Seventy members and administrators from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) were detained in İstanbul on Monday following raids on their homes. After İstanbul prosecutors issued detention warrants for 104 HDP members and administrators, police...
The U.S.-led coalition’s fight against ISIS in Syria is in jeopardy as Turkey threatens an offensive against the U.S.’s primary partner force on the ground, the Syrian Democratic Forces. Turkey has stated its intent to...
Iran tries to pass a law in Iraqi parliament to prevent granting residency to Kurds from Iran side or anybody who entered Iraq without proper entry visa. Iran tries to influence parliament to his benefits. ...
In the report, Amnesty International claims as many as 13,000 people were killed at the Saydnaya military prison — typically in mass hangings — from March 2011 until December 2015. The Syrian government has called Amnesty International’s...
While the Turkish army is continuing its aggression against Iraq and some forces in Syria are organizing terrorist attacks in the Kurdish- and Armenian-populated provinces of al-Hasakah and Aleppo, the recently suppressed “Sirnak Republic” in...
The total number of executions since the start of year stands at 87, two-and-a-half times the figure for December. The victims, mostly young, included two women and two adolescents. Seven were hanged in public. More:...
According to a recent public statement by the HDP party, 1,478 Kurdish politicians — including 78 democratically-elected mayors — have been arrested since July 2016. The co-heads of the HDP, Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksektas,...
Mr. Saman Karimi a campaigner for civil activities has been sentenced to jail just for preparation of a campaign on voicing against bad condition of Kurdistan roads. Due to policy of deprivation and colonial under-investment...
According to KMMK portal, three Kurdish political prisoners have been denied to be relocated to hometown prisons. Due to lack of financial means, these prisoners have deprived of visits. Khalid Fereydooni and Omar Faqipour have...
The German Bild daily claimed on Sunday that a 31-year-old Turkish citizen who has been arrested in Germany on charges of spying for the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) by profiling Kurds in Germany was apparently...