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Thu, 18 Apr 2024 17:48
Daily News : 18 April 2024
18/04/2024 – #DailyNews – #MedyaNews 📍 An Ankara court refuses to release 18 Kurdish politicians, as the high-profile Kobane trial drags on in Turkey. The next hearing is scheduled for 16 May. 📍 MP Sevda Karaca demands that Turkish security personnel be held to account for sexual offences against women in Kurdish regions, […]
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Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:34
Microphone cut off in Turkish parliament as Kurdish MP greets Yazidi festival in her mother tongue
MP Gülcan Kaçmaz Sayyiğit’s microphone was silenced as she used Kurdish to greet Çarşema Sor, the Yazidi festival, in a recent session of the Turkish Parliament. “Celebrating in Kurdish does not divide the country,” the MP from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party stated. The session was overseen by Speaker Bekir Bozdağ of […]
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Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:49
Yazidi community celebrates Çarşema Sor in Kurdish regions across Turkey, Iraq, Syria
The traditional Yazidi festival known as Çarşema Sor is joyously celebrated across various Kurdish regions in Turkey, Iraq and Syria. This annual festivity serves as a manifestation of their ongoing struggle for recognition and autonomy, especially following the 2014 genocidal campaign by the Islamic State (ISIS). On 17 April, Sinjar (Şengal), the historical Yazidi land […]
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Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:49
Ankara court refuses to release 18 Kurdish politicians, as Kobane trial drags on
The 82nd hearing of the Kobane trial was held on Wednesday 18 April in Ankara. A total of 108 Kurdish politicians are on trial in the high-profile case, for charges dating to 2014 related to social media posts that allegedly fuelled mass uprisings in protest to Turkey’s complicity in the ISIS siege of Kobane. Unrest […]
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Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:30
‘Legal black hole’ as Council of Europe fails to act on Turkey’s human rights violations: press conf
The “lawless” isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan was deemed a “legal black hole” by his lawyer, during a press conference at a Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE) session on Wednesday. Visiting Strasbourg for a series of interviews with European institutions, lawyer Özgür Faik Erol joined speakers Ömer Öcalan, an MP from […]
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Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:27
Dutch parliament links customs union talks with Turkey to human rights rulings
The Dutch parliament has linked the modernisation of the customs union with Turkey to human rights concerns, specifically calling for the implementation of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decisions mandating the immediate release of Osman Kavala and Selahattin Demirtaş. The resolution, adopted following a proposal by Kati Piri, former EU-Turkey rapporteur, and Isa Kahraman, […]
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Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:02
The day Selçuk Bayraktar will leave Kurdistan
Fréderike Geerdink Do I regret telling Selçuk Bayraktar on Twitter to get the h* out of Kurdistan? Not for a split second, even though I have never in my fifteen years’ life on Twitter triggered so much filthy, aggressive and threatening reactions. Somebody had to say something about the disgusting photo he shared of him […]
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Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:00
Turkish security forces enjoy ‘culture of impunity’ for sexual abuse in Kurdish regions: MP Karaca
Sevda Karaca, a Labour Party (EMEP) MP, demanded justice for women and girls in Kurdish regions subjected to systemic sexual violence by Turkish security personnel, during a press statement in parliament on Tuesday. She stressed the persistence of such crimes across Kurdish provinces, perpetrated by guards, soldiers and police, presenting evidence for “dozens” of unresolved […]
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Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:42
Journalist faces threats after critiquing Turkish drone maker’s photo
Dutch journalist Fréderike Geerdink received death threats following her critical comment on a photo taken by Selçuk Bayraktar, the Chairman of Turkish drone manufacturing company Baykar, during his visit to Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeastern city of Hakkari (Colemerg). Geerdink’s comment, “Defol Kürdistan’dan” (Get out of Kurdistan), ignited a hostile reaction from Turkish nationalists. On 14 April, […]
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Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:27
Former soldier reveals abuse, gambling, war crimes in Turkish military
A former Turkish soldier has revealed widespread gambling, severe mistreatment of troops and instances of war crimes within the military, according to a detailed testimony shared by the Kurdish Telegram channel OPERASYON on Wednesday. During the interview, it was disclosed that approximately 80 percent of soldiers stationed in Zap, a region close to the Turkish […]
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