Kurdish
Justice minister says lifting visitation ban for PKK leader unrelated to İstanbul election re-run
Turkey
May 25, 2019
Justice minister says lifting visitation ban for PKK leader unrelated to İstanbul election re-run
Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül on Friday said lifting the visitation ban on the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’…
Four defendants given life sentences in Beşiktaş terrorist attack trial
Turkey
May 18, 2019
Four defendants given life sentences in Beşiktaş terrorist attack trial
A high criminal court in İstanbul on Friday handed down 47 consecutive aggravated life sentences and a prison sentence of…
Hungary sentences 2 Kurds for financing PKK terrorist group
World
May 18, 2019
Hungary sentences 2 Kurds for financing PKK terrorist group
A court in Szeged, southern Hungary, on Thursday sentenced a Kurdish couple to two years in prison and ordered them…
Cypriot journalists acquitted of insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
World
May 18, 2019
Cypriot journalists acquitted of insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
A court in northern Cyprus on Thursday acquitted two journalists who had faced up to five years in prison on…
Journalist who joined ISIS in 2015 wants to be tried by Turkish court
World
May 16, 2019
Journalist who joined ISIS in 2015 wants to be tried by Turkish court
A Turkish journalist who joined the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has said she wants to be…
France will reopen case on murder of 3 PKK militants in 2013: report
World
May 16, 2019
France will reopen case on murder of 3 PKK militants in 2013: report
French prosecutors have reopened an investigation into the 2013 murder of three Kurdish militants, a judicial source and lawyer for…
Journalist Yücel says subjected to torture in Turkish prison, holds Erdoğan responsible
World
May 11, 2019
Journalist Yücel says subjected to torture in Turkish prison, holds Erdoğan responsible
German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel says he was tortured during his near year-long detention in Turkey, in court testimony seen by…
Teacher who pleaded with gov’t to spare children’s lives vindicated by top Turkish court
Turkey
May 10, 2019
Teacher who pleaded with gov’t to spare children’s lives vindicated by top Turkish court
Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that the imprisonment of Kurdish teacher Ayşe Çelik, who during a TV program in…
Teacher claims Turkish Foreign Ministry protested Kurdish language course at Tokyo university
World
April 30, 2019
Teacher claims Turkish Foreign Ministry protested Kurdish language course at Tokyo university
Vakkas Çolak, a teacher of Kurdish language at the University of Tokyo, said the Turkish Foreign Ministry approached Japanese officials…
More bathroom excesses of ruling party officials exposed by opposition mayors
Turkey
April 28, 2019
More bathroom excesses of ruling party officials exposed by opposition mayors
Kurdish mayors have yet again revealed the lavish excesses, government-appointed administrators, with the latest case being that of an administrator…