The Women’s Initiative for Peace (based in Turkey) is calling on everyone to take a stand against Turkey´s proposal of creating a buffer zone in Syria. The statement can be read in full below: Urgent Call: Stand Against Demands for …
Posted in Activism, Call to Actions, Displacements, Protests, Syria, Turkey, United Nations, Urgent | 1 CommentWe left Erbil in the morning two weeks ago to meet the Yezidis who had managed to escape ISIS terror, Shoresh Rahem, KRG’s representative in Sweden, another friend and I. The camps in Duhok and Zakho were filled with people …
Posted in Call to Actions, Displacements, Genocide, Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria, United Nations, Urgent | Tagged Iraq, ISIS, Kurds, UN, Yezidis | 1 CommentTerrifying stories about the plight of the people in Kurdistan and Iraq fleeing the terrorist group Islamic State are shaking the world and has forced the international community to take immediate action to relieve their suffering. The United Nations has …
Posted in Displacements, Health, Iraq, Kurdistan | Tagged Iraq, ISIS, Kurdistan, Yezidi | 1 CommentIn his last speech he held as the head of AKP last week, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed: “The only country that opened its doors to the Yezidis is Turkey, we have accepted 2 thousand Yezidis and are sending help to …
Posted in Displacements, Iraq, Kurdistan, Terror, Turkey | Tagged Iraq, Kurdistan, Turkey, Yezidi | Comments Off on Yezidi refugees without passports denied access to TurkeyMilitant fighters from the Islamic State (IS) have on Sunday attacked the Yezidi village Siba Sheikh Khidir and surrounding villages, writes Êzîdî Press. Kurdish peshmerge units and armed Yezidi residents joined forces to resist IS advancing into territory under Kurdish …
Posted in Displacements, Iraq, Kurdistan, Terror, United Nations, Violence | Tagged Iraq, ISIS, Kurdistan, Kurds | 1 CommentOn 3 October 1993, Turkish soldiers set fire to the house of Nasır Öğüt and his family in the Kurdish town of Vartinis in Muş, burning him, his wife and seven children to death. Aysel Öğüt, the only surviving member …
Posted in Discrimination, Displacements, Trials, Turkey | 1 CommentYesterday was the 21st anniversary of the massacre that took place in the Kurdish city of Şırnak in Turkey. In an attempt to wipe Şırnak off the map on 18 August 1992, Mete Sayar, Turkish brigade commander, attacked the city, …
Posted in Displacements, Genocide, Reports, Turkey, Violence | Comments Off on 18 August 1992: When Şirnak Was Turned Into a Dead CityLawyer Reyhan Yalçındağ called for standing in solidarity with C.A. who has been sexually assaulted by his teacher at a dormitory in the Kurdish district of Mîdyad. The family members of C.A. have also been threatened to withdraw the lawsuit …
Posted in Discrimination, Displacements, Turkey, Youth | Comments Off on Boarding Schools in Turkey: Sexual Violence Against Kurdish Children