A member of the Green Left Party (YSP) youth assemblies discovered a listening device in his home. Activist Çelikel believes the device was planted by the police, possibly during a raid on the home or in a break-in when the tenants were not in. A member of the Green Left Party’s (YSP) youth organisation in Turkey’s eastern Muş (Mûş) province [...]

Spokesperson for the Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK) Cengiz Çiçek spoke to Mezopotamya Agency on Monday, stressing the need for heightened resistance against the continued isolation of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan. According to Çiçek, this two-and-a-half year isolation is part of a wider international conspiracy that has its roots in 1985. In an interview with the Mezopotamya Agency [...]

Tensions flared as Turkey' pro-Kurdish Green Left Party (YSP) and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) attempted to hold a press conference addressing recent detentions.Police prevented the conference and detained around 10 individuals, as well as physically assaulting journalists Turkish police have attacked members of the pro-Kurdish Green Left Party (YSP) and the People’s Democratic Party (HDP), who attempted to hold a press conference [...]

The People’s Defence Centre (HSM), an armed wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), announced that a group called ‘Immortals Battalion’ carried out Sunday’s bombing against the Turkish Interior Ministry. The HSM statement called the attack a warning against the Turkish government’s “isolation policy, chemical weapons and fascist attacks”. The People’s Defence Centre (HSM), an armed wing of the Kurdistan [...]