On 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 exampleTo be discriminated against is not a good feeling. It hurts. Especially if you experience it in a modern and democratic country like Denmark. My family and I came to Denmark ten years ago as political refugees. After ten years …
Posted in Discrimination, Displacements, Iran | 3 Commentskurds in #syria led a humiliating life under the assad regime and no one supported them. now syria is fighting assad, still no support. — naila bozo (@nailabozo) February 8, 2013 I read with horror about the attacks in Serê Kaniyê …
Posted in Call to Actions, Culture, Discrimination, Syria | 3 CommentsFor a long time after the Syrian uprising began almost two years ago, West Kurdistan (the Kurdish northern parts of Syria, also called Rojava) remained free of fights between the regime and the Free Syrian Army. This has since changed …
Posted in Call to Actions, Culture, Discrimination, Media, Protests, Syria, Turkey, Uncategorized | 1 CommentWith 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 CommentsTomorrow marks the 1 year anniversary of the Turkish military operation that resulted in a massacre in Roboskî (Uludere) which killed 34 civilian Kurds. To this day no one has been tried for this crime nor has there been a …
Posted in Discrimination, Human Rights Watch, Reports, Turkey | Comments Off on Interview with Ferhat Encü: “We must raise our voice,” never forgetting Roboski