33 PKK fighters killed in fresh clashes southern Turkey
ARA News URFA – At least 33 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed on Thursday in renewed clashes with the Turkish army in the Kurdish southeast. The Turkish army said in a statement...
View ArticleDozens killed in Kurdish town as Turkish army intensifies operations against PKK
CIZRE – At least nine civilians and 16 rebel fighters have been killed as security forces battle militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast, the army and the...
View ArticleTurkey announces end of military operations in Kurdish district, reports...
ARA News URFA – Turkish authorities announced on Wednesday the end of military operations in the Kurdish Sur district of Diyarbakir (Amed), southeastern the country, where a 24-hour curfew has been...
View ArticleHDP demands Turkey to stop demolition of Kurdish towns
ARA News KOBANE – The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) called on the Turkish government to stop the demolition of Kurdish areas in southeastern Turkey. “As part of a larger war policy,...
View ArticleTurkey unjustifiably killed 130 people in Kurdish southeast: Human Rights Watch
ARA News CIZRE – The Turkish government is blocking access for independent investigations into alleged mass abuses against civilians across the Kurdish region southeast Turkey, Human Rights Watch said...
View ArticleTurkish soldiers who fought Kurds now branded as terrorists
ARA News AMUDE – According to the pro-government newspaper Yeni Safak, more than 2,839 Turkish soldiers were arrested on Saturday and treated like Kurdish rebels they used to fight against, after the...
View ArticleAt least 1,700 people killed since end of Kurdish peace process in Turkey:...
ARA News QAMISHLI – International Crisis Group (ICG) on Wednesday confirmed the deaths of at least 1,700 people, including 307 civilians, since the conflict between the Turkish armed forces and the...
View ArticleAmnesty: Turkey carrying out collective punishment against Kurds
ARA News Over half a million Kurds have been forced out of their homes as a result of a brutal crackdown by Turkish authorities in the past year, which may amount to collective punishment, said Amnesty...
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