NEWS

Latest News

• HDP calls for action against Turkish government’s repression of opponents 

  HDP stated that approval of the prison sentences against Kaftancıoğlu should be seen as another crackdown on government opposition ahead of the presidential and parliamentary elections.
• British trade unions expand Freedom for Öcalan campaign 

  16 British trade unions from different business lines in the UK will renew their demand for "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan" at various events, including a march to be staged under the guidance of the unions on June 18.
• The decision is political, says lawyer Fermon as Belgian justice acquits Turkish assassination team 

  In the assassination case against Kurdish politicians in Brussels, the court issued an acquittal verdict. Kurdish rulers and their lawyer, Jan Fermon, said the decision was "purely political."
• Essen group takes over the Freedom Vigil in Strasbourg 

  The Essen group has taken over the Freedom Vigil in Strasbourg and called for national unity against occupation and treason.
• HDP commemorates miners murdered in Soma 

  The Peoples’ Democratic Party commemorated the Soma Massacre and said that “the Soma Massacre is still fresh in the hearts and memories of Turkey’s peoples with pain and anger.”
• "Poor people are becoming poorer in this crisis," says market seller Kesiciler 

  Mehmet Zarif Kesiciler, who has worked as a market trader in Ankara for 30 years, said that it is the poor population who are becoming even poorer and that it is important to educate people about the causes of the current deep economic crisis.
• TCŞ and TekoJIN call on Kurds and their friends to protest Turkish fascism and KDP in Zurich 

  TCŞ and TekoJIN called on the Kurds and their friends to take action against Turkish fascism and KDP betrayal and attend a march in Zurich tomorrow.
• FED-MED calls on "all Kurds to be in Berlin to defend resistance in Zap" on Saturday 

  FED-MED called for "all Kurds living in and around NRW and their friends to be in Berlin to defend the Zap resistance" tomorrow, Saturday.
• KCDK-E: Silence serves the enemies of Kurds 

  KCDK-E calls on the Kurds in all countries, especially in Berlin, to participate in the demonstrations to be held under the motto 'USA, NATO support the massacres of the colonialist Turkish state in Kurdistan! Defend Kurdistan'.
• Hamas is paying the price for 'good relations' with Turkey 

  Senior officials of Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, said that dozens of its activists and leaders have been deported from Turkey or prevented from entering.
• Kurdish singer Xalîde detained in Istanbul 

  Turkish police stormed the apartment of Kurdish Dengbêj singer Xalîde in Istanbul. The musician was beaten and detained.
• Kurdish politician Aysel Doğan dies in Germany after many years of cancer treatment 

  Kurdish politician Aysel Doğan died in a hospital in Germany after many years of cancer treatment.
• Kurds hold sit-in in front of the UN in Geneva to protest Turkish invasion attacks  

  Kurds leaving in Switzerland met in front of the UN in Geneva against the invasion attacks, saluted the guerrilla resistance and called to action in Zurich.
• Application for the lifting of the PKK ban in Germany  

  Lawyers Lukas Theune and Peer Stolle have applied to the Federal Ministry of the Interior to lift the ban on PKK activities. Dilan Akdoğan explained the effects on the Kurdish community at the subsequent press conference.
• Iran slams Turkey’s dam construction on border waters 

  Both Turkey and Iran have built a number of dams over the years, reducing the water flow especially into the four parts of Kurdistan. Turkey has been using water as a weapon against both South Kurdistan and Rojava, as well as against Iraq and Iran.
• Lawyers in Germany apply to Ministry of Interior to lift the ban on PKK  

  Lawyers applied to the Ministry of Interior to lift the PKK ban in Germany.
• Activists continue vigil in front of OPCW  

  Activists have been protesting in front of the UN organization OPCW for over a week, demanding an investigation into the use of chemical weapons by the Turkish military in the southern Kurdish Medya Defense Areas.
• Rally in Stockholm protests Turkish invasion attacks  

  A rally was held in Stockholm to protest the Turkish invasion attacks.
• KON-MED calls for participation in Berlin demo to “Defend Kurdistan” 

  The Kurdish umbrella organization KON-MED calls for a nationwide demonstration in Berlin on Saturday: "Let's stand up together for the resistance of the guerrillas and Kurdistan."
• Young Kurdish activists begin diplomatic journey in South Africa 

  The Kurdistan Youth Diplomacy Committee has set off on a one-month journey to South Africa.
• Lawyers submit another application to visit Abdullah Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's legal team has applied for a visit permit to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the management of Imrali Island Prison. The last client meeting took place more than two years ago.
• Child wounded by shots fired from Turkish-occupied Serêkaniyê dies in Urfa 

  Nine-year-old Yusuf Yücel has died in Urfa due to his injuries from a gunshot fired from the Turkish occupied city of Serêkaniyê in northern Syria.
• Activists protest attacks on Şengal in Berlin 

  Activists called on European governments to stop turning a blind eye to ongoing attacks on Yazidis and emphasized that the Kurds have the right to self-determination against this war and violence.
• Sinn Féin expresses concern over Turkish assault on Kurds in Iraq 

  Sinn Féin parliamentarian John Brady said that the Turkish attack on Iraq represents a further disregarding of the territorial integrity of a neighbouring state.
• Father and son arrested on terror charges in Mersin 

  Two Kurds have been arrested in the southern Turkish province of Mersin on terror charges. Father and son had already been in "preventive police custody for ten days as a measure to prevent violence" on May 1.