TurkeyOn the night of Saturday Aug. 20, a suicide attack targeted a Kurdish wedding party in Gaziantap province. The suicide attack was carried out by a teenager…
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Turkey On August 3, 2016 the Diyarbakır Governor’s Office declared another curfew in several villages in both the Lice and Hani districts. The curfews…
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Turkey The People’s Democratic Party (HDP) held rallies in Azmir and Diyarbakir under the slogan of “No to Coups, Democracy Right Now”. The HDP’s…
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Yousif Ismael served as the Director of the Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI) from 2015 to 2024. Prior to this role, from 2012 to 2015,…
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Turkey Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared three –month state of emergency in the country. Following the failed coup, Kurdish communities across Europe demonstrated…
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Turkey After Turkey’s President Erdogan made a decision to grant citizenship for three million Syrian refugees, People’s Democratic Party (HDP) vice chair Hisyah Ozsoy…
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By: Yousif Ismael July 5, 2016 How do you describe the operation of the liberation of Manbij? Who are the forces participating in this…
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Turkey Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairs Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag issued a statement and condemned the attack in Istanbul Ataturk Airport. In the…
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June 27 Kirkuk Governor Najmaldin Karim said in a press conference on Monday (June 27) Kirkuk is Inseparable part of Kurdistan and article 140…
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Turkey The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MPs published a joint statement accusing President Erdogan of attempting to establish his “one-man rule” in Turkey. In…