91��̳ - Turkey

Nilüfer Koç: PKK freedom fighters must be offered a legal framework to participate in the democratic process

Nilüfer Koç — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:45:00 +1100

Nilüfer Koç is the spokesperson for the Commission on Foreign Relations of the Kurdistan National Congress, a coalition of political parties and civil society organisations from Kurdistan and the Kurdish diaspora. She spoke to 91��̳ about the challenges ahead following the historic call by imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan for the disarmament and dissolution of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.

‘Dialogue and negotiation’ are key to securing Kurdish rights

Ebru Günay — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:45:00 +1100

91��̳’s Peter Boyle spoke to Ebru Günay after she visited Australia with a Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party delegation from Turkey.

Turkey: Abdullah Öcalan’s isolation may be coming to an end

Devriş Çimen — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:30:00 +1100

Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s freedom is an absolute necessity and would be a historic step, writes Devriş Çimen.

Ömer Öcalan reveals details of his October meeting with Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan

Medya News — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:30:00 +1100

A deputy of the People’s Equality and Democracy Party has made public in the Turkish parliament the details of his meeting with imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, reports Medya News.

Turkish state removes three democratically elected Kurdish mayors

Peter Boyle — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:15:00 +1100

In an all-too-familiar action, Turkey’s interior ministry removed three democratically elected co-mayors from three Kurdish-majority cities — Mardin (Mêrdîn), Batman (Elîh) and Halfeti (Xelfêtî) — and replaced them with state-appointed trustees, reports Peter Boyle.

Free Figen Yüksekdağ!

Peter Boyle — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 13:45:00 +1000

A new global campaign has been launched to demand the freedom for former People's Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ and other activists imprisoned by the Turkish state, reports Peter Boyle.

Kurdish opposition in Turkey calls for halt to ties with Israel after Gaza attack

Medya News — Thu, 30 May 2024 17:15:00 +1000

Leaders of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition condemned the recent Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in Rafah, Gaza, and called for Turkey to sever military and commercial relations with Israel, reports Medya News.

Behind Turkey’s democratic veneer — a Kurdish perspective

Sarah Glynn — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 14:15:00 +1000

Sarah Glynn looks behind Turkey's March 31 municipal elections, which saw President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's AKP pushed into second place and the pro-Kurdish Peoples Equality and Democracy Party make gains.

The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne: The evil that men do lives after them

John Tully — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 17:00:00 +1100

This year marks the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne. It gave tacit endorsement to the ethnic cleansing begun in the last years of the Ottoman Empire and was a disaster for the human rights of Kurds, Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians, living within the new borders it created, writes John Tully.

Ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh and a jostling sea of powers

Leo Earle — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:15:00 +1100

In the course of just one week in late September, the entire population of ethnic Armenians fled Nagorno-Karabakh. Leo Earle looks behind this mass exodus.

Kurds protest death threat to imprisoned leader Abdullah Öcalan

Peter Boyle — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 14:15:00 +1000

Kurds and their supporters in France, Germany, and Switzerland protested on July 8 over new death threats against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan who has been imprisoned by the Turkish state for the past 24 years, reports Peter Boyle.

Turkish armed drones assassinate women political leaders in Rojava

Sarah Glynn — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 09:30:00 +1000

Turkey — a member of NATO and the Council of Europe — carried out a targeted assassination of local political leaders in North-Eastern Syria, on June 20, reports Sarah Glynn.

Why Turkey and Hungary are blocking Sweden from joining NATO

Vijay Prashad — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +1000

Finland and Sweden applied in May last year to join the NATO military alliance. Vijay Prashad looks at why Sweden's membership is being blocked.

Turkey: Erdoğan’s unfair election win poses grave danger for democracy and Kurds

Peter Boyle — Wed, 31 May 2023 17:15:00 +1000

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s win in the May 28 second round of the Turkish presidential elections has sent a wave of concern and dread through democratic circles and the large Kurdish minority, reports Peter Boyle.

Turkish presidential election goes to second round

Peter Boyle — Thu, 18 May 2023 11:45:00 +1000

The Turkish general election on May 14 had mixed results, reports Peter Boyle. A run off for the presidential poll will take place on May 28, amid of electoral irregularities, while the far-right AKP failed to win a majority in the Assembly.

