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• Child killings and the interests of the AKP government 

  The AKP government uses reports of child and women killings in Turkey to enforce the death penalty. However, the possible reintroduction of the death penalty is directed against those whom the state sees as a danger to itself.
• “I was tortured in MİT centers for three months” 

  Ziynet Sağlam spoke about her experience in Afrin after she was captured and arrested during the invasion attacks. Sağlam said she was tortured in centers that belong to the MİT, Turkish intelligence service.
• Turkey has formed an armed group in Kirkuk 

  Şiwan Dawidî, a member of the Iraqi Parliament for PUK, stated that Turkey has formed and is training an armed force of 500 men in Kirkuk.
• "Germany and Europe are accomplices in the massacre of the Kurds" 

  Mustafa Karasu, a member of the KCK Executive Council, describes Germany and Europe as accomplices in the massacre of the Kurds.
• The repression in the little HDP stronghold of Ardahan 

  Located north of Serhat province, Ardahan has voted en masse for the HDP and for this suffers retaliation.
• What’s behind the extradition of Gülizar Taşdemir? 

  Oslo Council member, Niger Enayati, said the Kurdish woman activist was a bargaining chip.
• Turkish state barbarism in Afrin knows no bounds 

  The Turkish state barbarism in Afrin knows no bounds. The invading Turkish state and their allied gangs continue to commit crimes against humanity in Afrin, as international states sit and watch the atrocities.
• Return to Kobane - Part II 

  Patrizia Fiocchetti has been in Kobane to open the Women’s Academy. ANF publishes her reflections on the visit.
• Gabriel Angel: The voice of Colombian guerrillas and peasants 

  A former FARC-EP guerrilla, Gabriel Angel is a talented and much loved writer.
• Return to Kobane - Part I 

  Patrizia Fiocchetti has been in Kobane to open the Women’s Academy. ANF publishes her reflections on the visit.
• Emel Dede: We put Manbij back on its feet 

  Emel Dede is a representative of the Turkmen people in the Manbij Democratic Civil Administration.
• “Normalization” plot in Afrin: Are Turkish troops withdrawing? 

  After Turkish Foreign Ministry's statement that “Life is back to normal in Afrin”, Turkey has started to withdraw the surplus soldiers and equipment from the city. What is this “normalization”, and are they minimizing the target in face of YPG actions?
• The Madımak Massacre, a quarter-century later 

  It has been 25 years since the Madımak Massacre of July 2, 1993 was committed in Sivas on where 33 people were murdered, but the demand for justice still hasn’t been met.
• 'The country that is not', putting Kurds at the centre of stage 

  The play premiered at Naples Theater Festival
• Turkey’s elections and new invasion plans 

  There is a lot that Kurds can do against this plan of invasion and demobilization. First, they must hold their congress and achieve national unity.
• HDP first in seven countries 

  Voters abroad confirmed trust in the HDP
• The voice of young people 

  Dersim Dağ at 22 is one of the youngest deputies
• HDP MP Faruk Gergerlioğlu: the voice of the oppressed people 

  The doctor was dismissed from his work after the 15 July coup 
• HDP Azeri deputy wants to be the voice of all peoples 

   Kıznaz Turkeli enters Parliament as the HDP deputy from Iğdır
• From the theater stage to the political arena 

  Actor  Barış Atay has been elected deputy for Antakya
• Remziye Tosun: I'll be the voice of Sur women 

  New HDP candidate is one of the 13 new women elected
• Women of the HDP 

  The party confirmed high number of women deputies
• Different identities enter Parliament with the HDP 

  New candidates from all sections of society made up the HDP group in Parliament
• A doctor in Amed enters Parliament for the HDP 

  Selçuk Mizraklı is one of the first confirmed elected deputies of the HDP
• Elections’ possible scenarios 

  What results could be expected