Ogün Samast, convicted for the murder of prominent Armenian journalist Hrant Dink in 2007, has been released, leading to widespread criticism and intense debate in the Turkish parliament. Ogün Samast, the convicted murderer of Hrant Dink, a renowned Armenian journalist and editor-in-chief of the newspaper Agos, was released on Wednesday, sparking a wave of condemnation and intense debate within the [...]

The planned visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Berlin at the invitation of the German government remains controversial. The Confederation of Kurdistan Societies in Germany (KON-MED), the largest Kurdish institution in Germany, released a statement calling for protests against the Turkish President who will visit Berlin and the Scholz government which invited him. KON-MED said it is meaningful [...]

KCDK-E calls on the German government not to receive the dictator and war criminal Erdoğan as a state guest in Berlin. The debate surrounding Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's announced state visit to Berlin on Friday continues. The Democratic Kurdistan Society Congress in Europe (KCDK-E) released a statement calling on the German government to withdraw the invitation and not to [...]

Kurdish film director Şerif Ciçek to present Tearing Walls Down in Barcelona. In the past few years, the Associació Catalana per la Pau (Catalan Peace Association) has intensified its collaborations and synergies with the cultural sector, as it is an excellent tool to raise awareness in society on issues of human rights and solidarity. It is for this reason that [...]

Scottish Trade Union Council President Mike Arnot has called on leaders worldwide to collectively advocate for Abdullah Öcalan's release and to actively engage with Turkey in pursuit of a just settlement in the Kurdish question. The President of the Scottish Trade Union Council (STUC), Mike Arnot, expressed strong support for the ongoing international campaign “Freedom for Öcalan, A Political Solution [...]