By Dr. Amy L. Beam: Nusaybin in southeast Turkey has been under siege from Turkish police. Inside of the city of Nusaybin (with many Kurdish residents), no one is allowed to leave his or her house. Even staying inside one’s house, no one can look out of a window for fear of being shot by…
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The Kurdish Nation Deserves Statehood
By Dr. Norman Bruce Garber: Most Americans have been painfully observing for decades the terribly chaotic conditions reverberating throughout the Middle East, involving the countries of Iraq, Syria, Iran, and Turkey. And besides not being able to perceive clearly many of the interconnected but shifting reasons for all the violence and chaos between and within…
The Real Face of Erdogan
Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) Dossier: Introduction: On the 24th of July, 2015 Turkey launched a war against the Kurds, orchestrated by the conservative AKP government and led by Tayyip Recep Erdogan. Turkey has been notably reluctant to join the anti-ISIS coalition, despite calls by the Western powers and countries. When Turkey did finally join the…
Call For Action: Challenge Cameron’s Silence on Turkey!
By Peace in Kurdistan Campaign: Join us for a demonstration outside 10 Downing Street! Wednesday 23rd September, 4pm “Help build peace with the Kurds, rather than extend the war.” On Wednesday 23rd September at 4pm, a delegation of women will deliver an open letter signed by a coalition of prominent women’s rights activists to 10…
Call For a Global Hasankeyf Action Day on 20 September 2015
By Ercan Ayboga, Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive & the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement: We call activists, social movements and NGOs in the world to join an action day for the conservation of Hasankeyf and the Tigris River on 20th September 2015! Let’s protest together against the Ilisu Dam Project; one of most controversial ones in the world! On Sunday,…
Peace in Kurdistan Campaign Says ‘Congratulations’ to Jeremy Corbyn
By Peace in Kurdistan Campaign: Jeremy Corbyn MP Leader of the Labour Party Dear Jeremy Peace in Kurdistan would like to send its warm congratulations to you on the great news of your victory in the Labour leadership contest. Your election will be greeted with enthusiasm as excellent news by all who believe in a…
Open Letter to UN Secretary General About One-sided Approach to the Alarming Developments in Turkey
By Dr Amir Sharifi: An Open Letter to UN Secretary General Bak Ki-moon about the One-sided Approach of the International Community to the Alarming Developments in Turkey Dear Mr. Secretary General: The Kurdish American Education Society and the Kurdish community in Southern California are deeply concerned about the escalating violence in Turkey, sparked by the…
Curfew on Cizire Lifted, But is the Peace Process Forever Forgotten?
By Yara Kamaran: A week ago, the Cizire Kurdish town was besieged by the Turkish army, allowing no one to go out on the streets, blocking connections between the various neighborhoods, with people being shot to death on sight by Turkish snipers positioned on the roofs of the houses, “They kicked the door of our house, and…
As Turkey Massacres Kurds, UK Arms Fair Welcomes Turkish Officials and Military Companies
By Corporate Watch: Right now in London, tanks, guns, drones and missiles are being transported to the EXCEL Centre in preparation for next week’s DSEI Arms Fair – one of the biggest arms fairs in the world. Since Monday, protesters have been successfully blocking the vehicles that are transporting the weapons, and even gatecrashing the set-up…
No to War! Stand in Solidarity With the Kurdish People!
By the Democratic Peoples Alliance: UK Protest on Friday 11 September 2015, 3-6pm, 10 Downing Street (nearest station Westminster) Turkey, in particular President Erdogan and his AKP party, has once again begun a war with the Kurdish movement inside its own country. The peace process which had been continuing over two years has come to…
HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş, 2 Ministers, Several Deputies on March to Besieged City Cizre
Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) Press Release: A delegation of the political party of the HDP was en route to the city of Cizre from Midyat district in solidarity with the besieged civilians facing a state of emergency and martial law. However, Turkish police and authorities, on orders of the Interior Minister outside of Mardin-Midyat, stopped…
Shilan Ozcelik Trial Begins at the Old Bailey – First PKK Trial in Over a Decade
Peace in Kurdistan Press Release: Kurdish woman Shilan Ozcelik, who was arrested in January for allegedly attempting to join the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), will appear in court on Monday 7 September, 10am, for the first day of her trial. The 18 year old was charged with ‘engaging in conduct in preparation to for giving…
Thousands of Turkish Police, Soldiers and Special Operation Teams Are Daily Attacking Kurdish Cities With Heavy Weapons
Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) Press Release: Since 24th of July, 32 civilians have been killed, and several injured. Turkish military and police forces in Kurdistan reportedly say: ‘Many people will die and we will remain in the districts till the end of elections`. After 48 hours of attacks in Şırnak’s Cizre district and the murder…
Will the United States Sell Out the Kurds Again and Forfeit a Loyal Ally?
By Dr. Saman Shali: The history of contact between the United States and the Kurds goes way back to President Woodrow Wilson. In January 1918, for the first time the US supported the Kurds’ rights within the Ottoman Empire in the 14 points by President Wilson. But because the US did not have an important…
Why is Turkey Doing Everything To Eliminate Kurdish People?
By Rebwar Rashed: The Turks of Turkey are a product of the Mongol Holargu conquest following the destruction of Baghdad in 1258. Almost 800 years after this bloody conquest of the upper Middle East, many Turks still suffer from an inferiority complex. That’s a lack of self-worth, a doubt and peculiarity. These feelings of not measuring…
