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• Sabri Ok: Imrali administration gives threatening letters to Öcalan 

  Sabri Ok, a member of the KCK Executive Council, said that the Turkish state and the Imrali administration gave anonymous and unaddressed threatening letters to Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Vartînîs massacre case risks ending in impunity 

  The Turkish judiciary and administration, protecting the murderers of 9 members of the same family in Altınova on 3 October 1993, is pushing for the statute of limitations in the case to expire.
• Defend Kurdistan launches international days of action from 17 to 23 July 

  Defend Kurdistan launched international days of action from 17 to 23 July with the slogan "Stop the drone war - defend the revolution in Rojava".
• Today marks the 32nd anniversary of the killing of HEP Diyarbakır Provincial chair Vedat Aydın 

  32 years ago, HEP Diyarbakır Provincial chair Vedat Aydın was taken from his home by JITEM and then murdered. His body was recovered two days later.
• Rojava Information Centre releases ISIS sleeper cells report for the month of June 

  The Rojava Information Centre has released its report on ISIS sleeper cell for the month of June.
• KNK Co-Chair Karamus: The Kurds want official status 

  In 1923, the Treaty of Lausanne established the quadripartition of Kurdistan and the disenfranchisement of the Kurdish people. With a conference in Switzerland, the KNK wants to take a stand against this and demand an official status.
• Surname Law, the first step towards Turkification 

  In Turkey, the Surname Law was passed in 1934 as a means of Turkification. While on the one hand, there were military attacks, on the other hand, there were attempts to assimilate the peoples through laws such as the Surname Law.
• Turkish election observations and British counter-terrorism policing of activists - PART TWO 

  Vala Francis was part of a delegation that went to Turkey to monitor the elections. On her return to London, she was arrested by the anti-terror police and asked if she had met PKK members and what she thought of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Every dish in Kurdistan has a story 

  Sehriban Matyar and Şimel Beyik, who research and present the local dishes and flavors of Kurdistan to the people of Amed, say that each dish has its own story.
• Two labour unions, one common struggle 

  At a time when the unions are subjected to severe criticism, the Dev Yapı-İş Union and the İnşaat İş Union are carrying out many joint actions.
• Russia uses Erdoğan as a means of pressure 

  Journalist Yusuf Karadaş analyses that Turkey serves Russia mainly as a tool to put pressure on Rojava. Russia is trying to make an agreement between the regime and Rojava more difficult and at the same time build up pressure on the USA.
• Turkish election observations and British counter-terrorism policing of activists - PART ONE 

  Vala Francis was part of a delegation that went to Turkey to monitor the elections. On her return to London, she was arrested by the anti-terror police and asked if she had met PKK members and what she thought of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Turkey among ten worst countries for workers' rights, says ITUC  

  The Global Rights Index by ITUC confirms Turkey as one of the ten worst countries in the world in terms of workers' rights.
• ‘We will continue to be strong fighters in the spirit of our Commander Zîlan’ 

  Pelşîn Koçgirî, a member of the YJA Star Command Council, remembers the guerrilla Zîlan who blew herself up in a military parade in 1996, emphasising that Zîlan's stance is more necessary today than ever.
• Zilan, Kurdish women's symbol of resistance 

  Zeynep Kınacı (Zilan), who sacrificed her life in Dersim on June 30, 1996, was born in Malatya province in 1972. Her family was originally from the village of Elmalı in Malatya and the tribe Mamureki.
• Bayık: The government in Turkey and its decisions against the Kurds are not legitimate 

  “Nobody can destroy the PKK or complete the genocide of the Kurdish people because of its spirit of resistance. There is faith and sacrifice hidden in it. We have carried the resistance until today and have created many values thanks to this spirit."
• Butterflies and the fire: Internationalist guerrillas fallen in the mountains of Kurdistan 

  The Internationalist Commune of Rojava pays tribute to three internationalists; Azad Şergeş (Thomas Joham Spries), Asya Kanîreş (Kadriye Tetik) and Koçer Medya (Diyako Saîdî) who fell in Xakurkê on 5 June 2023.
• KCK: We will lead the struggle of Şêx Said and his friends to victory 

  On 29 June 1925, the Kurdish resistance leader Şêx Said and 46 of his companions were executed in Amed. The KCK paid tribute to them and said that the struggle of the Kurdish people would continue "until liberation".
• Bayık: Turkey’s policy against Öcalan complies neither with domestic laws nor international law 

  “The only thing they think about is to eliminate the Kurds. The Turkish state uses all its institutions for this. The policy against Rêber Apo constitutes a policy against the Kurdish people and human values,” said Cemil Bayık of the KCK.
• MED-DER is ready for new term language courses 

  Dilan Güvenç, one of the directors of the Mesopotamian Culture and Language Studies Association (MED-DER), said that the registrations for the new term language courses have already started.
• The power of Kurds and women 

  Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan's democratic, ecological and pro-women paradigm that offers solutions to social problems raises everyone's awareness, gives strength and will for victory.
• HDP: Turkey’s targeted assassination of civilians in North and East Syria 

  HDP Foreign Affairs Spokespersons Feleknas Uca and Hişyar Özsoy issued a statement on Turkey's targeted assassination of civilians in North and East Syria.
• The Rojava cycle of Ankara's 'Decomposition Plan' against Kurds– II 

  Another cycle of the 'Decomposition Plan' was the systematic drone attacks that targeted Qamishlo, the capital of the revolution, and Kobanê, the city of resistance. There have been 181 drone attacks since 23 June 2020 and 112 martyrs.
• The Rojava cycle in Ankara's 'Decomposition Plan' against Kurds - I 

  Syria has been at war for over twelve years, the economy has collapsed, there are international sanctions. The embargo and siege policy to stifle Rojava's revolution is part of Turkey's decomposition plan against the Kurdish movement.
• KNK will organize Kurdish National Conference in Lausanne in July 

  The Kurdistan National Congress will organize a Kurdish National Conference in Lausanne, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne which divided Kurdistan into four parts and subjected the peoples of the region to genocide.