Tag Archives: Turkey
Erdoğan urges Europe to act against PKK and Gülen movement
The Erdoğan government has urged European countries to take action against the Gülen movement. At the Fifth Summit of the European Political Community in Budapest on Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on European states to step up their efforts against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Gülen movement, and urged “concrete cooperation” […]
In Iraq’s summer, residents of Kurdistan’s Arbil ache for water
Boys cool off with water from a mobile tanker as summer temperatures soar in Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdish region — Safin HAMID The taps have run dry, and the wells are almost empty. In the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, 80-year-old Babir hasn’t bathed in weeks and impatiently waits for trucked-in water deliveries. “There […]
Woman seen as second-class citizens in Turkey, says femicide victim relative
Hacı Bozat, relative of femicide victim Seher Aktekin, has criticized the Turkish authorities for failing to prevent her murder, highlighting systemic issues in protecting women from domestic violence. On 20 June, Seher (27) was killed by her husband, Bekir Aktekin, in Mersin in southern Turkey. Bekir Aktekin had recently been released from prison. Bozat condemned […]
Mob attack on dance event in Turkey
Mob attack on dance event in Turkey’s southeast Diyarbakır raises fears of organized intolerance. In Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır (Amed), a cultural event organized by a private dance school in a public space was attacked by a group shouting religious slogans, resulting in injuries to several bystanders and participants. An outdoor dance event organized by a […]
What has PJAK done with the body of Sarveh Khani?
Sarveh Khani’s brother told IKHRW reporter about why his sister joined PJAK: “My sister was deceived by her cousin (Bayan) and joined PJAK.” According to the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch, one of the inhumane and human rights-violating actions of the PJAK terrorist group is the extermination of the bodies of the members of this […]
Kidnapping Ilyas Hakimi by PJAK
It has been nearly 10 years since PJAK kidnapped Ilyas. one of the oldest cases of kidnapping of Iranian Kurdish children and teenagers that has been raised, is the case of Ilyas Hakimi, son of Fahim and born in 1997 (1376) in Chalderan. Despite raising this issue several times by the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights […]
Alarming increase in domestic violence and child abuse in Turkey in 2023
Analysis of Domestic Violence Cases Reported in the Media Between January 1 and December 31, 2023. The 2023 report of the Independent Socio-Political Field Research Center of Turkey shows a significant increase in domestic violence and child abuse in this country, where 385 women were murdered and many cases of abuse have been reported in […]
Continued death of young Iranians in the PKK-Turkey war
The Firat news agency affiliated with the PKK/PJAK armed group in its latest news has announced that two Iranian members of this group were killed in Turkish army attacks. PKK has announced the date of death of them as November 11, 2023, but the news of the death of these two people has been posted […]
PKK admits to killing children in the war with Turkey
PKK armed group; is still proud of killing children in 45-year-old war with Turkey and also holds an anniversary ceremony for the children killed because of being a member of this group. Meanwhile, PKK continues to recruit Kurdish children, especially Iranian Kurdish children. According to the official report of the United Nations, in 2022, more […]
Ismail Shojaei; The latest victim of PKK’s fruitless war with Turkey
What does this war have to do with Iranian Kurds? The notorious Firat news agency, the media organ of the armed and militant PKK/PJAK, announced that an Iranian citizen named Ismail Shojaei was killed in the fruitless war between the PKK and Turkey in its latest crime. Of course, Firat did not say why Iranians […]