Three Kurdish female activists, Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez, were horribly executed in the heart of Paris on January 9, 2013. This cold-blooded attack was committed by professionals – the Turkish “Gladio”, which is also known as the …
Posted in Torture, Turkey, Youth | 6 CommentsSince 2006, thousands of children in Turkey, some as young as 12, have been prosecuted under the anti-terrorism legislation, solely for their alleged participation in demonstrations focused on issues of concern to members of the Kurdish community, Amnesty International reported. …
Posted in Political Prisoners, Torture, Turkey, Youth | 1 CommentTaylan Çintay, a Kurdish political prisoner suffering from cancer, was hospitalized one day after his medical operation. He started bleeding as he was beaten at the entrance of the prison and was taken to the emergency room. The prison authorities …
Posted in Health, Political Prisoners, Torture, Turkey | Comments Off on Turkish prison authorities beat Kurdish political prisoner suffering from cancerAzad Tokmak will start a freedom campaign for his mother, Fatma Tokmak, a political prisoner suffering from serious heart diseases in Bakırköy Prison, to get his mother released and continue her treatment outside prison, Zeynep Kuray from Birgün Daily reported. …
Posted in Call to Actions, Campaigns, Discrimination, Health, Political Prisoners, Torture, Trials, Turkey | Comments Off on Azad Tokmak: “I want my mother alive, not dead!”The Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan said on the occasion of the international human rights day on 10 December 2012 the following: Protecting and developing human rights, democracy and principles of the state of law have been some of our …
Posted in Call to Actions, Discrimination, Health, Political Prisoners, Torture, Turkey, Women | Comments Off on 79-Year-Old Kurdish Mother: “I don’t want to die in this prison!”Kurdish mothers did not celebrate Mother’s Day this year either. Some of them have children who are guerillas in the mountains, some of them are behind bars, and some have lost their lives in conflicts. Özgür Gündem Newspaper in Turkey …
Posted in Discrimination, Displacements, Free speech, Mass Graves, Political Prisoners, Torture, Turkey, Women | Comments Off on No Mother’s Day for Kurdish MothersOn May 9, 2010 five political prisoners were executed in Iran, all sentenced with “enmity against God.” Four of them were Kurds: Farzad Kamanger, Shirin Alam Hooli, Ali Heydarian and Farhad Vakili. They fought for the rights of the Kurdish …
Posted in Activism, Discrimination, Executions, Free speech, Iran, Political Prisoners, Torture, Trials | Comments Off on The Words of Farzad KamangerAmidst the many analyses of what changes the withdrawal of PKK will bring, one important issue is drowning in the political game: The plight of the Kurdish people in Turkey. The impression is that PKK was standing in the way …
Posted in Discrimination, Free speech, Political Prisoners, Torture, Trials, Turkey | Comments Off on Eyes on Turkey, not the PKK