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Back to homepageTurkey: the wondrous tale of democratic resilience
All the country’s democratic and civic institutions — from an impartial judiciary to its newspapers and universities — have been battered by the ruling party
Read MoreHDP’s report on pre-election period
The report prepared by our Commission On Election Affairs regarding the election violations at the ahead of upcoming Turkey’s March 31 local elections
Read MoreSUR: The Turkish state’s systematic destruction and commercialization of a World Heritage Site
The following report describes the developments in Sur from 2015 until January 2019. It was presented in February 2019 at the “International NGO forum on World Heritage”
Read MoreAnother Soul on IceTurkey’s Ongoing Attack on ‘Freedom’
Ahmet Altan, 69 year old writer… is in cell in Silivri Prison, on the outskirts of Istanbul
Read MoreSyrian Democratic Forces: Statement to public opinion
We affirm that our war against Daesh terrorism will continue until full victory is achieved with the total elimination of its existence
Read MoreRebuilding on quicksand
Challenges posed by the geopolitical jigsaw in Syria’s north-east are putting an unprecedented social experiment on the brink
Read More“Free at last, Free at last”Turkey releases political prisoner, Zehra Doğan
Zehra Doğan was first detained on 21 July 2016 and eventually jailed on June 12, 2017
Read MoreAN URGENT APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Abdullah Öcalan’s unlawful and inhumane isolation must be ended immediately
Read MoreTurkey’s Erdogan facing resistance to his dictatorial rule
“Democracy is like a tram; you get off when you have reached your destination.” The comment by Recep Tayyip Erdogan – made more than 20 years ago when he was first elected mayor of Istanbul – sums up the Machiavellian cynicism of Turkey’s authoritarian president
Read MoreTurkish Police likely killers of Tahir Elçi
Tahir Elçi, the Kurdish human rights lawyer, was shot dead in Diyarbakır, in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast (Northern Kurdistan), on November 28, 2015, while holding a press conference calling for peace in the region
Read MorePACE calls on Turkey to release Leyla Güven
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) met on Monday and Tuesday in Strasbourg
Read MoreThe theory and practice of the Kurdish Women’s Movement: an interview in Diyarbakir
One of the undisputed achievements of the Kurdish movement in Turkey and Syria is the advancement of women in social, economic, and political domains of life
Read MoreSwiss MP says Turkey selling looted Syrian olive oil to fund militia
Swiss lawmaker Bernhard Guhl has informed authorities that Turkey could be exporting olive oil plundered in Syria in its military op there, but then being labelled as Turkish
Read MoreOne Year on From Afrin, and now East of the Euphrates: More War?
“The goal of the United States from delaying this agreement is to make room for Turkey to enter easily when the US withdraw from its military bases…” (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
Read MoreTerrorism policing: the YPG/YPJ, an ally abroad but a danger at home?
The erratic treatment members of the YPG/YPJ receive at the hands of Europe’s counterterrorism networks doesn’t look set to change in the near future
Read MoreAnkara’s only goal in Syria is exterminating Kurds
Attacking Rojava means the end of Turkish-Kurdish peace chances
Read MoreTurkish news site indicted for citing Armenian Genocide in Afrin report
A Turkish prosecutor has prepared an indictment against Necla Demir, the publisher of the Turkish news site Gazete Karınca
Read MoreSinn Fein MEP calls for international action for Leyla Guven
Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson has called for international action in support of Kurdish politician Leyla Guven who is currently on hunger strike and is now in critical condition
Read MoreWHY WON’T TURKEY TALK PEACE WITH THE KURDS?
Is there not something absurd (if not for the cost in human suffering) in Turkey’s ruling coalition’s deep seated venom for the social and cultural presence of this not-Turkish people?
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