KURDISTAN

Latest News

• 5 people detained in Van 

  5 people were taken into custody following house raids in Bahçesaray and Gevaş districts of Van province this morning.
• Governor of Van campaigns for AKP ahead of elections 

  Van Governor Murat Zorluoğlu continues to visit villages and clans to gather votes for the AKP. Governor Zorluoğlu goes so far as to ride on horseback.
• ISIS attack in Khanaqin 

  ISIS gangs attacked the joint Iraq and Germiyan asayish point in Khanaqin’s Gulala town last night with heavy weapons.
• Documenting Kurdish history 

  The important work of the “Kurdistan Memory Programme”
• 30 areas declared “restricted zones” in Hakkari 

  Turkish state continues imposing bans in several regions across the Kurdish region of Turkey amid ongoing military operations.
• HDP MP receives prison sentence over a speech at funeral 

  HDP Ağrı MP Dirayet Taşdemir has been given 1 year and 8 months prison sentence due to a speech she gave at a funeral.
• HPG: 21 Turkish soldiers killed in actions by guerrillas 

  At least 21 Turkish soldiers have been killed in guerrilla actions in North and South Kurdistan.
• Kurdistan Region to vote on 30 September 

  Kurdistan Region PM Nechirvan Barzani announced the date for general and Presidential elections.
• Footage from guerrilla action in Hakkari 

  Footage from an action carried out by guerrillas in Hakkari countryside on April 28 has been released.
• Governor of Şırnak tours villages for AKP, threatens people 

  Şırnak Governor Mehmet Aktaş is visiting the villages of Cizre and telling the people to vote for the AKP.
• 15 Turkish soldiers killed in guerrilla action in Lelikan 

  Action by HPG guerrillas left 15 Turkish soldiers dead in Lelikan, southern Kurdistan.
• Iranian regime forces torture and murder a kolbar 

  Iranian forces murdered a kolbar pushing him off the rocks in Kermanshah countryside.
• 9 Turkish soldiers killed in Lelikan 

  Action by HPG guerrillas left 9 Turkish soldiers dead and many others wounded in Lelikan, southern Kurdistan.
• Armed attack against parliamentarian Maruf in Hewler 

  Parliamentarian Rabun Maruf was targeted by an armed attack in Hewler (Erbil). Wounded in the head, he was hospitalized.
• Turkish army bombs Bradost, southern Kurdistan 

  Turkish warplanes carried out a bombardment on southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Roboski victim’s brother taken into custody 

  Hikmet Alma has been detained “for insulting the President”.
• Guerrilla actions against Turkish forces in Hakkari and Lelikan 

  Guerrillas hit Turkish forces in northern (Bakur) and southern (Bashur) Kurdistan.
• Workers in the streets again in Southern Kurdistan 

  Workers in Southern Kurdistan have taken to the streets against the government not paying their salaries for years.
• Co-mayors Bağcı and Özalp arrested 

  DBP’s Handan Bağcı and Şerafettin Özalp, co-mayors of the usurped Özalp Municipality, and Deputy Co-mayor Okan Bayram have been arrested on outstanding sentences and sent to Van Type T Prison.
• We need National Unity, says President of KRG Parliament 

  President of the South Kurdistan Parliament and Gorran member calls for National Congress.
• HDP opens electoral campaign in Amed 

  Every vote for the HDP is a vote towards freedom.
• Heavy rain in Kurdistan: Four dead 

  Heavy rain in northern and southern Kurdistan has led to floods. Four people died in the southern Kurdistan town of Duhok.
• 1300 kolbars encircled by Iranian regime forces 

  Iranian regime forces are not allowing some 1300 kolbars to cross into Rojhilat (eastern Kurdistan) at Piranshahr and Hawraman border. Many kolbars and kasibkars have been detained.
• 2 Turkish soldiers killed, 5 others wounded in Bradost 

  HPG guerrillas carried out an action in Bradost region of southern Kurdistan, leaving two Turkish soldiers dead and 5 others wounded.
• HPG: “5 soldiers killed in Hakkari and Lêlîkan” 

  HPG Press Center has announced that the guerrilla has killed 5 soldiers in Hakkari and Lêlîkan in Southern Kurdistan.