Veteran human rights lawyer Eren Keskin says Turkey’s treatment of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan violates international norms and highlights systemic legal inequalities. She urges transparency in peace talks and calls for nationwide implementation of the European-backed Right to Hope regulation. “We are witnessing a penal regime that defies the law itself,” said Eren Keskin, co-chair of Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD), [...]

Gerîla TV has released footage of two actions carried out against the Turkish army in the Zap region in southern Kurdistan. Gerîla TV released footage of two actions carried out against the occupying Turkish state forces in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq). HPG Press Office shared the following information about the actions in question: “On [...]

In North and East Syria, May Day celebrations were held in Siwêdîkê Village of Dêrik and Mizgeft Village of Tirbespiyê with the slogan “Let's Celebrate May Day Together With the Call for Peace and Democratic Society”. Thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate May Day in North-East Syria. Hundreds of citizens from Dêrik, Koçerat, Girkê Legê, Çilaxa and [...]

Gerîla TV has released footage of an armored vehicle belonging to the occupying Turkish army being destroyed by the guerrillas in the Girê Amediyê Resistance Area. According to the HPG Press Office, an armored vehicle belonging to the occupying Turkish army was targeted by the guerrillas in the Girê Amediyê Resistance Area in the Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region at [...]

Gerîla TV published footage of action directed against Turkish troops in Metina region. The Turkish army carried out 691 attacks on the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) between April 21 and 23. Legitimate self-defense by the guerrillas left one soldier dead and two others injured. According to the HPG statement on Thursday, the emplacements of the [...]