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Three wounded, many detained in Van protest

09:14 12/01/2016 2

After 12 individuals were summarily executed by state forces in the province of Van, locals marched and read a statement in protest. Police attacked the protestors fiercely, leaving people of all ...

Message from Silopi: 'I will stay in my home, they should go'

15:40 11/01/2016 1

Women have not been intimidated by the ongoing attacks in Silopi for 29 days. They said, "This is my home,even if no stone is left standing."

Teacher Ayşe Çelik becomes hero

15:14 11/01/2016 4

Spontaneous demonstrations have spread in Turkey’s capital of Ankara, after a Diyarbakır teacher who made a call for peace become the target of a lynch campaign by Turkish mainstream media.

Academics for Peace: ‘we will not be party to this crime’

15:00 11/01/2016 3

Turkey’s Academics for Peace have held a press conference to share their call for the Turkish state to end its attacks on Kurdish regions. The academics have announced that they will continue ...

Families: 'If they don't give us the bodies, we will start a death fast'

14:48 11/01/2016 2

Families started a hunger strike to take back their children's bodies who were killed in Sur where the 24-hour curfew has been imposed for 41 days. The families said, "If they don't give us the ...

Women on the march: ‘if you raze 10 cities, we’ll rebuild them all’

13:53 11/01/2016 5

Hundreds of women marching to the besieged Botan region to protest the massacres and disrespect towards dead bodies have continued their march despite police blockades. Police have blockaded the rest ...

State secretly buries Taybet İnan

13:30 11/01/2016 1

Taybet İnan was killed in the genocide attacks. Her body remained in the street for 7 days.Taybet and her brother-in-law Yusuf İnan were buried without their families being informed.

Prosecutor calls for arrest of 23 women in İzmir

12:55 11/01/2016 1

With six of the 29 women detained in İzmir after a memorial released, 23 women have now been sent to court with a call for their arrest.

Women: ‘Turkey needs to be ruled by law, not fatwa’

12:00 11/01/2016 4

Women in Turkey are outraged in the wake of a ruling by the state religious institution that it is lawful for a man to feel lust for his own daughter. As the debate about the fatwa pays little ...

Rojava’s law not just for women, but for democratic life

11:20 11/01/2016 4

In the face of a patriarchal mindset that has marginalized women for years, the Women’s Law is showing the possibilities for equality between men and women in Rojava. Women’s rights activist ...

From coups to curfews, Rukiye and Semawi continue their resistance

11:18 11/01/2016 7

In the town of Nusaybin, where Kurdish residents have maintained a resistance and begun to build a new life in the face of state attacks, Rukiye and Semawi Baran say this is just the latest ...

‘Why this savagery again?’ ask Taybet’s daughters

09:45 11/01/2016 4

Turkish state forces killed Taybet İnan in the town of Silopi and left her body in the street for seven days. Now, the state has disappeared Taybet’s body to an unknown location. Taybet’s ...

Conflict starts in Sur

17:01 10/01/2016 1

As the 24-hour- curfew has been imposed in Sur, the intense conflicts began in the district today afternoon.

HDP: State kills 81 women in 6 months

16:35 10/01/2016 1

The Women Coordination of the HDP announced that State has killed 81 women under war concept since the August 16.

Stealing 4 bodies and burying them without their families

15:59 10/01/2016 2

6 people's bodies who were killed in Cizre and Silopi,were abducted from Şırnak State Hospital.4 bodies were given to Cizre District Governorship by police.The Governorship called the families and ...

Death toll rises to 3 in Cizre

15:08 10/01/2016 6

Ahmet Zırığ was killed wit hit a bullet in the neck during the attacks to the neighborhoods of resistance by state forces in Cizre. The people killed today in Cizre rise to 3. Hacı Elçi(17) is ...

12 people including 8 civilians executed in Van?

14:37 10/01/2016 2

13 people lost their life in the raid to a house by special forces in Edremit in the morning. The Governorship announced '12 members of terror' and one police but the witnesses stated that there were ...

Bursa Alevis join hunger strike

12:46 10/01/2016 1

The Alevis in Bursa joined the hunger strike which was started by Alevis to protest the massacres in Kurdistan.

Opening fire on people tring to take the bodies of 2 citizens killed in Cizre

11:38 10/01/2016 2

Special forces tried to enter the Cudi neighborhood of Cizre on the 28th days of 24-hour curfew. A conflict was took the place between the YSP forces(Civil Defense Unit)and special forces. It was ...

Cizre turns into Kobanê

11:11 10/01/2016 5

It is about a month of the martial law(refer to curfew)in Cizre with the houses destroyed and millions of bullet marks but still there are hopes on the face of people. Addressing from the Nur ...