Category: Kurdish Question
The Massacre in Dersim Still Haunts Kurds in Turkey
14th January 2021
Turkey’s suppression of the Dersim rebellion was likely used as a warning to other Kurdish areas of what would happen to them if they resisted Turkey’s assimilation policies. (Photo: The Federation of Dersim Associations) Turkish ...
HDP closure fears grow after new ‘terror’ charges raised against party executive
14th January 2021
FEARS are growing that Turkey’s opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) may be shut down after new terror charges were raised against the entirety of its executive committee today. Files have been lodged against party co-chair ...
Kurdish man picnicking in SE Turkey injured after security forces fire warning shots
2nd January 2021
Turkish security forces on Wednesday allegedly fired above the heads of a group of Kurdish men having a picnic in an open field in the southeastern province of Hakkari, injuring one of them, said Sait ...
White House not expected to stay silent as Turkish Kurds’ rights are violated and their Syrian and Iraqi brethren are targeted Biden has openly called Erdogan an autocrat, indicating he may be far less accommodating ...