Kate Osamor MP for Edmonton stated that PM May’s remarks against the Kurds could encourage racist attacks by extremist Turkish groups in the UK against Kurdish people.   Kate Osamor MP has written a letter to the Prime Minister Theresa May who argued that “Turkey experiences extraordinary pressures from Kurdish terrorism” during a press conference on the 15th of May [...]

Two people were executed in an abandoned house in a village in Van province, which remained under curfew until night and under military siege until this afternoon.   On Thursday afternoon, shots began to echo through the village of Çamilî (Çamurlu) in the Özalp district of Van province. Turkish soldiers entered the village and surrounded it with armoured vehicles before [...]

It was reported that civilians were directly targeted and 4 children were murdered in a land attack launched by gangs affiliated with the Turkish state on villages in Manbij.   Ankara-affiliated gangs carried out land attacks on many villages in the north and west of Manbij early on Friday morning, World Peace Day. The Manbij Military Council immediately responded to [...]

A 70-year-old prisoner suffering from throat cancer, Şakir Turan, has died in a Turkish prison in Edirne. Despite being listed as a seriously ill prisoner in need of urgent release, Turkish authorities refused to release him, and his applications for a suspension of his six-year sentence for membership of an illegal organisation were rejected. Şakir Turan, a 70-year-old prisoner in [...]

Lawyer Cemal Demir said that the Kurds are very concerned about Abdullah Öcalan and added that "the absolute isolation in Imrali must be ended as soon as possible for the sake of peace."     There has been no news from Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan for approximately two and a half years. At least 437 visit applications made during [...]