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Back to homepageKurdistan to a stand still to remember Roboski’s victims 0
Thousands of Kurds took to the streets, workplaces remained closed, students boycotted schools and shutters were taken down Kurds have brought life to a standstill on Thursday to condemn the Roboski massacre which claimed the life of 34 Kurdish civilians
Read MoreBDP plans new actions to support hunger strike 0
New rallies in Cizre, Siirt, Istanbul and Van at the weekend Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) released new plan of action to deal with the ongoing hunger strike in prisons. “We can’t lose a single minute” is the slogan defining
Read MoreTorturers of Sept. 12 military coup made inmate believe he lived in grave 0
TODAY’S ZAMAN, ?STANBUL Statements made by victims of torture during the Sept. 12, 1980 coup era and published recently in an indictment of the case of the bloody coup d’état have revealed the sheer horror of the time.A 50-year-old man was
Read MoreIL KURDISTAN SEPPELLISCE I SUOI MORTI 0
Talkingpeace. Le 35 vittime del massacro compiuto dagli F-16 turchi nei pressi del villaggio kurdo di Roboski avevano quasi tutti meno di 40 anni. Diciotto erano ragazzini tra i 12 e i 18 anni. Ieri il Kurdistan si è fermato
Read MoreMilitary’s April 27 memorandum relegated to dustbin of history 0
TODAY’S ZAMAN ?STANBUL Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an (R) and then Chief of Staff Gen. Ya?ar Büyükan?t in front of a painting of modern Turtkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Parliament in Ankara, in this April 23, 2007 file
Read MoreHuman shields wounded in Hakkari 0
Peace demonstrators are violently attacked but marches and protests against the war continue A demonstration by the human shields has been violently attacked by security forces in Çukurca, province of Hakkari, near the border. The demonstrators have been attacked by
Read MoreThe message is loud and clear: Erdo?an don’t come to Diyarbak?r 0
Prime Minister Erdo?an poised for Diyarbak?r fiasco today The message is loud and clear. The people of Diyarbak?r said to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an: don’t come. After the fiasco in the rest of the Kurdish cities, Erdo?an might be
Read MoreThe ICC and crimes against humanity in Turkey 0
ORHAN KEMAL CENG?Z Finally Ratko Mladic, the former chief of staff of the Army of Republika Srpska, has been arrested and he is on his way to The Hague. This is, of course, a step forward for justice for
Read MoreTension High in Kurdistan 0
As the day draws to a close tension remains high As the day draws to a close in many Turkish and Kurdish cities tension remains high. Police and soldiers are attacking the people who since Sunday night have been trying
Read MoreLife comes to a standstill in Kurdistan 0
Life comes to a standstill as Kurdish people mourn 12 guerrillas who lost their life in Uludere As anticipated on Saturday three days of mourning are to take place in many cities as from today. Shops will not open, festivals
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