Video: 91��̳ Party campaigns for real democratic change in Turkish general election

Peter Boyle — Wed, 03 May 2023 20:00:00 +1000

Kenan Bircan, the Sydney representative of the 91��̳ Party (Yeşil Sol Parti) in Turkey, discusses its campaign for the May 14 general election.

Video: 91��̳ Party campaign in Turkish general election launched in Sydney

Peter Boyle — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 15:45:00 +1000

The 91��̳ Party (Yeşil Sol Parti) campaign for the May 14 Turkish general election was launched in western Sydney on April 22.

Turkey: Erdoğan attempts to ban pro-Kurdish party ahead of snap poll

Susan Price — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 09:45:00 +1100

The People’s Democratic Party will likely be forced to use a different party name in the May 14 snap poll, due to a politically motivated trial against it, reports Susan Price.

Turkish state weaponises earthquake disaster against Kurds

Peter Boyle — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 11:45:00 +1100

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is weaponising the triple earthquake disaster in south-eastern Turkey and north-eastern Syria against the Kurdish population by blocking and delaying emergency responses, reports Peter Boyle.

Video: Turkish dictator Erdogan weaponises earthquake disaster against Kurds

Peter Boyle — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 21:15:00 +1100

Turkish dictator President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is using the earthquake disaster as a weapon in his ongoing war on the Kurdish people according to Zerebar Karimi.

Kurds appeal for urgent aid in wake of earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

Peter Boyle — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +1100

Twin earthquakes have devastated Kurdish towns and cities in Turkey and Syria. But the Turkish and Syrian governments have not been providing desperately needed emergency aid, explains Gulfer Olan.

Rally demands end to the illegal isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan

Peter Boyle — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:30:00 +1100

An emergency rally at Sydney Town Hall Square called for the immediate end to the cruel and illegal isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. Video by Peter Boyle.

International condemnation mounts against Turkey’s war on the Kurds

Susan Price — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 10:30:00 +1100

Turkey has struck more than 90 villages and towns in North East Syria since November 19, reports Susan Price. Meanwhile, international voices of condemnation are growing.

Latin American and African organisations condemn Turkish attacks on Rojava, call for action

ANF English — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 17:45:00 +1100

Journalists, political parties and movements from Latin American and African countries condemned the invading Turkish state's attacks on North and East Syria (Rojava) and called for action, reports ANF English.

Asia-Pacific left parties condemn attacks on the Kurds

Kerry Smith — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 16:30:00 +1100

Parties from across the Asia-Pacific have issued the following joint statement in response to the attacks by Turkey and Iran on Kurdish communities.

HDP: ‘Turkey has a history of blood-soaked electioneering’

Susan Price — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 14:45:00 +1100

The pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey has called for immediate action against Turkey’s cross-border attacks on North East Syria and Northern Iraq to prevent another humanitarian catastrophe, reports Susan Price.

Australia must condemn Turkey, Iran dictatorships' war against Kurds, says Socialist Alliance

Socialist Alliance — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 10:15:00 +1100

The Socialist Alliance (Australia) released the following statement in response to Turkey's genocidal attacks on North East Syria and Northern Iraq and attacks on Kurdish populations inside Iran.

Iran and Turkey deport more than 240,000 Afghan refugees

Ben Radford — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 12:30:00 +1100

The Iranian and Turkish governments have deported more than 240,000 Afghan refugees this year, in violation of international law, reports Ben Radford.

AANES condemns Swedish foreign minister for bowing to Turkish pressure

Medya News — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 18:45:00 +1100

The Kurdish-led administration in North and East Syria hit back after Sweden’s foreign minister implied he would distance his country from the self-governing region in order to appease Turkey, reports Medya News.

Kurdish women political prisoners tell their stories of struggle in new book

Medya News — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 17:00:00 +1100

A new book edited by jailed former co-mayor of Diyarbakır, Gültan Kışanak, is set to teach the world a lesson about Kurdish women’s determination and resolve, reports Medya News.

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