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• Duran Kalkan: 2022 was the year of women's resistance 

  Duran Kalkan, member of the KCK Executive Council, spoke about the most important developments in 2022.
• Karasu: Society should rely on itself, not on the state 

  KCK Executive Council member Mustafa Karasu accused the Turkish state of having established only sham institutions for disaster management, stating that society must rely on itself and not on the state.
• Internationalist Commune of Rojava: A natural disaster, inseparable from its political implications 

  The Internationalist Commune of Rojava issued a statement on the earthquake in Kurdistan, Syria and Turkey.
• AKP-MHP policies are killing 

  At least 12,873 have lost their lives in the earthquake. Tens of thousands of people are still under the rubble.
• HDP issues urgent call for solidarity to international organizations and institutions 

  The HDP called on all international institutions, governments, organizations and individuals to bear a hand to get over this incredible pain and rebuild shattered lives and communities.
• Earthquake in North Kurdistan - Live Blog 

  The number of dead increased to 3,381, while the injured are at least 20,486.
• Earthquake in North Kurdistan 

  The number of dead and injured continues to increase.
• KCK: Everyone needs to mobilize all available means to help 

  The Co-Presidency of the KCK Executive Council issued a statement about the earthquake that hit Kurdistan.
• Earthquake in North Kurdistan: At least 1,004 dead over 6,000 injured 

  At least 1,004 dead and 6,000 injured. Thousands of people are under the rubble. The earthquake also hit Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Heyva Sor calls for emergency rescue for earthquake victims 

  The Heyva Sor a Kurdistan (The Kurdish Red Crescent) has called for emergency rescue due to the earthquake in Bakure (North) Kurdistan.
• Earthquake in North Kurdistan: Hundreds dead, thousands trapped under rubble 

  A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has hit the cities of Kahramanmaras and Gaziantep in Bakure (North) Kurdistan, leaving hundreds dead and injured. Thousands of people are still trapped under rubble.
• Earthquake in North Kurdistan: at least 284 dead, over 2,000 wounded 

  Turkey’s disaster management agency AFAD said at 10.05 am Turkish time that the earthquake left at least 284 dead and over 2,000 wounded.
• 7.8 magnitude earthquake in North Kurdistan: dozens dead and wounded  

  Turkey’s disaster management agency AFAD said on Monday that 76 people had been killed and 440 injured in the massive earthquake that reverberated through several provinces in the south of the country.
• Threat of invasion against Rojava and the current situation in North-East Syria – VI 

  Syriac, Assyrian and Armenian forces taking part in the defence of the Rojava Revolution against a possible land invasion attack on North-East Syria said, “Our resistance preparations will deliver irreversible defeats to the enemy.”
• Threat of invasion against Rojava and the current situation in North-East Syria - V 

  YPG Spokesperson Nuri Mehmud spoke about preparations for a possible Turkish invasion operation against North and East Syria and said that the invading attacks would be repelled.
• Iranian security forces deliberately target protestors in the face 

  In the past months, Iran Human Rights researchers have collected and verified information related to a number of citizens who have lost their sight in one or both eyes as a result of being shot with shotguns or paintball guns in the nationwide protests. T
• Hozat: Common struggle of opposition crucial to overthrow AKP-MHP government 

  "The overthrow of this fascist government will put the democratic solution to the Kurdish question and the construction of a state on the basis of democratic law on the agenda," said Besê Hozat.
• Threat of invasion against Rojava and the current situation in North-East Syria – IV 

  Women's Defence Units (YPJ) spokeswoman Rûksen Mihemed spoke about their preparations for a possible Turkish invasion operation against North and East Syria and said that the invasion attacks would be repelled.
• Hozat: Kurds are waiting for concrete steps, not words 

  KCK Executive Council co-chair Besê Hozat evaluated the UN Human Rights Committee's statement on isolation and said that the Kurds expect concrete steps against Turkey not words.
• Threat of invasion against Rojava and the current situation in North-East Syria- II 

  As the Turkish state tries to strangle the Rojava Revolution, it is also "tolerated" by international powers that are uncomfortable with the democratic model in North and East Syria.
• Threat of invasion against Rojava and the current situation in North-East Syria 

  The Turkish state, which does not recognize the Kurdish self-government following the Rojava Revolution, has put dozens of plans into action. Turkey hired mercenaries to attack Rojava, launched military operations and occupied certain parts of the region.
• Hitting fascism 

  We must choose forms of action that hit the fascist system and are effective. There are a thousand and one ways to do this. We can carry out actions that strike effective blows to the AKP/MHP genocide everywhere.
• Peace in Kurdistan writes to UK Prime Minister about ongoing isolation of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Peace in Kurdistan wrote to the UK Prime Minister about the ongoing isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Eight years ago, the liberation of Kobanê 

  Eight years have passed since the liberation of Kobanê. The strategic battle of Kobanê took place between 15 September 2014 and 26-27 January 2015, when it was liberated.
• Bayık: War waged by Turkey in Kurdistan has heavy social consequences  

  KCK Executive Council co-chair Cemil Bayık said that the War waged by Turkey in Kurdistan has heavy social consequences.