On December 28th, 2011, F-16 warplanes launched an attack on villagers in Roboski village of the Kurdish district of Şırnak in Turkey. On their way back to their village, a group of people, who were transporting cheap fuel into Turkey …
Posted in BDP, Discrimination, Terror, Trials, Turkey | 3 CommentsHanım Onur, the former deputy mayor of Cizre, Şırnak province in the Kurdish region in Turkey, was arrested on the 16th of September 2011 during the KCK operations where Turkish authorities targeted the Kurdish civilian opposition. She spent 18 months in …
Posted in BDP, Free speech, Political Prisoners, Trials, Turkey | 2 CommentsA parliamentary Human Rights Examination Commission in Turkey has voted in favour of a report put forward by a subcommision about the Roboski Massacre. The report has caused public outcry among families of the 34 victims, human rights organisations, political …
Posted in BDP, Turkey | 1 CommentOn Saturday, a BDP congress in the province of Hatay in Turkey was attacked by nationalist Turks who were shouting insults at Selahattin Demirtaş, co-chair of BDP, the only pro-Kurdish party in the Turkish parliament. The mob threw stones at …
Posted in BDP, Discrimination, Turkey, Violence | Comments Off on Nationalist attacks on Kurdish politicians in TurkeyThe government of Turkey has recently engaged in new rounds of dialogue and negotiation with their Kurdish population. However, in order for these talks to result in some sort of tangible gains for their systemically marginalized and suppressed Kurdish population, …
Posted in BDP, Discrimination, Language, Turkey | Comments Off on Making Turkey work with the Kurds: the Canadian exampleWith the new year, the Turkish state has begun new negotiations with the Kurdistan Worker’s Party, the PKK, including finally ending the long isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. There has never been so much outspoken support by Turks for negotiations …
Posted in BDP, Discrimination, Reports, Trials | 2 CommentsTensions have been high in the western Turkish province of Afyon after some two thousand angry nationalists stormed a Kurdish neighborhood on Saturday (December 29). Members of the mob were carrying Turkish flags and chanting, “death to Kurds!” and “Afyon …
Posted in BDP, Discrimination, Displacements, Turkey, Violence | 2 CommentsThe number of political prisoners in Turkey is increasing on a daily basis. Despite Turkey being criticised for its crackdowns on mostly Kurdish but also Turkish journalists, lawyers, politicians and activists, there hasn’t been sufficient pressure on Turkey to end …
Posted in Activism, BDP, Censorship, Free speech, Hunger Strikes, Journalists, Media, Political Prisoners, Trials, Turkey | 1 Comment