Published by Kurdishinfo on 2/1/2016 Bodies of 58 people killed in Mardin’s Nusaybin district are yet to be given to their families despite the fact that 9 months have passed since the curfew that was declared by the governorate in the district on March 14, 2016....
UPDATE by the Kurdish Institute staff: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are trying to recaptrure Al-Arima, a city held by Daesh (IS) between Manbij and al-Bab,while Turkish airplanes are bombing them at the same time. Also multiple attacks by Turkish...
Dear President and Members of the Peace Committee of International PEN, Dear President and Members of the PEN Turkey Centre and Kurdish PEN Centre, As many of you know, the Turkish government is continuing their harsh repression of the civil rights and Freedom of...
“Because of the state of emergency, nobody will care if I kill you. I will just say I shot you while you tried to run away.” -Police officer to a detainee, overheard by family members of another detainee “You won’t make it out of here alive. We now...
Last night the co-mayors of Diyarbakir City Council, Ms. Gültan Kışanak and Mr. Fırat Anlı, were detained and their houses and the city council buildings were searched. This is an extremely unlawful and arbitrary practice. The Erdoğan-AKP government is continuing to...
Turkish fighter-jets are bombing villages in Shehba and Efrin-Rojava-Kurdistan In an active pursuit to prevent the development of the resistance situation against terrorism and extremist groups, the Turkish air forces bombed the villages of Um Al Housh and Um Al Qura...