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Turkish TV presenter stops woman from speaking Kurdish live on-air
A Turkish TV presenter on Tuesday prevented a Kurdish woman from speaking in Kurdish during a live broadcast, drawing ire on social media and criticism from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). Didem Arsalan Yilmaz, presenter for the Turkish media channel Show TV, stopped a woman from speaking Kurdish on-air on Tuesday evening, telling her […]
Turkey strikes PKK targets in Iraq’s Kurdistan region
Turkey has bombed suspected hideouts of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party in Iraqi Kurdistan, reportedly destroying ammunition depots, caves and other hideouts.
YPG’s mandatory conscription campaign continues
The YPG detained 28 young people in the province of Raqqa, which it occupied in Syria, under the name of "compulsory military service", to forcibly join its armed staff.
Racist group of 300 attacks Kurdish family in Antalya, chanting: “Kurds, leave our lands”.
Seasonal agricultural workers living in the village of Bayralar in Elmalı, province of Antalya had to leave the village after being attacked and threatened by a racist group of 300 people for two days. Speaking to local media about the incident, Servet Kurğa said that they had been attacked by a racist group for two […]
The Children of Fire initiative claims responsibility for Turkey’s fires
The Children of Fire initiative in Turkey has claimed responsibility for igniting fires in the country.
Extreme racism: Seven Kurds killed in attack on family home in rural Turkey
Seven members of a Kurdish family were killed Friday in Konya, central Turkey, by armed assailants who tried to burn their house in what rights activists said was a racist attack. Among them were three women.
Boat carrying Kurds capsized in sea west of Antalya’s Kaş: Iranian Kurdish woman missing
A boat carrying 45 migrants mostly Kurds from the Kurdistan Region capsized in the sea west of the seaside town of Kaş in Antalya province, a migrant monitor said on Friday (July 23). An Iranian Kurdish woman is still missing.
Iraqi Kurdish Nepotism Reaches a New Peak
Chraxan Rafiq, ex wife of former Iraqi Kurdish Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami, in an exclusive interview says "Nechirvan Barzani threatened me to kill me if I do not divorce Ashti Hawrami" as Masoud Barzani had said she is a problem to oil dossier.
Is Turkey pushing Iraqi Kurds towards a new civil war?
Turkey is running the risk of sparking a new intra-Kurdish conflict in northern Iraq by pushing the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to deepen its involvement in Ankara’s campaign against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), pro-Kurdish activist Sarah Glynn stated in a recent podcast.
PKK attacks Peshmerga fighters near Matina mountain, according to KRG official
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs alleged that Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters fired at a Peshmerga unit operating near Duhok governorate’s Matin Mountain early on Saturday morning (July 24).