People around the world demand the immediate release of the ‘Nelson Mandela of our time’
Demonstrations have taken place around the world to mark the anniversary of the capture of Abdullah Öcalan. Millions of Kurdish ...
Tag: Kurdistan
Post Brexit Britain has started the way it intends to go on – with a trade deal siding with a dictator
The fact that the first trade deal the UK signed after Brexit was with Turkey is telling. It sets the ...
Donald Trumps’s flirtation with white supremacist militias is a tried and tested fascist tactic
Donald Trump and his cronies have been increasingly cosying up to white supremacist militias since the beginning of his presidential ...
Yet another Kurdish woman is jailed for insulting the megalomaniac Turkish president
Can you imagine being sentenced to prison for insulting Boris Johnson? Seems ludicrous, doesn't it? But thousands of people in ...
International women “must fight together” to beat misogyny and patriarchy
Content warning: This article contains reports of violence against women and girls which some readers may find disturbing. July saw ...
From the UK to Kurdistan, we must all rise up against femicide
Content warning: This article contains reports of domestic abuse and violence against women and girls which some readers may find ...
The reopening of Hagia Sophia as a mosque is yet another provocative move by Turkey’s fascistic president
On Friday 24 July, hundreds of men joined Turkey's fascistic president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to pray in Istanbul's Hagia Sophia ...
The UK is easing travel restrictions. Here’s why you shouldn’t book that holiday to Turkey
Content warning: this article contains descriptions of violence and sexual assault that some readers may find disturbing. Holiday bookings have ...
Meet journalist Beritan Canözer, a threat to Turkish misogyny
When I first interviewed Kurdish women journalists in 2015, I was in awe at their bravery. As reporters in Bakur ...
The Yezidis survived ISIS genocide. Now Turkey is bombing their homeland.
The Yezidi (Yazidi) people have faced over 70 genocides and mass killings throughout their history. Most recently, they were left ...
Boris Johnson’s car ‘crashed into motorbike’ during Kurdish protest in London
Boris Johnson’s vehicle was leaving Parliament when the incident happened.
Turkey attacked Rojava’s water supply. Now an international campaign is trying to repair the damage.
An international campaign aims to support efforts to repair the damage Turkish attacks have inflicted on Rojava's water supply. The ...
Turkey is continuing its attacks in northeast Syria despite the coronavirus crisis
Turkey's attacks on northeast Syria show no sign of abating. This is despite United Nations pleas for military conflicts to ...
Police charge a British father with ‘funding terrorism’
CORRECTION: This headline, image and article were updated at 6:20am on 14 February. West Midlands Police have charged Paul Newey, ...
Over 500 women gather to ‘rise for change’ despite police repression
Turkish police line the entrance to a two-day women's conference in Amed (Diyarbakır). Everyone entering is searched. On the second ...
Turkish earthquake rescue efforts go on as the death toll rises
Officials said at least 1,556 people were injured in Friday night’s quake.
Protests held across Europe against Turkish bombing of Iraqi Kurdistan
On Wednesday 15 January, the Turkish military launched airstrikes on Iraqi Kurdistan, killing at least four people. The attack was ...
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