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Complete List of 104 Journalists in Turkish Jails
One of the essential pillar of democracy is freedom of press and if this pillar is missing in a democratic country, then that country can no longer be considered democratic. True, Turkey hold free...
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Syria: Fueling a false image of the Kurdish struggle
They do not exist, said Syria. They were not Syrians. Their citizenship was taken away from them, they were not allowed to travel outside the country, their way through the educational system was...
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Protest against Camera Surveillance in Turkish Prisons
United Nation’s Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment states in its first principle that “All persons under any form of...
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Two Kurdish Protesters Killed By Turkish Soldiers
Two Kurdish protesters have died of gunshot wounds sustained during fierce clashes with Turkish soldiers in the country’s southeast on Saturday, AFP writes. Three people, including two soldiers, were...
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From a Kurd to Kurds: We Must Stand Firm on LGBT Rights
Photo by Bezav Mahmod (www.bezavmahmod.com) I am sitting on a couch in a small dorm room, flicking through the pages of the latest issue of Vogue Magazine. My friend is pouring me Kurdish tea that...
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From Damascus Street to Kurdistan
The resilience of the Kurdish people in the face of decades upon decades of oppression has awed many people around the world yet elicited no sufficient, if any, pressure from foreign governments....
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Who Owns The Syrian Revolution?
The Liberation of Tel Hamis, YPG/J, March 9 2015, Tel Hamis, Syria Photo by Joey L. I recognized the importance of Syria in my life through my separation from it. The hours...
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Mother, I Am Guerrilla
Alisher, PKK, March 3, 2015, Makhmour, Iraq. By Joey L. He looked like my father, the grey-haired, tanned Kurdish mayor of a little district made up of only 120,000 people in southeastern Turkey. To...
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“Operation Hypocrisy” – A Legal Criticism of the Turkish Military in Afrin
Cizre – Courtesy of Bozo Bilal Acar On January 21st, Anadolu Agency, the state-run Turkish news agency, ran a story with the headline “Muslims pray in Mecca for Turkey’s victory in Afrin” implying a...
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Turkey: 29-year-old Kurdish journalist charged with terrorist propaganda
Zozan Yasar, a 29-year-old Kurdish journalist residing in the UK, has been charged by Turkey with disseminating terrorist propaganda. The Turkish Prosecution Services have raised charges against Ms....
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