Kurdish
İmamoğlu leads İstanbul repeat election by 5 percent, new poll suggests
Turkey
June 22, 2019
İmamoğlu leads İstanbul repeat election by 5 percent, new poll suggests
A survey conducted two days before the re-run of an İstanbul mayoral election indicates that the opposition’s Ekrem İmamoğlu is…
Öcalan called on Kurds to remain ‘impartial’ in Sunday’s vote, Kurdish academic claims
Turkey
June 21, 2019
Öcalan called on Kurds to remain ‘impartial’ in Sunday’s vote, Kurdish academic claims
The jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) called on the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) to remain “impartial”…
Kurdish airport worker commits suicide over social exclusion due to ethnic roots
Turkey
June 19, 2019
Kurdish airport worker commits suicide over social exclusion due to ethnic roots
A Kurdish security guard working at İstanbul Airport committed suicide on Monday evening, jumping from an elevated area in an…
Views about the media in Turkey
Opinion
June 16, 2019
Views about the media in Turkey
Rulers who did wrongs and citizens who did not see.. After failed coup attempt on 15th of July, 2016, The…
13 killed in car bomb blast in Turkish-held Syrian city: report
World
June 6, 2019
13 killed in car bomb blast in Turkish-held Syrian city: report
A car bomb killed at least 13 people Sunday night near a mosque in a northern town held by Turkey-backed…
HDP aims to persuade 200,000 Kurdish voters to support opposition’s İmamoğlu
Turkey
June 2, 2019
HDP aims to persuade 200,000 Kurdish voters to support opposition’s İmamoğlu
Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Pervin Buldan has said their election campaign will aim to convince some 200,000 Kurds…
Ministry launches investigation into adoption of Kurdish name for Tunceli province
Turkey
June 2, 2019
Ministry launches investigation into adoption of Kurdish name for Tunceli province
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has launched an investigation into a recent decision of the municipal council of Tunceli in eastern Turkey…
Families of hunger strikers fined by Mersin Police Department for holding sit-in
Turkey
May 29, 2019
Families of hunger strikers fined by Mersin Police Department for holding sit-in
The Mersin Police Department has fined families of hunger-striking inmates for holding a sit-in near a prison, the Mezopotamya news…
Amnesty International campaigns for detainees in southeast Turkey over torture claims
Turkey
May 26, 2019
Amnesty International campaigns for detainees in southeast Turkey over torture claims
Amnesty International’s Turkey branch has launched a campaign calling for “independent medical examination” for detainees in the country’s southeastern Halfeti…
Court hears how police tortured detainees
Turkey
May 26, 2019
Court hears how police tortured detainees
Ten people detained in Turkey’s southeastern Sanliurfa following a counter-terrorism operation in the province testified in court on Thursday that…