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Êzidî women: 'we won't allow another massacre' (4) - RESEARCH

11:35 02/08/2015 17

The world witnessed the suffering of the Êzidîs one year ago in the photographs of women fleeing the city of Shengal with their babies tied to their back. Êzidî women who have escaped to refugee ...

Êzidî women: 'we won't allow another massacre' (3) - RESEARCH

11:00 02/08/2015 7

"There is no one left in Shengal who hasn't lost someone from their family." This is how Şirin Salih, a survivor of Daesh's massacre, recalls what happened to her people one year ago.

Peace Mothers start sit-in against war

10:49 02/08/2015 9

Peace Mothers in multiple cities of Turkey have started protests against war.

Monument dedicated to Kurdish woman fighter Sakine Cansız

10:46 02/08/2015 26

In Dersim, women attended a ceremony to dedicate a monument to Kurdish woman fighter Sakine Cansız.

Istanbul women sit in for peace

10:45 02/08/2015 12

Hundreds of women held a sit-in in Istanbul to protest the Turkish state's escalating war.

Turkish media uses language of shame in Aysun's death

10:43 02/08/2015 2

After the death of a young woman after being raped by her brother, Turkey's mainstream media has used the language of "shame" to perpetuate misogyny.

10 dead in Zergelê village bombing

17:10 01/08/2015 1

After Turkish warplanes bombed the village of Zergelê in the Qandil Mountains of Iraq, the death toll has risen to ten.

Death toll rises to 9 in Zergelê village bombing

12:18 01/08/2015 16

After Turkish warplanes bombed the village of Zergelê in the Qandil Mountains of Iraq, the death toll has risen to nine.

One year on, Istanbul Convention goes ignored in Turkey

11:04 01/08/2015 4

The international Istanbul Convention to combat violence against women went into force in dozens of countries one year ago. While Turkey likes to boast of being among the first signatories, women's ...

Êzidî women: 'we won't allow another massacre' (2) - RESEARCH

10:35 01/08/2015 3

One year into the armed resistance against Daesh in the Êzidî city of Shengal, women fighters say that Êzidî women's participation in their ranks has been the sign of Shengal's resistance.

Turkish jets bomb village, deaths reported - FLASH

09:48 01/08/2015 16

Turkish jets have bombed the village of Zergelê in Iraq's Qandil Mountains, killing at least eight civilians.

Êzidî women: 'we won't allow another massacre' (1) - RESEARCH

09:46 01/08/2015 2

One year has gone by since Daesh launched a campaign of massacre and rape against the Êzidî people.For thousands of Êzidî women, this has been a year of losing their families, rape and trauma.In ...

Censorship of free press approved by court

09:08 28/07/2015 13

Ankara Gölbaşı Criminal Court of Peace approved the unlawful censorship of free press.

Operation of YPG/YPJ in Sirrîn accomplished in effect

09:00 28/07/2015 3

YPG Media Center announced that the town of Sirrîn was cleared of ISIS gangs, and the mop up operations of YPG/YPJ forces in and around the town continue.

Police kill youth in Nusaybin, Turkey

14:32 27/07/2015 4

Police have slain a youth protesting police operations in the city of Nusaybin, Turkey.

'First they burned our villages, now our forests'

14:29 27/07/2015 3

Kurdish migrants displaced decades ago when the state burned down their villages say the recent spate of unchecked forest fires in the Kurdish region recalls a dark time.

Thousands call for peace in Istanbul despite government ban

14:24 27/07/2015 10

Despite the Turkish government's ban on the massive Peace March planned for Istanbul yesterday, thousands denounced the AKP's war policies.

YPJ/YPG: Turkey attacks us instead of ISIS

14:18 27/07/2015 1

YPJ/YPG forces have announced that the Turkish army shelled YPG/YPJ positions in Rojava, rather than attacking ISIS.

Police stop crowd from burying GünayÖzarslan

14:07 27/07/2015 4

Police drowned the Gazi neighborhood of Istanbul in tear gas until night yesterday to stop a crowd from retrieving the body of slain leftist GünayÖzarslan.

10-year-old child killed fleeing from police

14:06 27/07/2015 1

Yesterday evening, 10-year-old BeytullahAydın fell to his death while being chased by police in the city of Diyarbakır, Turkey.