There is a massacre taking place in the Kurdish region in Turkey. Since the 16th of August, the Turkish state has enforced curfews in 7 Kurdish cities and 17 Kurdish towns where a total of 1.3 million people live. These curfews have stifled the people’s ability to...
Severe human right violations by the Turkish state The Human Rights Association (IHD) and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV), published the 2015 human rights violation report that was prepared during the 10-17 December Week of Human Rights. Ozturk Turkdogan,...
European Parliament Bât. Altiero Spinelli 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 B-1047 – Bruxelles/Brussels Belgium December 11, 2015 Honorable President Schulz: In retrospect, since the early 1990s, Turkey has, occasionally, tried to cross the Turkish-Iraqi border,...
We strongly condemn this brutal attack! The President of the Bar Association of Diyarbakir Tahir Elci, was specificily target at the haed and was murdered during a press briefing held in Diyarbakir this morning, A few days ago in Diyarbakir, the historic four-columned...
Head of Diyarbakır Bar Association, Tahir Elçi, was detained last night in the scope of an arrest of capture for defending that “PKK is not a terrorist organization”. Tuesday, October 20, 2015, AMED – ANF Head of Diyarbakır Bar Association, Tahir Elçi, was...
Press Release, October 19, 2015 The Kurdish Freedom Movement, PKK, declares a new ceasefire, but the Turkish military and police are attacking the Kurdish civilians and the guerrillas daily. As soon as it was understood that the PKK was going to declare a ceasefire,...
