Published in Red Pepper, January 2016 Tom Anderson and Eliza Egret report from the war-torn city of Kobanê and meet those trying to rebuild what Daesh and US bombs have destroyed Kobanê city ‘We have cleared 1.5 million tonnes of rubble,’ Abdo Rrahman Hemo...
This article was posted on the website of The New York Times on January 15, 2016. ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities detained 14 scholars on Friday, accusing them of spreading “terrorism propaganda” and of insulting the state after they signed a petition denouncing the...
This article was published on January 14, 2016 on the website of The Guardian. US academic says Turkish president – who has condemned leftwing critics for ignorance – has been aiding Isis, which he blamed for bomb attack on Istanbul. The leftwing US academic Noam...
This article was published on Russia Today on January 12, 2016. Republican Virginia state Senator Dick Black said Saudi Arabia and Turkey are the greatest threats to world peace in an interview with RT, adding that Saudi Arabia’s “absolute barbarity” is overlooked...
Published by Amnesty International, 11th January, 2016 URGENT ACTION INDEFINITE 24-HOUR CURFEW, OVER 200,000 IN DANGER Twenty four-hour curfews have been declared since 11 December in the Sur district of the city of Diyarbakır, and since 14 December in the towns of...
Screenshot of the aftermath of the raid in Van shows the dead bodies lying in the snow. DHA footage. Published by Rudaw, 10th January, 2016 ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Turkey said it had killed 12 PKK fighters in a raid Sunday in the Kurdish city of Van, but Kurdish...
