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Erdoğan’s Civil Coup
Güney Işıkara/Alp Kayserilioğlu/Max Zirngast: May 9, 2019 Turkey's recent election saw the ruling party's control over Istanbul broken. Now, the regime wants a re-do. Published by Jacobin on 9 May 2019. On May 6, Turkey’s Supreme Electoral Council (YSK) decided by a...
Why did Turkey allow jailed Kurdish leader to meet lawyers after long pause?
Amberin Zaman: May 6, 2019 Read More: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/05/ocalan-calls-calm-sdf-turkey.html#ixzz5o5xtPSl4 Image source
15 political prisoners turn their hunger strike into “death fast” on 30 April 2019 (HDP statement)
Hişyar Özsoy: 30 April 2019. Call letter by HDP vice co-chair Hişyar Özsoy to the international community regarding the 15 political prisoners who have turned their hunger strike into "death fast". Published by HDP on 30 April 2019. Image Source Leyla Güven, the...
SOS Rojava & Shengal
This campaign mobilizes support for the reconstruction of Kurdish regions in northern Syria (Rojava) and the Yezidi city of Shengal (Sinjar) in Iraq. These were both severely damaged when they were attacked by the Islamic State in 2014 and the reconstruction costs a...
Turkish intervention could trigger Syria’s ‘second great war’
Amberin Zaman: March 20, 2019 Interview with SDF-commander Mazlum Kobane by Amberin zaman Read More: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/03/syria-kurdish-mazlum-kobane-damascus-talks-assad-russia.html#ixzz5o5y2Hz00
EP: Negotiations With Turkey Shall be Suspended
The European Parliament (EP) has adopted a resolution that suggests the suspension of the accession negotiations with Turkey in its general assembly in Strasbourg. The non-binding resolution was adopted in yesterday's (March 13) session by 370 votes in favor, 109...
PRESS RELEASE: Armenophobia as a clear demonstration of Xenophobia
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsJi91rTF2I Conference at the European Parliament : “Armenophobia as a clear demonstration of Xenophobia”. Brussels, 06 March 2019.- On March 6, 2019, MEP Dr. Eleni Theocharous hosted a conference entitled...
Turkey: Listen to the voices of the relatives of the disappeared! – Call for Action by Amnesty International
Amnesty International calls for action in support of the 'Saturday Mothers' by sending a letter to president Erdogan. On 25 August 2018, police in Istanbul used tear gas, plastic bullets and water cannons to disperse the 700th gathering of mainly women, some of whom...
Arabs and Kurds in Syrian self-rule: Rojava survives for now
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