Published by The New York Times on JAN. 26, 2016 ISTANBUL — Entire towns and districts are under siege. Tanks ram through narrow alleys closed off by barricades and trenches. Residents are trapped indoors for weeks because of curfews. Those who venture outside risk...
For a month now, the Turkish army has been running jointly with the special police forces an operation of unprecedented violence against the towns located in the Kurdish region of Turkey. 10,000 men supported by tanks and helicopters are mobilized for this offensive...
Published by Amnesty International, 21 January 2016 Amnesty International calls on the Turkish government to end the indefinite curfews in Kurdish neighbourhoods across east and south-east Turkey. For several months, Amnesty International has been urging the...
Published by New York Times, 18 January 2016 UNITED NATIONS — Barely a month after the world’s most powerful countries agreed to an ambitious road map to end the five-year-old war in Syria, there is still no agreement on who, if anyone, will show up at the...
Published by Yahoo News, 21 January 2016 Istanbul (AFP) – Turkey security forces are subjecting residents of Kurdish-dominated southeastern Turkey to “collective punishment” with military operations backed by curfews, Amnesty International said on...
Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest outside the headquarters of Cumhuriyet newspaper, whose editor-in-chief Can Dundar was arrested on charges of espionage and terrorist propaganda, in Istanbul, Nov. 29, 2015. (photo by REUTERS/Osman Orsal) Published...
