Kahraman Kaya, a 17-year-old Kurdish boy who was attacked by a fascist group in Istanbul and was taken into intensive care since the incident, lost his life today. Last Thursday, 10 Kurdish students went outside the school to come together …
Posted in Discrimination, Displacements, Turkey, Violence, Women | 4 CommentsDilan Alp, a 17-year old Kurdish high school student, was rushed to the hospital after she was struck to the head by a police tear gas canister during May Day celebrations yesterday. According to AFP, at least 28 people, including riot police, …
Posted in Protests, Uncategorized, Women, Youth | Comments Off on Istanbul police injure 17-year old Dilan Alp on May DayNazife Babayigit is a 77-year-old Kurdish mother born in the Kars province in Turkey. Her son, Metin Babayigit, joined the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) in 1993. Overwhelmed with the longing for her son that she hadn’t seen for 21 years, …
Posted in Discrimination, Political Prisoners, Trials, Turkey, Women | 4 CommentsA petition has been launched to call for the release of Elfo Ülper, a 79-year old Kurdish mother who has been imprisoned in an M-Type Prison for 8 years and suffers from high blood tension and rheumatism. Elfo Ülper is …
Posted in Health, Petition, Turkey, Women | 4 CommentsLeyla Zana, a prominent Kurdish politician and the first Kurdish woman to win a seat in Turkish parliament, has been sentenced by the Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court to 10 years in prison. The charges are in response to “nine …
Posted in Activism, BDP, Censorship, Leyla Zana, Political Prisoners, Trials, Turkey, Women | 1 CommentI don’t mean to underestimate the harrowing accounts of honour-based violence or killings that have been reported over the years, but I’m increasingly irritated by a western oriental narrative of Kurdish women, as victims of honour. We are not all …
Posted in Women | 4 CommentsRonak Saffarzadeh is a Kurdish women’s rights activist, and signatory to “One million signatures campaign for the repeal of discriminatory laws against women”. She was arrested on October 9th, 2008 for distributing pamphlets about “education in Kurdish language and objection …
Posted in Activism, Call to Actions, Iran, Women | 2 CommentsA Kurdish woman was attacked on New Year’s eve in Australia by five Turkish men. She was on her way to meet up with friends, and was followed by these men. The 32-year-old was asked whether she was Kurdish, when …
Posted in Turkey, Women | 4 Comments