A court in Ankara has sentenced eight journalists from the news agencies MA and JinNews to over six years in prison each for alleged PKK membership. Eight Kurdish journalists have been sentenced in Ankara to six years and three months in prison each for membership of an illegal organisation, while three others were acquitted. The convicted are employees of the [...]

Sezai Temelli, deputy leader of the People's Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, has highlighted the continued links between state officials and organised crime, commenting on the murder trial of Sinan Ateş, former leader of the far-right Grey Wolves. Ateş was shot dead in Ankara on 30 December 2022, prompting significant resignations from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).   Sezai Temelli, [...]

Anger grows over Turkey’s de facto occupation of Iraqi Kurdistan, Voice of America reveals the scale of the military operation occurring despite protests. Turkey’s de facto occupation of large swathes of Iraqi Kurdistan has been exposed in reporting by Voice of America (VoA), as a campaign against the occupation and protests from political parties gets underway. However, the region’s dominant Kurdistan [...]

According to the HPG, four Turkish soldiers in South Kurdistan were killed by guerrillas. Fires have broken out in many areas due to air strikes by the Turkish army. The press center of the People's Defense Forces (HPG) said in a statement about the war in Kurdistan that massive attacks were carried out by the Turkish army on the Medya [...]

The Turkish state continues its attacks against southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) where it has increased its military activities in recent days. According to RojNews, Turkish warplanes bombarded Mount Metîna in Amadiya district of Duhok around 11.00 local time today. Reports say that a large-scale fire broke out in the area due to the bombing and Kurdistan Region civil defence teams [...]