day hunger strike to support the families.

Academic Hülya Doğan who want peace dismissed

11:49 14/01/2016 1

Asst. Assoc. Dr. Hülya Doğan signed the statement of the Academics Initiative for Peace against the massacres and blockade in Kurdistan. Bartin University, Head of the Department of Anthropology, ...

Attack on police station in Çınar: Five killed, tens wounded

10:58 14/01/2016 1

Five people were killed and tens of wounded in the attack on District Police Department in the Çınar district of Diyarbakır yesterday night.

Women run traffic center in Til Temir

09:53 14/01/2016 8

11 women in Tel Temir traffic center direct traffic as they solve all problems which people inform them.

Kibble for street animals under blockade

09:40 14/01/2016 5

Turkish state forces’ blockade of the Sur district of Diyarbakır has entered its 43rd day today. As the blockade continues to violate the right to life of every living being in Sur, animal rights ...

2 girls sexually abused in Turkey after state fatwa

08:50 14/01/2016 1

Two fathers sexually abused their own daughters in a single day in Turkey in the wake of a religious ruling by the state Directorate of Religious Affairs that it was “not unlawful for a father to ...

2 more citizens killed in Cizre

08:32 14/01/2016 3

2 citizens were killed by state forces in Cizre last night.

Silopi children forced to play ball for state’s image campaign

16:55 13/01/2016 12

In the town of Silopi, a place of clandestine burials and countless destroyed houses, the Turkish state has attempted to fix its image with the help of the media. Police drove a group of children to ...

Protest at European Parliament against AKP’s attacks

16:47 13/01/2016 8

Kurdish organizations have organized a protest in front of the European Parliament in Brussels to denounce the AKP’s attacks and massacres in Northern Kurdistan.

Human rights workers: 170 killed in blockades

16:33 13/01/2016 3

Between August 16, 2015 and January 10, 2016, 170 citizens have been killed and 145 wounded in curfews declared in Kurdistan, according to a new report by the Diyarbakır branch of the Human Rights ...

Rojava women head to ‘border’ daily to greet resistance

14:54 13/01/2016 12

Women who travel to the border between Rojava and Northern Kurdistan every day from the Rojava cities of Derik and Endîwar to hold a vigil have condemned the AKP’s attacks on Kurdish people and ...

Action in front of Turkey’s Ministry of Health for children of Kurdistan

14:13 13/01/2016 5

The initiative “Peace for Children Right Now” demonstrated in front of Turkey’s Ministry of Health today, calling on Turkey to begin peace negotiations and immediately implement the UN ...