NEWS

Latest News

• KCDK-E issues urgent call: Our people must take action to claim their voice and will 

  KCDK-E issued an urgent call regarding the police raid on Stêrk TV and Medya Haber TV studios in Belgium, calling on the Belgian state to immediately abandon this anti-democratic attitude.
• 'Iraqi government should take a stance against invasion attacks' 

  KCK Executive Council member Zübeyir Aydar called on the Iraqi central government to take a stance against the Turkish state's invasion attacks. KONGRA GEL co-chair Remzi Kartal added that the policy of attack would be in vain.
• Police take 6 members of Drancy Democratic Kurdish Community Center into custody 

  While the police raided Sterk TV and Medya Haber TV channels in Belgium, 6 members of the Drancy Democratic Kurdish Community Center were taken into custody in France.
• 26 cooperation agreements signed between Turkey and Iraq 

  The Turkish state signed 24 cooperation agreements in Iraq, including the "Framework Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Water" and the "Memorandum of Understanding on the Strategic Framework".
• Erdoğan meets with Iraqi officials in Baghdad after 12 years 

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Iraq at a time when Turkey launched a new invasion offensive in the north of the country.
• Banner in solidarity with Kurdish guerrillas displayed during a football match in Italy 

  A banner reading "Biji Guerila" (Long Live the Guerrilla) was displayed during a football match of Hic Sunt Leones team in Bologna.
• People's Bridge: Let’s unite and defend Kurdistan 

  The solidarity organization People's Bridge called for global protests against the Turkish invasion of Metina.
• KCDK-E calls for protests against Turkish invasion of Metina 

  The Kurdish European association KCDK-E is calling for protests against the Turkish invasion of the region of Metina in northern Iraq.
• KNK General Assembly: Now is the time for unity! 

  The interim meeting of the 22nd KNK General Assembly, held with the slogan "The way to victory in Kurdistan's struggle for freedom and liberation is unity", ended with a final declaration calling for unity.
• Youth organizations hold conference in Basel 

  Youth organizations TCŞ and TekoJIN held a conference in Basel, within the scope of the "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Solution to the Kurdish Question" initiative.
• Adem Uzun calls for a Kurdistan National Unity conference 

  Adem Uzun of the KNK pointed out that Kurds are at the centre of the 3rd World War and said, "We must take serious and important decisions. Either we will disappear or we will achieve gains."
• Bakırhan: DEM Party has determined the election results and the course of the future in Turkey 

  DEM Party Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan said that they would take organisation and expansion as a basis in the new period and added: "DEM Party has determined the election results in Turkey and the course of the future."
• Kartal: Abdullah Öcalan's ideas can solve the Middle East crisis 

  KONGRA-GEL Co-President Remzi Kartal stated that the solution for the Middle East lies in the ideas of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan. Calling for a national attitude, Kartal said, "The decline and collapse of the Turkish state means freedom for
• 22nd interim meeting of the KNK starts 

  The KNK interim meeting started in The Hague with the participation of nearly 200 delegates from the four parts of Kurdistan.
• Arnott: Abdulah Öcalan is the key to peace 

  The Scottish Trade Union Confederation, representing more than half a million workers in Britain, decided to expand the fight for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdulah Öcalan at its 2024 general congress.
• Hashd al-Shaabi base in Iraq targeted 

  Hashd al-Shaabi military base was targeted in Babil, Iraq. It was stated that one person was killed, and 7 people were injured in the attack.
• Ex officio investigation against Mardin Metropolitan Municipality 

  Mardin Chief Public Prosecutor's Office said that an investigation has been launched against Mardin Metropolitan Municipality on the grounds that the National Anthem was not sung at the municipal council meeting.
• Scottish Trades Union Congress passes motion calling for Öcalan's freedom 

  The Scottish Trade Unions Congress passed a motion calling for Öcalan's freedom.
• DISK calls for participation in 1 May rally in Taksim 

  DISK distributed leaflets and called for participation in the 1 May rally in Taksim.
• DEM Party delegation continues its talks at the CoE 

  While the Council officials ignored their responsibilities by saying that "the relevant institution is the CPT", the DEM Party delegation stated that the CoE should adopt a deterrent mission on the isolation of Öcalan.
• Lawyers apply once again to visit Öcalan 

  Lawyers from the Istanbul-based Asrın Law Office filed another application to meet with their clients in Imralı Island Prison, who have not been heard from for 37 months.
• DEM Party Youth Council organises football tournament against the special war 

  The DEM Party Youth is organising a football tournament, calling on young women in particular to take part in order to set an example against misogyny and break down traditional gender roles in society.
• Netherlands stipulates the condition of release for Demirtaş, Kavala ahead of Wittenburg Conference 

  On 17 April, the Dutch Parliament voted in favour of a motion to block the EU's Customs Union update with Turkey should the ECtHR rulings on Selahattin Demirtaş and Osman Kavala not be implemented.
• Last two stages of the Newroz March 2024 in central Sardinia 

  The last two stages of the Kurdistan Path, the internationalist solidarity march crossing the island of Sardinia, will take place this weekend.
• Activists on vigil in Geneva call on the CPT to "end the torture of isolation in İmralı" 

  During the action organised in Geneva for more than three years to demand the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, activists reiterated their call upon the authorities to end the torture in Imrali.