The cultural movement TEV-ÇAND issued a call for participation in the upcoming rally scheduled for 16 November in Cologne. The march will call for the physical freedom of Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan. In a written statement about the rally that will take place on 16 November in Cologne to demand freedom for Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan, TEV-ÇAND underlined [...]

Thousands are fleeing due to the Turkish attacks on South Kurdistan. One of the affected villages is Dergelê. The village was destroyed by the KDP forces and the Turkish army, and the inhabitants were expelled. Thousands of local people have fled their homes due to the Turkish attacks on southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq). One of the affected villages is Dergelê. [...]

Amed people pointed to Abdullah Öcalan as the interlocutor for a lasting peace and demanded the AKP-MHP government to take concrete steps. MHP (Nationalist Movement Party) Leader Devlet Bahçeli shook hands with the DEM Party group at the opening of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) on 1 October, followed by talks about a possible resolution process with the [...]

HPG reported that the guerrillas destroyed two excavators and damaged an armoured car during an action against a Turkish army construction crew in southern Kurdistan. One soldier was killed and five others wounded. The Press Centre of the People's Defence Forces (HPG) issued a statement providing information about the ongoing resistance of the guerrillas and the attacks by the Turkish [...]

As women’s organizations prepare for 25 November, Feride Eralp, a member of the December Feminist Collective, said that, as every year, they will be taking to the streets again. With the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women approaching on 25 November, women’s organizations are preparing events and actions at full gear. The focus of these activities is [...]