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Thu, 02 May 2024 06:36
Kurdish opposition questions government secrecy at Turkey’s İmralı Island Prison
Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit, Deputy Group Chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, challenged the Turkish government’s secretive practices at İmralı Prison, suggesting undisclosed, questionable operations behind its stringent isolation measures. Koçyiğit directly challenged the Turkish government in Parliament, asking, “What are you hiding in İmralı?” Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan […]
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Wed, 01 May 2024 20:16
Daily News : 01 May 2024
01/05/2024 – #DailyNews – #MedyaNews 📍 May Day rallies kicked off this morning with thousands lining the streets across Turkey. Turkish authorities banned May Day protests in Istanbul’s Taksim Square but demonstrators remain undeterred amid a heavy police clampdown. 📍 Thousands of workers are demonstrating for May Day in Kurdish-majority cities of southeast […]
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Wed, 01 May 2024 19:18
CPJ calls on UN for urgent action on behalf of journalist held by KDP
CPJ called on UN’s Forced Disappearance Committee for urgent intervention in the case of journalist Sulayman Ahmet, held by the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP) security forces for 190 days without communication. Human rights organisations have escalated their calls for the Iraqi Kurdish government to disclose the whereabouts of Syrian journalist Sulayman Ahmed, arrested on 25 […]
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Wed, 01 May 2024 18:45
Kurdish opposition questions government secrecy at Turkey’s İmralı Island Prison
Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit, Deputy Group Chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, challenged the Turkish government’s secretive practices at İmralı Prison, suggesting undisclosed, questionable operations behind its stringent isolation measures. Koçyiğit directly challenged the Turkish government in Parliament, asking, “What are you hiding in İmralı?” Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan […]
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Wed, 01 May 2024 17:54
KNK delegation presents Kurdish issue solutions in Washington
A Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) delegation, under Ahmet Karamus, engaged in significant diplomatic meetings in Washington to address Kurdish issues and regional stability on Wednesday. The delegation met with members of the U.S. Congress and State Department officials, alongside participating in roundtable discussions with eight different think tanks. On their Washington visit, KNK co-chair Ahmet […]
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Wed, 01 May 2024 17:52
KCK calls for global solidarity on May Day
The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) has issued a call for global solidarity on May Day, marking it as a day for unity against capitalist exploitation and for advancing socialism and democracy. “May 1st symbolises the struggle, unity, and solidarity of workers, labourers, and the oppressed against capitalist exploitation,” the KCK stated, emphasising the day’s deep […]
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Wed, 01 May 2024 17:14
CHP leader questions new constitutional efforts amid current disregard
The leader of the Turkish opposition, Özgür Özel, questioned the rationale behind drafting a new constitution when the current one is not being adhered to by the ruling party. He expressed concern that without compliance to the existing laws, creating a new constitution might not address the underlying issues of governance and adherence to democratic […]
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Wed, 01 May 2024 17:01
That’s not a Development Road
Fréderike Geerdink Turkey’s president Erdoğan visited Baghdad and Erbil last week, you won’t have missed it. One of the topics at the table was the construction of the so-called ‘Development Road’, meant to enhance trade between the Gulf Region and Turkey via Iraq. The road logically runs through Kurdistan. Although the road has obvious economic […]
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Wed, 01 May 2024 16:41
Rojava Film Commune strives for ‘libertarian life’, co-chair honours colleagues killed in Turkish attacks
The mission of North and East Syria’s Rojava Film Commune (RFC) is to “create the visual language of libertarian life”, according to Numan Yiğit, an RFC Co-Chair. “We are the filmmakers of Democratic Modernity. We run a cinema that respects the paradigm of democracy, ecology, and women’s liberation,” Yiğit said, adding that cinema is the […]
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Wed, 01 May 2024 16:03
May Day Istanbul rally to Taksim Square met with riot police, arrests
May Day rallies kicked off this morning with thousands lining the streets across Turkey, no less in the cosmopolitan city of Istanbul. Demonstrators, demanding labour rights, better working conditions and fair pay, gathered at Saraçhane and marched to the famous Taksim Square. A large blockade of riot police stood guard at Unkapanı bridge, the entrance […]
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