Sabiha Gökçen holding a bomb before the bombardment operation over Dersim with her Breguet 19. Fato Dersimi was among those who fled Dersim, which is a predominately Kurdish district in Northern Kurdistan. When Turkish troops were killing Kurdish civilians between …
Posted in BDP, Genocide, Turkey, Violence | Leave a commentTurkish nationalists took to the streets of London in a so-called protest against terrorism where they chanted “Turkey is Turkish” and “Turkey will remain Turkish”. They held up racist banners such as “How happy is one who is Turkish”. This …
Posted in Activism, Free speech, Turkey | Leave a commentThe National Party (Ulusal Parti) protested today in Turkey following the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan apology over the Dersim massacre where thousands of Kurdish civilians were systematically killed. The nationalist party held up banners saying, ‘We are with Ataturk’s …
Posted in Discrimination, Kurdistan, Protests, Turkey | 1 CommentA Kurdish Med student has been arrested in Iran. Rojin Mohemedi was arrested upon her return to Iran. She studied at Manila Medical School of Philippines and has been transferred to Evin prison. The charges against her include incitement of …
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