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„They came on horseback and left on foot“. The History of Turkish Attacks on South Kurdistan since 1983 – Perwer Yaş, Journalist [August 14, 2021]
"They came on horseback and left on foot"
The History of Turkish Attacks on South Kurdistan since 1983
Perwer Yaş, Journalist
Since the early 1980s, when the Kurdish liberation struggle decided to "return to the land," South Kurdistan has repeatedly been the target of numerous Turkish invasion campaigns [...]
„If the PKK is Weakened, Mexmûr Will Definitely Become Turkey’s Next Target of Attack“ – Interview with Baxtiyar Çelê, member of the Mexmûr People’s Council [August 7, 2021]
„If the PKK is Weakened, Mexmûr Will Definitely Become Turkey's Next Target of Attack“
Interview with Baxtiyar Çelê, member of the Mexmûr People's Council
Baxtiyar Çelê, you are a member of the People's Council of Mexmûr refugee camp. Can you explain to us, based on the history of Mexmûr, why the populat [...]
Abdullah Öcalan’s Isolation Has Led to Authoritarianism of Turkish Government. On Abdullah Öcalan’s Statements from Solitary Confinement in İmralı – Interview with Mahmut Şakar, former lawyer of Abdullah Öcalan [July 31, 2021]
Abdullah Öcalan's Isolation Has Led to Authoritarianism of Turkish Government
On Abdullah Öcalan's Statements from Solitary Confinement in İmralı
Interview with Mahmut Şakar, former lawyer of Abdullah Öcalan
PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, imprisoned under aggravated solitary confinement conditions in F-typ [...]
»Europe has Turned the Kurdish Question into a Tool for its Own Interests« – A Comprehensive Look at the Current Political Situation – Cemil Bayık, KCK co-Chair [July 24, 2021]
»Europe has Turned the Kurdish Question into a Tool for its Own Interests«
A Comprehensive Look at the Current Political Situation
Cemil Bayık, KCK co-Chair
The Kurdish people's struggle for freedom has been waged for decades under the leadership of the PKK and along the lines of Rêber Apo's [Abdullah Ö [...]
From Anatolia to Berlin, from Berlin to Kurdistan. On the 25th anniversary of the Death of Cengiz Ulutürk – Anja Flach [July 18, 2021]
From Anatolia to Berlin, from Berlin to Kurdistan
On the 25th anniversary of the Death of Cengiz Ulutürk - MunzurAnja Flach, author and ethnologist
25 years have passed since Cengiz Ulutürk lost his life in the Kurdish mountains. Today he would be almost 50 years old. His biography is a peculiarity in th [...]
The Attempt to Dry Up a Revolution. The Turkish state uses water as a weapon against the population in North and East Syria – Gisela Rhein [July 14, 2021]
The Attempt to Dry Up a Revolution
The Turkish state uses water as a weapon against the population in North and East SyriaGisela Rhein
The UN Watercourses Convention of 2014 stipulates the balanced use of transboundary watercourses to prevent significant damage in the area of a shared watercourse. Turkey [...]
Peace Delegation to South Kurdistan: A Success – Kalle Schönfeld, member of the delegation [July 3, 2021]
Peace Delegation to South Kurdistan: A Success
"International initiative: DEFEND KURDISTAN - against the Turkish occupation!"
Kalle Schönfeld, member of the delegation
The dangerous developments since the escalation of the Turkish attacks on April 23, 2021 necessitated a quick response from the internat [...]
Turkey is Waging a Brutal Campaign in Iraqi Kurdistan – Elif Sarican [June 26, 2021]
Turkey Is Waging a Brutal Campaign in Iraqi Kurdistan
Elif Sarican
In its latest assault against the Kurds, Erdoğan’s Turkey is targeting civilians and refugees along the Iraq border — a brutal campaign to stamp out democracy and self-determination in Kurdistan.
On April 24, 2021, the an [...]
Ecology in Times of War – Interview of Make Rojava Green Again with Kamuran Akın [June 19, 2021]
Ecology in Times of War Interview of Make Rojava Green Again with Kamuran Akın
In 2021, too, the war in Kurdistan has a great impact on the struggle for an ecological society there. So we need to take a closer look at how these two issues relate to each other and what an ecological stance can look like in [...]
„The Continued Isolation of Abdullah Öcalan is a Shame“ – Interview with Clare Baker, spokeswoman for the trade union movement Unite the Union in the UK [June 12, 2021]
"The Continued Isolation of Abdullah Öcalan is a Shame"
Clare Baker, spokeswoman for the trade union movement Unite the Union in the United Kingdom, in an interview with the women's magazine Newaya Jin
The "Freedom for Öcalan" campaign, which you launched on behalf of "Unite the Union" in 2016, has now r [...]