Selahattin Demirtaş sentenced to two and a half years in prison again In the re-opened trial for "revealing the identity of persons involved in counter-terrorism", Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has again been sentenced to [...]

PYD: Turkey is engaged in human trafficking The PYD pays tribute to dozens of Kurdish youths, mostly from Kobanê, who lost their lives after their boat sank while trying to cross from Algeria to [...]

Turkey’s war crimes in northern Syria – report The Serêkaniyê Displaced Persons Committee prepared a report on war crimes committed by the Turkish state during its occupation of Ras al-Ayn (Serêkaniyê) and Tell Abyad [...]

European Council calls for urgent reforms concerning democracy in Turkey The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s Turkey report contains harsh criticisms of the disinformation law that continues to be discussed in the [...]

Turkish police fingerprinting Kurdish children in preventative campaign “Could this project be implemented in Istanbul, Ankara or Izmir?” journalist Tuğçe Tatari asked, pointing out possible discriminatory and racist motives behind the police in Turkey’s [...]