Published by Corporate Watch on Fri, 18/12/2015 The Kurdish city of Amed (Diyarbakır in Turkish), is currently under attack by Turkish state forces. Amed is situated within the borders of Turkey and its residents are locked in a decades long struggle for self...
Turkish state and government launch all-out war against the Kurds After the coup against the 7 June 2015 elections, under the leadership of President Erdogan, the Turkish state launched a full-blown war against the Kurds. The state, which has even deployed the...
There is a massacre taking place in the Kurdish region in Turkey. Since the 16th of August, the Turkish state has enforced curfews in 7 Kurdish cities and 17 Kurdish towns where a total of 1.3 million people live. These curfews have stifled the people’s ability to...
Military tanks roaming in the streets of Diyarbakır and Şırnak Published by Kurdish Question, 22 December 2015 Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) recently published a note on imposed curfews in predominantly Kurdish districts since August 2015. According to...
Riot police use water cannons and plastic bullets to disperse demonstrators during a protest in Istanbul, Turkey, December 20, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal Published by NRT, 22 December 2015 ISTANBUL – Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is dividing...
For the past year, foreign coverage of Turkey has been focused on spectacular events: elections, terrorist acts, shooting down of Russian planes, and other geopolitical gambles. Throughout this period, however, a quiet revolution had been taking place in the Kurdish...
