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• Is the PKK the reason or the result? 

  It is not the existence of the PKK that is the reason why the Turkish state attacks Kurds, but the fact that the Turkish state attacks Kurds is the reason for the existence of the PKK, comments journalist Meral Çiçek from Sulaymaniyah.
• Revolutionary perspective on Corona and the ecological crisis 

  Different groups of the campaign "Make Rojava Green Again" in Northern Syria and six European countries express themselves in videos about a revolutionary perspective on Corona and the ecological crisis.
• Attack on Heftanin: A regional and international plan 

  Turkey has been attacking Southern Kurdistan for many years. Since 15 June, the occupation attacks have reached a new level. The invasion plan and its international actors are becoming clearer with every day.
• Ireland's new government: A shameful marriage of convenience 

  Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin is the new 26 County Taoiseach with 93 votes in favour, 63 against and three abstentions.
• Sweden must apologize to Kurds over killing of Olof Palme  

  Halis Ikincisoy, one of the Kurds who were detained in the process of blaming the PKK and Kurds for the murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, said that they expect Sweden to apologize to the Kurds.
• The PKK: Criminalizing Resistance, Resisting Criminalization 

  Jan Fermon is the Secretary General of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers. He has been defending Kurdish and progressive Turkish activists and organizations against both repression in Turkey and against criminalization in Europe.
• KCK: Turkey won’t be able to pit PUK and PKK against each other 

  "The people of Sulaymaniyah will respond to the Turkish state’s aggressiveness in the same way they have stood and fought against the colonialists and enemies of the Kurds so far," KCK underlined.
• KCK:Guerrilla will resist till the liberation of Kurdistan people 

  "With their resistance, the guerrilla shows not only the Turkish state and the friend and foe that this struggle will continue until a free Kurdistan and democratic Middle East is realized," said the KCK.
• Unwavering willpower: Heftanin 

  From the eyes of the fighters in Heftanin speaks the great anger against the occupation and the forces that are clearing the way for the occupiers. With superhuman effort they try to stop the Turkish state.
• ISIS jihadists sent from Syria to Libya 

  A deserted member of the so-called Syrian National Army commanded by Turkey tells how ISIS jihadists are sent from Turkey to Libya.
• Karayilan: Turkey wants to complete what the ISIS failed to do 

  Similar to Rojava, the PKK is only an excuse for Turkey to annex foreign land to its own territory in Southern Kurdistan. Murat Karayilan of the People’s Defense Forces, HPG points out that besides Heftanin also Shengal is wanted to be annexed.
• Karayilan: Tourists should not come to Turkey 

  HPG commander Murat Karayilan points out that Turkey is a war zone: "We do not want people from Europe and Russia to come to Turkey as tourists during this time.”
• Cemil Bayik: International forces must take a stand 

  For one week, massive attacks of Turkey on Southern Kurdistan are taking place. Cemil Bayik of the KCK holds the South Kurdistan and Iraqi governments as well as the UN, the USA and Europe responsible and demands a statement.
• The bombing of Maxmur Refugee Camp, an interview with Meral Çiçek 

  Meral Çiçek from the Kurdish Women’s Relations Office talks to Dr. Jeff Miley about the bombing of Maxmur Camp.
• Isolation makes finding solutions more difficult  

  More than 21 years have passed since Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan was kidnapped and detained. On 15 February 1999, an international conspiracy, in which the CIA was also involed, managed to capture Öcalan who since then is in Imrali.
• Environmentalist Ayboga talks about consequences of Covid-19 

  Ercan Ayboga is active in the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement. He was interviewed by Dr. Jeff Miley about the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in North Kurdistan and the rest of Turkey.
• Martyr Kasim Engin’s obituary for Martyr Bager Nûjiyan 

  A socialist fighter: Şehîd Bager Nûjiyan – Text written by Şehîd Kasim Engîn
• HDP deputy Ozsoy talks about coronavirus and its consequences 

  Jeff Miley interviews Dr. Hisyar Ozsoy, HDP Co-Spokesperson of International Affairs and MP about the social and political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in North Kurdistan and the rest of Turkey.
• Sihanok Dibo: The Turkish state tries to encircle Egypt 

  The Egypt representative of the MSD, Sihanok Dibo, analyses Turkey's North Africa strategy in conversation with journalist Ersin Çaksu. The Muslim Brotherhood serves as a neo-Ottoman instrument of power against secular governments, the politician says.
• PJAK to work for unity and democratisation in Iran and Rojhilat 

  Hêvî Dêrik, member of the Eastern Kurdistan party PJAK, speaks about the decisions of the sixth party congress that concern both Iran and Eastern Kurdistan.
• DTK co-chair: Kurdish National Unity is the future of Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state's invading policies in 3 parts of Kurdistan continue. So do the efforts to establish the Kurdish national unity.
• Remzi Kartal: Sweden should apologize to the Kurdish people 

  Former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was murdered on 28 February 1986. The investigation has been closed after 34 years. KONGRA-GEL co-chair Remzi Kartal talked about the issue.
• In memory of Şehîd Kasim Engin 

  The Internationalist Commune in Rojava wrote an obituary for Kasim Engin, a leading figure of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) who fell in an air raid by the Turkish army in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq in late May.
• Writer Gülfer Akkaya receives death threats through social media 

  Opposition and critics of the AKP-MHP government continue to receive threats issued by racist-fascist groups supporting the coalition.
• HDP presents its 9-point roadmap to promote democracy 

  In the roadmap, the HDP advocates a democratic start and calls on all social groups to join forces.