Published by bianet 2 March 2016 Diyarbakır Governorship has announced that as of 12 a.m./p.m. today, Sur district has been closed off for every entrance except for persons residing in Sur. The Governorship in its written declaration has listed following reasons for...
Published by Al-Monitor 1 March 2016 AMUDA, Syria — Amid the ongoing war ravaging Syria, particularly the Kurdish regions, infighting among the Kurds continues, as does the Kurdish-Arab conflict. As the Syrian revolution enters its fifth year, areas like Homs...
Published by Ekurd 2 March 2016 DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— The Turkish authorities Tuesday announced the partial lifting of a curfew in a town in Turkish Kurdistan in the country’s Kurdish region in the southeast, in force since December as part...
Published by Ekurd 29 February 2016 MOSCOW,— Turkish artillery is maintaining its support for the Islamic State (IS) forces, a leader of Russia’s Kurdish community said on Monday. “More than 10 people, mostly women and children, have been killed over the past...
Kurdish demonstrators gather behind a barricade as they clash with Turkish riot police during a protest against the curfew in Sur district Photo: REUTERS Turkish coastguard stopping Kurdish migrants trying to reach Greece, as renewed conflict with Kurdish militia PKK...
URGENT ACTION CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Diyarbakir, February 24, 2016 I am a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the province of Diyarbakir and am writing this letter to you from the central district of Sur currently under heavy bombardment...
