Published by The Guardian 17 May 2016 President Erdoğan would use law stripping parliamentarians of immunity to target opposition MPs, warns pro-Kurdish HDP’s Selahattin Demirtaş A push by the Turkish government to strip parliamentarians of their immunity is a clear...
Published by ARA News 16 May 2016 QAMISHLO – The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) is to protest the closure of borders between the Kurdish areas of Syria and Iraq on Monday afternoon while the 100th anniversary of the Sykes-Picot agreement is...
In a grave move against the interests of the peoples of Turkey and of democratic politics and peace, DBP Co-Chair Mr. Kamuran Yüksek has been arrested. Mr. Kamuran Yüksek, co-Chair of Democratic Regions Party (DBP) has been arrested after an unlawful process of...
Foreign ministry refutes claim after UN expressed concern at lack of response to requests to conduct research in area This article was published on the website of The Guardian on 11 May 2016. The Turkish foreign ministry has dismissed a UN statement raising alarm over...
Published by Open Democracy 9 May 2016 Rojava’s battle with ISIS stronghold Raqqa is not simply a military one, but an ideological one in which the position of women could not be more polarised. Part 4. While I am in Rojava in northern Syria, the very first...
Published by The Washington Post 10 May 2016 By Suzan Fraser and Dominique Soguel ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey came under scrutiny on Tuesday for alleged human rights violations committed by security forces against Kurds in the southeast and Syrian refugees trying to...
