Kurdish
Peace academic released from prison after serving 2.5 months
Turkey
July 24, 2019
Peace academic released from prison after serving 2.5 months
Professor Füsun Üstel, who was jailed for signing a peace petition along with 1,128 other academics in 2016 calling on…
Land mines still claiming victims in Turkey
Turkey
July 23, 2019
Land mines still claiming victims in Turkey
A few days ago, four-year-old Nupelda and 10-year-old Ayaz Güloğlu stepped on land mines while they were out grazing cattle…
Turkish academic Fusün Üstel released from prison
Turkey
July 22, 2019
Turkish academic Fusün Üstel released from prison
Jailed Turkish academic Fusün Üstel, who was serving a sentence over charges of aiding a terrorist organisation for signing a…
Turkish citizens attack tourists wearing Kurdistan scarves
Turkey
July 21, 2019
Turkish citizens attack tourists wearing Kurdistan scarves
Nine tourists from northern Iraq were attacked by residents of Turkey’s north-eastern province of Trabzon while having their photo taken…
Turkish soldier killed in PKK operation in northern Iraq
Turkey
July 21, 2019
Turkish soldier killed in PKK operation in northern Iraq
A Turkish soldier was killed and six wounded during an operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern…
Turkey ranks first in arms deliveries from Germany
World
July 16, 2019
Turkey ranks first in arms deliveries from Germany
Turkey led among countries receiving weapons shipments from Germany, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Tuesday. In the first four…
Kurdish woman fined for failing to respond to TurkStat survey in Turkish
Turkey
July 16, 2019
Kurdish woman fined for failing to respond to TurkStat survey in Turkish
A Kurdish woman in the eastern Turkish province of Batman has been fined TL 1,055 for failing to answer questions…
Car bomb in Turkish-controlled Syrian town kills at least 9, injures 35
World
July 12, 2019
Car bomb in Turkish-controlled Syrian town kills at least 9, injures 35
A car bomb went off on Thursday at the entrance to a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkish forces and…
Turkey says it killed nearly 3,800 PKK terrorists over 2 years: report
Ukraine
July 12, 2019
Turkey says it killed nearly 3,800 PKK terrorists over 2 years: report
Close to 3,800 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists have been killed in some 230,000 counterterrorism operations conducted by Turkey’s security…
Turkey condemns UN for signing agreement with YPG-led group over recruitment of child soldiers
World
July 3, 2019
Turkey condemns UN for signing agreement with YPG-led group over recruitment of child soldiers
The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned the United Nations, which had signed an agreement with the Kurdish-militia-led Syrian Defense…