Wednesday, 22 July, 2020 , 18:23Bianet.org
Calling themselves "Grey-Haired Elders," 101 people from different segments of society, backgrounds and politics have issued a joint statement.
Calling out to the opposition, they have said, "The solution lies in the establishment of democracy alliance of all opposition forces without delay."
Monday, 20 July, 2020 , 17:05Washingtonpost.com | By Kareem Fahim
To serve as a mayor from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish political party these days is to fear arrest at any moment and govern in circumstances that hover between stifling and absurd, said Ayhan Bilgen, one of the few who has kept his office during an unrelenting government purge.
Monday, 13 July, 2020 , 18:29NYT | By David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt and Ronen Bergman | July 13, 2020
Some officials say that a joint American-Israeli strategy is evolving — some might argue regressing — to a series of short-of-war clandestine strikes.
Monday, 13 July, 2020 , 18:01NYT | By Carlotta Gall | Published July 11, 2020
The World Heritage site was once a potent symbol of Christian-Muslim rivalry, and it could become one once more.
Wednesday, 8 July, 2020 , 18:00Nytimes.com | By Carlotta Gall Photographs by Mauricio Lima
In his push for economic development, Turkey’s president has flooded the archaeological gem of Hasankeyf and displaced thousands of families.
HASANKEYF, Turkey — There was something exceptional about Hasankeyf that made visitors fall in love with the town on first sight.
Wednesday, 1 July, 2020 , 15:25Rudaw.net Fazel Hawramy
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Amnesty International has issued an urgent appeal to save the life of a Syrian Kurdish man imprisoned and allegedly tortured in Iran by intelligence agents.
Thursday, 25 June, 2020 , 18:08rudaw.net | By Karwan Faidhi Dri | 26/06/2020
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — A Turkish court has sentenced 68 Kurdish politicians and civil activists, including a former mayor, to up to ten years in prison for their alleged links to an umbrella group linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Thursday, 25 June, 2020 , 17:52theguardian.com | Bethan McKernan | Wed 24 Jun 2020
Local election gains by the HDP in 2019 have been eroded by a government crackdown.
Wednesday, 24 June, 2020 , 17:22kurdistan24.net | 24/06/2020
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A Turkish drone strike on Tuesday evening killed three civilian females at a residence in the village of Helincê, located outside the northern Syrian city of Kobani, according to local security forces.
Saturday, 20 June, 2020 , 18:00Ahvalnews.com | By David Phillips
Former U.S. national security advisor John Bolton’s new book, “The Room Where It Happened”, is a damning account of Donald Trump’s presidency and kow-towing to authoritarian world leaders. It highlights a pattern of unethical and illegal behaviour, including how Trump gave “personal favours to dictators he liked.” According to Bolton, Trump practiced "obstruction of justice as a way of life”.
