With specially selected groups under the guise of “aiding refugees”, the AKP regime wants to change the demographic structure in North Kurdistan and turn the region into a military barracks. There are reports that hundreds...
Ayse Celik, a teacher living in the city of Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey, will go to prison on April 20 with the accusation of “terrorist propaganda” for saying, “don’t let children die,” on a popular...
Turkey claims that she does not hate Kurds but hate terrorists. This for many Kurds in Turkey would not be a true statement as they experience otherwise in everyday life. Turkey has used anti-terror measures...
The use of the word “Kurdistan” has once again become a matter of heated discussion in Turkey as the Kurdish people are increasingly targeted by leading Turkish political figures and the Turkish legal system. Most...
A groom was arrested on his way to his wedding, in Turkeys Diyarbekir province. The groom was accused of insulting president Erdogan on social media posts/messages. The groom got sentenced to prison for three years...
Opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-leader Selahattin Demirtas and other Kurdish prisoners ended a 35-day hunger strike in Edirne Prison after authorities promised to resolve issues relating to prison conditions and rights violations. Demirtas and another HDP lawmaker Abdullah...
PKK Executive Committee member, Murat Karayilan, told the PKK’s media wing on Wednesday that PKK fighters are completely prepared for any fight against Turkish forces in the Qandil Mountains. “The Turkish government and army failed in the...
Voice of America reports that Turkish political instability will likely add to questions in Moscow over Ankara. “They [Moscow] are aware of the difficulties faced by Turkey,” notes Haldun Solmazturk, head of the Ankara-based research...
TURKISH President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a tyrant. He is an authoritarian bully intent on concentrating further power into his hands as his rule sweeps away democracy and free speech. Even writing the words above...
There are reports that Turkish army casualties are more than the official reports address, many of casualties have been buried in the night to avoid public outrage and concealment of number of army in war...