Protecting the Kurdish people and preventing the forced displacement of our nation in our land can only be achieved through a mutual stance on this matter. Following a series of brutal ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Levant) attacks on Kurdistan, on 10/08/2014 the...
PYD Co-President Salih Muslim has drawn attention to the intensifying ISIS attacks on Kobanê, saying: “whoever is going to act, should do so now. May our people rise up everywhere.” Muslim added they had informed all international bodies about attacks on Kobanê, and...
OVERVIEW The battle over de Kurdish town of Kobani, right at the Turkish-Syrian border, is in its second week now. What if Kobani falls? And why are Turkey’s hands still tied to take action against IS? PUBLISHED 3 HOURS AGO ‘These are the showers. Hot water 24 hours a...
On the evening of 1 October 2014, ISIS gangs have launched an intense attack, aiming to take over the the city centre of Kobane, in Western Kurdistan (Syria) from west, south and east fronts. With the help of heavy artillery and tanks, ISIS gangs have advanced their...
On 3 October 2014, representatives from the American PEN Center, Danish PEN, PEN International and PEN Turkey will be present at the 15th High Criminal Court in Istanbul as Turkish sociologist and feminist Pýnar Selek faces trial for the fifth time in 16 years over a...
A top Kurdish politician has warned that Turkey’s peace process with the Kurds risks collapsing in the face of Islamic State (IS) attacks on the Kurdish Syrian border town of Kobane. Speaking to the BBC from Brussels, a leading member of the Kurdistan National...
