EUTCC Press Release: The EUTCC (EU-Turkey Civic Commission) positively notes the encouraging developments between the Turkish state and the PKK leader Mr. Abdullah Öcalan. The renewal of talks between the parties and a genuine will from both sides to seek a peaceful solution to the problems can pave the road to peace and a democratic…
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Karayılan tells Erdoğan: Kurdistan is our territory, PKK won’t go away
KT News and Comment: According to reports, the latest talks between the Turkish state and jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan are being led by National Intelligence Organization (MİT) Undersecretary Hakan Fidan. On Monday, Yalçın Akdoğan, chief advisor to Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan, said the basis of these talks is to try and…
Press freedom crushed by anti-terror laws in Europe
By Peace in Kurdistan Campaign: Statement in defence of Roj TV, 28 October 2012 In January this year, the City Court of Copenhagen ruled that Kurdish satellite station Roj TV was promoting terrorism through its coverage. An appeal has been made against the decision and this will be heard on 29 October. Bookmark on Delicious…
PKK policies in Syria
By Kamal Chomani: “A Kurdish youth kissed my hands when he saw pictures of Murat Karayilan in my camera,” a photojournalist told me in Hawler last week. We’d last met, two years ago, with the PKK’s acting leader Murat Karayilan in the Qandil Mountains. The photojournalist had recently been to Kurdistan of Syria. The next…
Some thoughts on peace
By Ahmet Abidin Ozbek: Ultimately, all of us want to live in a peaceful world. But I am skeptical about our peace hopes. The most difficult challenge is: How we can end conflict and construct peace while segregation, ignorance, hatred and intolerance prevail? If these negative features affect our entire society, how we can say…
Who is the biggest obstacle to the Kurdish peace process in Turkey?
By Dr. Aland Mizell: And what is the role of the Kurdish people in the new Middle East Projects? For a long time, there have been intense clashes in the Middle East between the attacking Kurdish rebels’ Kurdistan Worker Party (PKK) and the Turkish Security Forces. This month has seen the longest wave of attacks since…
Will Turkey intervene in Syria’s Kurdish areas?
By Adib Abdulmajid: Due to the withdrawal of Assad forces from a number of Kurdish areas in northern Syria, Kurdish forces took control of these areas and declared them liberated; a fact which led to a remarkable growth in Turkish fears concerning the potential establishment of an independent Kurdish entity in Syria, and these worries…
Turkish interior minister ‘expelled’ by the people
News and Comment by KT: When Turkish interior minister Edris Nahim Shahin visited to the city of Jola Merg in the north of Kurdistan this weekend, he planned to deliver a speech to the populace. However, such was the anger of local people that they effectively kicked him out of town and demonstrated their support…
Displaced villagers unwilling to return for fear of more clashes
By bianet.org: The Governor’s Office in the southeastern province of Hakkari announced the conclusion of the millitary operations against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the district of Şemdinli on Saturday, some 20 days after clashes first broke out in the area. Helicopter gunships and artillery shots can still be seen and heard, despite the…
Time of honey and vine harvest gone sour in Şemdinli
By Nilay Vardar, bianet: As intense fighting between government forces and militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) continue unabated in the southeastern province of Hakkari, bianet reporter Nilay Vardar has travelled to the heart of the conflict zone to relate the developments there which mainstream media has largely ignored. I stand at the crossroads…
PKK is under the spotlight in Syria
By Hamma Mirwaisi: Today PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) organizations are the largest organizations in Kurdistan. They are enjoying wide support in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran because they are fighting for Kurdish people rights – without ruling them yet. The civil wars in Syria are giving Kurdish people there an opportunity to become free from…
Abdullah Öcalan given award by South African Communist Party
News and Comment by KT: The South African Communist Party (SACP) has given Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader, a Special Recognition Award. The award was made at the SACP’s 13th National Congress held from 11th-13th July in oNgoye, KwaZulu Natal province. SACP General Secretary Blade Nzimande described Abdullah Öcalan as: “A revolutionary internationalist…
PKK replies to secret memo from Kurdistan Region rulers: “We will not lay down arms”
News and Comment by KT: According to a secret memo obtained by KT, the Kurdistan Region’s two ruling parties have asked the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to leave south Kurdistan territory, lay down their arms and cease the armed struggle. The memo, sent to the PKK last week, is further evidence of the burgeoning relationship between…
Turkish State: Where is your courage?
By Mufid Abdulla: This question arises following the shooting down of a Turkish aeroplane by the Syrian authorities on Friday. The muted Turkish reaction to this ‘accident’ by the Syrian state – which shot down the plane over the Syrian/Turkish border – has not surprised me because of Turkey’s cowardice towards Syria. But why does…
Turkish warplanes bomb south Kurdistan
News and Comment by The Kurdistan Tribune: Turkish warplanes have started bombing the outskirts of Dhok, inside the territory of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). The bombardment follows the PKK’s latest attack on Turkish state forces. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post
