Turkish war crimes cause ‘human catastrophe’ leaving a million people without water in Syria
Under cover of Israel's genocidal crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, Turkey has intensified its own efforts to force an entire ...
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Turkey has killed dozens and destroyed essential amenities in Rojava with a new round of airstrikes
Turkish airstrikes killed 20 security personnel after bombing a police training centre in Rojava, north-east Syria (NES). It's part of ...
Calls for solidarity, as Turkish drones assassinate members of the Kurdish women’s movement
The Turkish military assassinated Yusra Darwish, the co-chair of Qamişlo canton council in Northeast Syria, on 20th June. Missiles fired ...
Home Office secretly funding Turkish border forces to stop migrants
The UK government is secretly funding Turkey's border forces to keep migrants out. A freedom of information (FOI) request revealed ...
Erdoğan’s new presidency has started as it means to go on, with arrests and repression
On Sunday 28 May, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won Turkey's presidential run-offs. His victory came amid allegations of violent intimidation of ...
A reflection from the Canary team on our international coverage
Our team has noticed over the past year or so that when we cover global politics, particularly in relation to ...
Turkey’s elections took place against a backdrop of fear, intimidation and electoral fraud
People in Turkey voted in elections on Sunday 14 May, amid hopes that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's dictatorial presidency might finally ...
Turkish police are harassing and arresting Kurdish leftists in the run up to the election
Turkish police assaulted several members of the Green Left Party on Tuesday 25 April. The Green Left Party (YSP) is ...
As Turkey’s presidential candidates get ready to go head to head, one man is counting on Kurdish votes
Turkey has been spiralling into a one-man dictatorship since president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan narrowly won a 2017 referendum granting him ...
Turkish law enforcement used the earthquake as a cover for torture, a new report outlines
Human rights groups have said law enforcement in Turkey tortured alleged looters in the wake of the devastating February earthquake. ...
Why Turkey’s new Green Left isn’t your average political party
Last week the third largest party in the Turkish parliament, the People's Democratic Party (HDP), announced that it would run ...
Kurdish team plans to complain to Football Federation after racist attacks by Turkish fans
Kurdish football team Amedspor will make a complaint to the Türkiye Football Federation and the Union of European Football Associations ...
Millions of Syrian children face even worse hardship after the earthquake
The United Nations (UN) warned Thursday of grave risks to 3.7mn children in parts of war-wracked Syria affected by last ...
Turkey’s colonial policies exploit the earthquake disaster in Kurdistan
Canary guest writers Koçer Nurhak and Vala Francis bring us an exclusive report on the situation in Kurdish areas of ...
How politics has magnified the devastation caused by the Turkey-Syria earthquake
Two weeks have passed since a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria. Latest figures estimate that 41,020 citizens ...
Kurdish supporters of Abdullah Öcalan occupy the European Parliament
Around a dozen Kurdish people launched a protest on Wednesday inside the European Parliament. 15 February is the anniversary of ...
Syria struggles to get aid to earthquake survivors as death toll passes 40,000
Rescue teams have begun winding down the search for survivors as the focus switched to tackling a dire humanitarian disaster ...
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