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• Seyit Evran, a journalist, a comrade, a friend 

  Seyit Evran not only showed the way, but he also walked it. Heval Seyit was a companion in a never-ending battle, a battle that brought new developments every day and grew ever wider.
• Besê Erzincan: The enemy will not make young people step back 

  More and more young people in Kurdistan want to emigrate to Europe. Besê Erzincan (KJK) analyzed the attacks of capitalist modernity on youth and especially young women.
• Paths to a stateless world democracy discussed at the "New World Embassy: Kurdistan” in Lausanne 

  The Théâtre de Vidy in Lausanne is hosting the "New World Embassy: Kurdistan" this weekend. The alternative embassy offers space for exchange on forms of democracy without a state.
• Karasu: Effects of 12 September 1980 military coup still very big 

  Mustafa Karasu spoke about the lasting effects of the 1980 military coup and the dropping of the case on the Madimak massacre.
• Karasu: The behaviour of the KDP amounts to betrayal 

  Mustafa Karasu spoke about the latest developments in Kurdistan, the betrayal by the KDP and the criticism of CHP MP Tanrıkulu's statements.
• Karasu: The history of humanity is the struggle of women  

  Mustafa Karasu spoke about the first year anniversary of the 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadî' uprisings in East Kurdistan and Iran and said that the most valuable struggle in the world and in the history of humanity is the struggle of women.
• Muslim: There is no rebellion against the Autonomous Administration - PART TWO 

  PYD co-chair Salih Muslim said that "there is no rebellion against the Autonomous Administration".
• Muslim warns against a reorganization of ISIS - PART ONE 

  After the completion of the “Security Reinforcement” operation in Deir ez-Zor, PYD co-chair Salih Muslim warned against a reorganization of ISIS and rejected reports of an Arab-Kurdish conflict.
• The truth of the Treaty of Lausanne and its historical impact 

  Abdullah Öcalan: "Either great loneliness or surrender to another reality; this was the great dilemma I called the Kurdish trap. It’s almost like death, like if one would appreciate death."
• PJAK: Handing over our weapons is out of the question 

  The deadline set by Iran for Iraq to disarm Kurdish groups expires next week. According to its co-chair, the PJAK will vehemently defend itself against this. “Handing over our weapons is out of the question,” said Siamand Moini.
• 12 September 1980, a never ending military coup 

  Today marks the 43rd anniversary of the most violent of the military coups suffered by Turkey in the XX and XXI centuries.
• Denial and silence continue one year after the Turkish army burned the bodies of its own soldiers 

  Although exactly one year has passed since the Turkish army burned its soldiers, the destruction, the denial and the silence continue. The traces of this atrocity are still as vivid as on the first day.
• Atabay: We need to fight self-assimilation to increase rate of those speaking in Kurdish 

  Education Sen Wan Branch Co-chair Murat Atabay said that while 90 percent of Kurds spoke Kurdish at home and on the street in the 1920s, today that rate has dropped to 7 percent.
• Öcalan's lawyers prepare to respond to Turkey's answer to UN  

  Asrın Law Office's application to the UN Human Rights Committee about the situation of Abdullah Öcalan and the 3 other prisoners in Imralı is pending. Lawyers are preparing to submit their response to Turkey's answer to the UN.
• Kalkan: Today's festival in Europe is very important, cultural events should be organized every day 

  Kalkan said that the Kurdish Culture Festival that will take place today in Germany is very important and added that in Europe "there should be cultural activities every day."
• Kalkan: Turkey identified an area to occupy and is attacking it, yet it's not getting any results 

  KCK's Duran Kalkan spoke about the attacks carried out by Turkey in South Kurdistan.
• Kalkan: Imrali is the continuation of the international conspiracy against Ocalan 

  Kalkan asked why international institutions responsible for Imrali [and the compliance with international law and human rights] remain silent as if they approve the Turkish administration.
• Turkish expansionist foreign policy has not changed 

  Hüseyin Dicle, member of the KCK Executive Council, comments on wrong claims that there would be a massive change in Turkish policies since the May 14 elections. He describes how the government tries to change its mask while pursuing the same policies.
• Preparations for a new invasion attack? 

  What does the fascist Erdoğan government want from Baghdad and Hewlêr? Is it making occupation plans for areas like Gare and asking for support for them? Is it also planning new attacks on Maxmur and Shengal? It is clear that the KDP is playing with fire.
• Elfriede Jelinek and Konstantin Wecker: Peace is more than a dream 

  “The warlords and politicians of this world cannot forbid our dreams, nor can they permanently prevent our attempts to make them a reality. Neither in Ankara nor in Tehran, neither in Moscow nor in Washington, Beijing or Berlin.”
• Asrın Law Office calls on CPT to "visit Imralı urgently" 

  Asrın Law Office has applied to the Committee for the Prevention of Torture to visit Imralı and Abdullah Öcalan urgently.
• The multiple faces of the revolution, a comment by the Internationalist Commune of Rojava 

  The Internationalist Commune of Rojava is running a series of comments from internationalists visiting Northern and Eastern Syria.
• In memory of the martyrs of the historic action against Haruna military base 

  In the course of the revolutionary people's war in 2012, the guerrillas inflicted heavy blows on the Turkish army in North Kurdistan. One of the most significant operations was the attack on the Haruna military base, which was completely destroyed.
• Cardenas: The ELN won't do what the FARC did 

  Olimpo Cardenas, member of the national committee of participation and the Peoples Congress, said that the agreement between the ELN and the Colombian government won't be like the one signed by the FARC.
• Korkmaz: Less than 3 percent of buildings damaged by earthquake demolished in Amed 

  Chamber of Civil Engineers Amed Branch co-chair Mahsum Çiya Korkmaz said that only 80 of the 3,200 buildings that were heavily damaged by the earthquake in Amed were demolished.