Arrests, torture, rapes, kidnappings and killings have become part of everyday life. Particularly affected is the Kurdish population that has become an easy target for the state. We monitor the evolution of Iran and western Kurdistan with great concern.Kurds as a...
Anti-democratic %10 electoral threshold, which is also an anti-democratic topic for international public opinion, provides remove of Kurdish people’s representation from the legal parliamentary area. Even the electoral threshold’s existence is conserved,...
This year’s commemoration ceremonies will be held in ?stanbul?s Taksim Square, Ankara, ?zmir, Diyarbak?r and Bodrum. Victims of the displacement will be remembered in silence with carnations and candles. During the ceremonies the ?duduk,? an Armenian...
The trial has been grid-locked many times over the suspects’ demand to give their defense in Kurdish despite the court’s consistent refusal.The 21st hearing of the case started with suspect Songül Erol Abdil, the former mayor of Tunceli province,...
The decision of Turkey’s Supreme Election Commission (YSK) to veto 12 independent candidates backed by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), including, above all, Leyla Zana, Hatip Dicle, Sebahat Tuncel, Ertugrul Kurkcu, Gulten Kisanak, Isa Gurbuz and Salih...
