Turkey's Constitutional Court has restricted President Erdoğan's powers to appoint university rectors and central bank governors, insisting that these actions require legislative approval. This decision, following an appeal by the main opposition Republican People's Party, highlights serious procedural problems with the current use of appointments by decree. However, government statements have raised concerns about possible non-compliance.   On 4 June, [...]

DBP Co-Chair Keskin Bayındır and DEM Party Co-Chair Tülay Hatimoğulları vowed resistance during the protest against the usurpation of the municipality of Hakkari. Protests continue in Hakkari against the detention of Co-Mayor Mehmet Sıddık Akış and the usurpation of his office by a trustee appointed by the Ministry of Interior. Speaking during the protest demonstration in the city today, DBP [...]

SDF pays tribute to American internationalist Keith Broomfield, who came to Kobanê, saying, “I am here to be a part of the movement and to do my best to help" and fell a martyr nine years ago. While clashes that erupted in Kobanê escalated after September 15, 2014, internationalists from all over the world arrived in the city to join [...]

DEM Party co-chairs protested the police raid on Hakkari Municipality and said, "Enough is enough." Co-mayor Mehmet Sıddık Nakit was taken into custody in Van (Wan). DEM Party co-chairs Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan reacted on their social media accounts. Bakırhan said: "Disregarding the will of the people, the AKP-MHP resorted to unlawful detention against the legitimate and democratic representatives [...]

The People Defense Forces (HPG) announced that the HPG fighters, male and female, carried out 82 operations against the Turkish occupation army, and eliminated 43 Turkish soldiers. It confirmed that the Turkish occupation army launched 286 attacks with chemical weapons and 37 times with banned explosives. The Media Center of the People's Defense Forces revealed, through a written statement, the [...]