KURDISTAN

Latest News

• HPG: Turkish army attacked guerrilla areas 56 times 

  HPG reported that the Turkish army carried out 56 attacks on guerrilla areas in southern Kurdistan on Sunday.
• Labor and Democracy Platform in Batman calls for enhanced solidarity 

  “As the rehabilitation and reconstruction process will take a long time, there is a need for medium- and long-term planning to maintain social mobilisation and solidarity,” said the Labor and Democracy Platform in Batman.
• Tevgera Azadi delivers aid materials for earthquake victims to Heyva Sor 

  Kurdish organisations continue their mobilization for victims of the two Maraş-centered earthquakes that devastated parts of North Kurdistan, Turkey and Syria on February 6.
• HPG: Turkey's attacks on guerrilla areas continue unabated 

  Turkey continues its attacks on guerrilla areas in southern Kurdistan unabated despite the earthquake disaster.
• ‘The government became the murderer of tens of thousands of people’ 

  The HDP formed a crisis coordination centre with other parties and NGOs to deal with the earthquake disaster. The crisis team in Amed provided information about its work so far and warned against targeted demographic change.
• Temel: People should not leave their land 

  After a meeting of the non-governmental crisis committee in the earthquake-ravaged city of Adiyaman, HDP MP Tayip Temel called for solidarity not to falter, saying that this is the only way to save and rebuild the city.
• KCK warns of depopulation after earthquake: Kurdish-Alevi people should not leave their homeland 

  The epicentre of the earthquake was in Maraş, a Kurdish-Alevi region where mass emigration had been triggered by the 1978 pogrom. The depopulation is now to continue, warns the KCK, calling for resistance.
• HPG guerrilla martyred in Turkish attack in Zap 

  HPG published the ID details of a guerrilla who was martyred in artillery attacks by the Turkish army in the Zap region of Southern Kurdistan on 9 February.
• HPG reports ongoing Turkish attacks on guerrilla areas 

  The Turkish army continues to attack guerrilla areas in southern Kurdistan despite the ceasefire declared by the Kurdish side due to the earthquake.
• New group of young people take over hunger strike in Maxmur 

  A new group of residents has taken over the hunger strike launched to demand freedom for Kurdish people's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in Maxmur.
• ‘People were left alone with their rubble and their dead’ 

  Describing the current situation in the earthquake-damaged city of Adıyaman, HDP politician Bekir Gündüz pointed out that the population in the region will be dependent on supplies for at least a year.
• Ahmet Türk: Disaster caused by the government is greater than the earthquake itself 

  Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk, who participated in the relief efforts in Adiyaman, said that the disaster caused by the government was greater than the earthquake itself.
• HDP MP Dede: Earthquake left 80 percent of Adiyaman devastated 

  Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP Sait Dede said that Adiyaman province was massively hit by the earthquake which has left 80 percent of the city in ruins.
• Turkish attacks on guerrillas continue despite the KCK’s unilateral ceasefire 

  The guerrillas in Kurdistan are in a defensive position and are putting into practice the call to cease all fighting because of the earthquake disaster. The Turkish army continues to attack guerrilla positions from the air and on the ground.
• People of Shengal protest International Conspiracy against Öcalan 

  The people of Shengal protested the International Conspiracy against Kurdish people's Leader Abdullah Öcalan with a march.
• HPG reports fifty Turkish attacks on guerrilla positions 

  The Turkish army carried out a total of fifty attacks on guerrilla positions in Southern Kurdistan on Tuesday, despite the cessation of militant actions declared by the Kurdish side due to the earthquake.
• Guerrillas: We will wage a relentless struggle for our leader’s freedom 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas marked the anniversary of the International Conspiracy against Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, saying, “We will wage a relentless struggle to secure the physical freedom of our leader.”
• HPG reports ongoing Turkish attacks on guerrilla areas 

  While the bombardments of the Turkish army in southern Kurdistan continue despite the earthquake disaster, guerrillas react with defensive attacks.
• Young people in Maxmur march for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Young people in Maxmur said that they will continue to resist and support Abdullah Öcalan despite all the attacks by the fascist state.
• Turkish attacks on guerrilla areas continue 

  Despite a unilaterally declared ceasefire because of the earthquake, HPG reports unabated Turkish attacks on the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• KCK: Our struggle has prevented the international conspiracy from reaching its goals 

  "We call on the patriotic people of Kurdistan, the international friends of the Kurdish people and all revolutionary democratic forces to show their protest against the conspiracy more strongly and to increase their democratic struggle even more."
• PKK: AKP/MHP fascism will pay for every action 

  After the earthquake disaster in the Turkish-Syrian border area, the PKK stated that the AKP/MHP government is responsible for the severe consequences and wants to keep itself in power by declaring a state of emergency.
• Shengal youth start long march for Öcalan 

  Kurds mark the anniversary of the international conspiracy that targeted PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan on 15 February 1999.
• HPG: Turkey continues to attack guerrilla areas 

  The guerrillas in Kurdistan are in a defensive position and are putting into practice the call to cease all fighting because of the earthquake disaster. The Turkish army continues to attack guerrilla positions from the air and on the ground.
• Turkey continues attacks against guerrillas despite earthquake and unilateral ceasefire 

  The Turkish army continues to attack the guerrillas in Southern Kurdistan despite the earthquake disaster. More Turkish attacks against guerrilla areas were recorded on Friday.