Published by Ekurd Daily on November 4, 2016 DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— Turkish police on Friday detained the two co-leaders of the country’s main pro-Kurdish party, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), and several other MPs in a major escalation of...
Cumhuriyet Journalists Held; Kurdish Media Closed; Mayors Jailed Published by Human Rights Watch on November 3, 2016 (Istanbul) – The detention of journalists from independent newspaper Cumhuriyet, the closure of the remaining Kurdish media, and the jailing of elected...
Press Release of the Kurdistan National Congress, November 3, 2016 In 2009 an investigation was opened by the Belgian Federal prosecutor against Kurdish politicians and associations for terrorism. Amongst them were Remzi Kartal, Zubeyir Aydar, Adem Uzun, the Kurdish...
This article was published on ARA News on November 2, 2016. Kobane – Co-heads of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) on Tuesday praised the resistance of Kobane during the second anniversary of the fight by the Kurds against ISIS in the Syrian Kurdish city...
The Metropolitan Municipality of DIYARBAKIR (Amed) issued the following report on the arrest of their co-Mayors GULTAN KISANAK & FIRAT ANLI last Tuesday, October 25, 2016 REPORT ON DETAINMENT OF GULTAN KISANAK & FIRAT ANLI, CO-MAYORS OF DIYARBAKIR Diyarbakir,...
DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— Turkish prosecutors launched a probe Thursday into pro-Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas after he condemned the detention of two mayors of the country’s biggest Kurdish city in Turkish Kurdistan. Gultan Kisanak and Firat...