Published by Ekurd Daily on 31/8/2016 ISTANBUL,— Turkey on Wednesday said it did “not accept” US claims that it had agreed a truce with Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria. “We do not accept in any circumstances … a ‘compromise or a ceasefire reached between Turkey...
Published by Ekurd Daily on 1/9/16 AFRIN, Syrian Kurdistan,— Turkish artillery began on Wednesday bombardments in Afrin, targeting Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units’ (YPG) bases in the city in Afrin Canton of Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), one day after Ankara...
Published by Ekurd Daily on 1/9/16 DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— Kurdish campaigners in Turkey announced a hunger strike Wednesday to protest the lack of updates about the welfare of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan who has been denied visitors since...
Published by Ekurd Daily on 30/8/16 DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— Turkish authorities should immediately release 23 employees of the Kurdish-language daily newspaper Azadiya Welat detained on Sunday in a police raid of the newspaper’s office, the the NY...
We, intellectuals, writers, artists, politicians and human rights defenders, seek to draw urgent attention to the Turkish state’s invasion in Northern Syria and Rojava. The Turkish army invaded the Northern Syrian City of Jarablus on 24 August 2016, using anti-ISIS...
By: Info-Türk Solidarity with daily Özgür Gündem and its detained or harassed journalists Solidarity also with Ragip Zarakolu, Asli Erdogan, Eren Keskin and Filiz Koçali Daily Özgür Gündem, which has been shut down by court order, has been released as a special...
