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• EU-Turkey relations: from “candidacy” to “partnership” 

  Muhammed Kaya examines the transformation of EU-Turkey relations by looking at the annual Progress Reports.
• Girê Sor: A Temple of Resistance - V 

  Three of the ten guerrillas trapped in the Girê Sor war tunnels were able to escape: "We were unable to tell about them. This is what causes us pain. Our burden has grown greater. We have a responsibility to keep them alive."
• Nilüfer Koç speaks about Kurdish Freedom Movement and Self-Determination 

  Dr. Jeff Miley of Peace in Kurdistan talked to Nilüfer Koç, spokesperson for the Commission on Foreign Relations of the Kurdistan National Congress, about the Kurdish struggle for self-determination.
• Girê Sor: A Temple of Resistance - IV 

  Yes, they were nine, but the their will and resolve achieved everything. It frightened the enemy as well. They were located away from the main gate. The enemy's attacks and the guerrilla's resistance lasted until September 3rd.
• Girê Sor: A Temple of Resistance - III 

  Baz was the first martyr in Girê Sor, which of course had an influence on his companions, but also instilled in all of them a sense of vengeance. Everyone understood that Baz was not the first or the last martyr.
• Girê Sor: A Temple of Resistance - II 

  The resistance was led by Botan, Serhildan, and Zinarîn. The Girê Sor resistance temple became a fortress due to their resolve, Apoist attitude, and comradeship.
• Girê Sor: A Temple of Resistance - I 

  Girê Sor was one of the resistance areas in Zap, Metîna and Avaşîn where the Turkish army launched an invasion attack at night on April 23 in 2021. Girê Sor was as much a spiritual temple as it was a battle ground.
• Kalkan: The guerrilla resistance in 2021 represents a high point of our revolutionary life  

  "The guerrilla resistance in 2021 represents a high point of our revolutionary life so far," said Duran Kalkan (PKK).
• Sur old neighbourhood relations and cultural interactions targeted 

  Architect Selma Aslan said that Sur is intended to be transformed into a place where old neighbourhood relations and cultural interactions will no longer exist, with new structures resembling a prison, by ignoring the principle of urbanism.
• The symbol of women’s revolutionary resistance: Sakine Cansız 

  Sakine Cansız or Sara, who travelled from one mountain to the next... She became a fighter, a commander, a teacher, and a comrade. Martyr Sara, who bravely stood up to her adversary, became the emblem and symbol of the women's movement.
• SNP MP Stephens: Growing demand for investigative delegation on Turkish use of chemical weapons 

  SNP MP Chris Stephens - Chemical weapons: growing demand for an investigative delegation
• Basque basket team received with war sirens in Turkey. The players: "It was terrifying" 

  More than 84 years after the bombing of Gernika at the hands of the Nazi Condor Legion that left hundreds dead and a town destroyed in its wake, the players of the Basque town's basketball team had to hear anti-aircraft sirens in Turkey.
• Professor Westrheim: Listing the PKK legitimises Turkish state terrorism 

  Professor Kariane Westrheim, Chair of the EU Turkey Civic Commission, said that "listing the PKK legitimises Turkish state terrorism."
• Three siblings, three heroic guerrillas 

  The hope that Hêvîdar and her brothers held in their hearts and minds will not be forgotten. Their flags will never fall, and they will live forever on the top of the free mountains.
• TJK-E announces 2022 campaign to protest triple murder of Kurdish activists in Paris 

  The Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (TJK-E) has announced the schedule of the actions to be held to protest the triple murder of Kurdish woman activists in Paris in 2013.
• Sêvê Demir, Pakize Nayır and Fatma Uyar were murdered on 4 January 2016 by Turkish special forces 

  The Kurdish women politicians Sêvê Demir, Pakize Nayır and Fatma Uyar were murdered on 4 January 2016 by special forces.
• Here are the preparatory moments of the guerrillas operation in Zap... 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas carried out an operation against the Turkish troops in the region of Zap between 8 and 9 December. The preparations for this operation, the moments of the action itself and its aftermath were broadcast by Gerîla TV.
• "Leader Öcalan appreciates all peoples" 

  Muhammed Ali, who received training from Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan at Mahsum Korkmaz Academy, said: "He attached great value to society. He never said a bad word about the Turkish and Arab people."
• MIT and Barzanis' plans to legitimize the invasion of Afrin 

  The Barzanis and MIT are working within the context of their intentions to legitimize the invasion of Afrin in order to mask the Turkish state's involvement for genocide and crimes against humanity in Afrin.
• Prof. Gunter: Delisting the PKK will enable negotiations to begin again 

  Professor Gunter said that "delisting the PKK will enable negotiations between Turkey and the PKK to begin again."
• ‘The Turkish government is experiencing its last winter’ – PART II 

  The Kurdish guerrillas prove that the capitalist system cannot kill humanity's yearning for freedom, says YJA Star commander Zozan Çewlik in the second part of her annual review.
• Roboski Massacre, the struggle for justice goes on 

  Ten years ago today, 34 people were killed in Roboski when Turkish air forces bombed a group of mostly under 18 border traders in the northern Kurdish province of Şırnak. The families are demanding justice.
• ‘The Turkish government is experiencing its last winter’ – PART I 

  Nothing has been the same since the Turkish army's failed military operation in Gare in early 2021, says guerrilla commander Zozan Çewlik in an assessment of the past year.
• Turkish forces killed 13 civilians, injured 27 others in North-East Syria in 2021 

  13 civilians, including 5 children, were killed and 27 others injured during the Turkish state's attacks on North and East Syria in 2021.
• Ferhat Encü: It is necessary to expel the impunity mentality from these lands 

  Ferhat Encü lost his brother and other relatives ten years ago in the Roboski massacre. He says: "The policy of impunity has become a form of government. It is necessary to clean the country from this ill mentality."