PKK and PAJK prisoners in Turkish jails will go on a three-day hunger strike in protest at the isolation of Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan and genocidal attacks targeting civilian people in North Kurdistan.
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Yelensky’ nin Masalı: ABC’nin Kısa Tarihi
Anarşist Kara Haç’ın tarihi çarlık Rusya’sına kadar uzanır. Çara karşı, politik ayaklanmalar sonucu birçok anarşist özgürlüğe olan tutkularının bedelini hapsedilerek, sürgüne gönderilerek ve ölümle ödediler.
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3 bodies found in Cizre
ŞIRNAK (DİHA) – Three dead bodies were found in the two neighborhoods of Cizre where state forces have maintained their attacks and curfew.
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hereTurkey’s ‘deep state’ terror squads: the ‘spycops’ licensed to kill
Reconstruction of interrogation by JITEM
Most people in the West are blissfully unaware of what is going on in Turkey, a NATO ally, though some are shocked when they see stories about Kurds – who are the frontline against ISIS – being attacked, jailed or killed by Turkish police and paramilitaries. But those who know Turkey’s history and its dark secrets are not surprised when these atrocities happen – they have been happening for decades – against Kurds, progressives and anyone who challenges the corrupt establishment that forms successive Turkish governments.
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North Kurdistan: Interview with Deniz Bagok, A YPS fighter from Nusaybin
The following article is a translation of an interview with a member of the YPS (Civil Defense Units) from Nusaybin in North Kurdistan / Southeast Turkey that was conducted by the German publication Lower Class Magazine. The original German version of the interview can be viewed HERE.
What is the YPS? Why are they expanding their barricades and digging trenches?
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Turkish forces massacre 2 kids in Cizre
ŞIRNAK (DİHA) – Onslaught by state forces has claimed two more civilian lives in Cizre district of Şırnak where a state of siege continues for 33 days.
During yesterday’s artillery strikes on Cudi neighborhood, cannon shells fired by Turkish forces hit a civilian house, leaving three kids inside heavily wounded.
Among these, 12-year-old Yusuf Akalın died last night, while others remained under treatment at hospital.
Yusuf’s cousin 10-year-old Büşra Akalın has also died while receiving treatment at Mardin State Hospital today.
The other kid, Dilan Akalın, remains in critical condition
5 executed by police in Siirt
SİİRT (DİHA) – Police forces conducted house raids in Şeyh Mahmut Square in Siirt centre along the day. Five people were executed by police.
While many neighborhoods in the city have been encircled by police forces since last night, the city is witnessing an activity of Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles since early this morning. Sporadic gunshots are being heard from the neighborhoods where clashes are reported to be taking place. At least one police has reportedly been killed.
In the meantime, photos have been circulated on social media purportedly of the two people being dragged on the street after their execution in last night’s raid.
Turkish mortar attack in Cizre: One killed, 5 wounded
ŞIRNAK (DİHA) – In Cizre district of Şırnak where a siege and curfew continues for 33 uninterrupted days, state forces continue conducting artillery strikes on neighborhoods protected by popular resistance led by youths.
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[Kurdistán] Llamamiento de combatientes internacionalistas a unirse a la lucha en Bakur
Internationalist fighters in Rojava call on youth to join Bakur’s resistance | |
Internationalist combatants fighting in the ranks of YPG/YPJ in Rojava have saluted the self-rule resistance in Bakur (North) Kurdistan, and called upon the youths to join the resistance alongside the YPS (Civil Defense Units) and guerrilla forces. Continue reading [Kurdistán] Llamamiento de combatientes internacionalistas a unirse a la lucha en Bakur |
23 Ocak 2016: Trans Tutsaklarla Dayanışma ve Eylemlilik Günü
QUEER, ZİNDANDA BİZ
“Queerler olarak gözle tacizin, iğrenmenin ve izolasyonunun terörünü iyi biliyoruz, hapishanedeki translar için bu problemler “kafes”lerin fiziksel ve duygusal baskısıyla ikiye katlanıyor.”
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YPS-Jin: every stone on the barricade a stone for freedom
MÊRDÎN – As the slogan “a stone on the barricade, a stone for free life” spreads across the besieged town Nusaybin, the women who have organized defense force YPS-Jin say that women’s organizing is now inevitable.
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23 soldiers resign from Turkish army in Şırnak
23 soldiers, including 12 specialist sergeants, have resigned from Turkish army due to the escalated onslaught and psychological warfare committed against the Kurdish population in Turkey. The names of these soldiers, hidden by the Turkish state fighting Kurdish people’s resistance, have been revealed.
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