Monthly Archives: December 2014
Posted on December 27, 2014 by Naila Bozo
Three years ago, a U.S. Predator drone spotted movement on Turkey’s border with Iraq. As part of a close collaboration between the U.S. and Turkey with the task of closely monitoring the Kurdish armed fighters of PKK (Kurdistan Worker’s Party), …
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Posted on December 26, 2014 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
At least 90 students from Cukurova University have been arrested for attempting to commemorate the Roboski massacre (also referred to as Uludere massacre) in Adana on Thursday, 25th of December. Turkish F16 jets pounded a group of 40 Kurdish teenagers …
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Posted on December 25, 2014 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
Thousands of people fled Kobane when Islamic State (IS/formerly ISIS) militants seized control of several areas within the autonomous canton in September 2014. Some of the refugees have taken refuge in Suruc district of Urfa, an estimate of 20,000 children …
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Posted on December 25, 2014 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
In August 2014, Islamic State (IS/ISIS) militants seized control of Shingal, a predominately Kurdish-Yezidi (also referred to as Ezidi) town. Thousands of men were rounded up, and killed because of their religious affiliation. Women were kidnapped, some sold on the …
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Posted on December 24, 2014 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
Why Are The Imitation Rolex Sky-Dweller Watches So Clever? The Sky-Dweller is the most sophisticated and up-to-date modern Rolex collection in the current collection. People who love it think it’s the perfect Rolex watch, and people who hate it …
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Posted on December 14, 2014 by Naila Bozo
First a picture of a boy. Then a black flood overlaid with meter upon meter of red, yellow and green fabric, moving in waves on the shoulders of those beneath it. Finally pale hands, dark hands, wrinkled, callused, steady hands …
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Youth |
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Posted on December 9, 2014 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
Two Kurdish teenagers have been arrested by Turkish authorities in Derik district of Mardin on alleged membership of a terrorist organisation. The minors, aged 16 and 17 were detained for participating in a demonstration in solidarity with the autonomous Kurdish …
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