KURDISTAN

Latest News

• Turkish armed drone strikes a vehicle in Shengal 

  The Turkish state continues its deadly attacks in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Students in South Kurdistan take to the streets again reclaiming their rights 

  Students in South Kurdistan took to the streets once again today reclaiming their rights.
• YPS claims responsibility for attacks on village guard chiefs in Cizre 

  The Civil Defence Units (YPS) has claimed responsibility for the partly fatal attacks on two village guard chiefs in Cizre.
• Victim of "helicopter torture” in Van accused of “PKK membership” 

  Osman Şiban, one of two victims of the so-called “helicopter torture” in Van, is accused of alleged PKK membership. If convicted, he faces up to ten years in prison.
• HPG: We are ready to defend our people against ISIS 

  HPG-BIM spokesperson Serdar Yektaş said that the mobilization of ISIS around Kirkuk is the outcome of a plan related to the Turkish state. Yektaş stressed that they are ready to protect the Kurdish people in South Kurdistan.
• ISIS killed 22 peshmergas and five civilians in South Kurdistan in one month 

  In the past four weeks, 22 peshmergas and five civilians have been killed by ISIS in South Kurdistan. The Peshmerga accuse the KDP of neglecting the fight against ISIS.
• Group of young guerrillas calls on everyone to join "war to victory" 

  On the 43rd anniversary of the PKK's founding, a group of young people, who went to the mountains of Kurdistan, said that they were impressed by the guerrillas and added that "this war is a war to victory."
• Refugees in Maxmur protest the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan 

  Refugees in Martyr Rûstem Cûdî Camp in Maxmur marched to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• After years of wars: Kurdistan and Vietnam 

  The violence of the last six years of the war against the Kurds, during which the Turkish state concealed its results and economic cost on the ground, as well as the financial/moral damage it resulted in, exceeded the last ten years of the Vietnam War.
• Another kolbar killed by Iranian forces 

  Iranian regime forces continue their attacks on kolbars (load carriers for daily wage) at the border between Eastern and Southern Kurdistan.
• HPG guerrillas: We have the strength and means to resist the attacks of the Turkish army 

  HPG guerrillas continued their resistance against the Turkish state's attacks on the Medya Defense Areas and said: "Everyone should know that we have the strength and the means to resist the brutal attacks of the Turkish army."
• Students continue to protest in South Kurdistan 

  Students who cannot get their scholarships continue to protest in South Kurdistan.
• HPG announces identity of three guerrillas fallen in Metîna last September 

  The HPG announced the identity of three guerrillas who fell as martyrs in Metîna in September.
• Turkish non-commissioned officer killed in clash in Dersim 

  A non-commissioned officer in the Turkish army has been killed in clashes during a military operation in Dersim.
• YRK statement on Turkish airstrike in Pêncewîn 

  The Eastern Kurdistan Defense Forces (YRK) said they suffered no casualties in the Turkish airstrike on Friday.
• KDP forces block Peace Mothers demanding to get the bodies of martrys 

  For two months now, a vigil has been held around the clock at the Sêmalka border crossing in Rojava. Families are demanding the delivery of the bodies of the guerrillas fallen in an ambush by the KDP.
• HPG: No lie will be able to cover up the Turkish army's defeat 

  The People's Defense Forces denied the media reports that the Turkish army captured several guerrilla cave systems in Avaşîn. These are false reports seeking to conceal Turkey’s military deficits, HPG said.
• Footage of guerrilla action in Heftanîn published 

  Footage of an action against a Turkish military vehicle in the Heftanîn region of southern Kurdistan has been published on Gerîla TV.
• Donations needed to expand physiotherapy center in Maxmur refugee camp 

  The Hamburg-based Kurdistanhilfe e.V. association is calling for donations to equip the expanded physiotherapy center in Maxmur refugee camp.
• Man deported from Hewler released from custody 

  Hasan Kaçar, who was detained for protesting his deportation from Hewler by the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) security forces outside the UN office in Sulaymaniyah, South Kurdistan, has been released.
• Man deported from Hewler detained in Sulaymaniyah 

  Hasan Kaçar, who was deported from Hewler by the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party, was taken into custody after he launched a protest in a tent he set up in front of the United Nations office in Sulaymaniyah.
• Three Kurds commit suicide in Bokan and Kirmaşan 

  The Kurdistan Human Rights Association reported that two Kurds committed suicide in Bokan and one in Kirmaşan due to the pressure of the Iranian regime and the poverty experienced.
• Family deported from Hewler protests outside the UN office in Sulaymaniyah 

  Hasan Kaçar, who was deported from Hewler a week ago by the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), launched a protest action in a tent he set up with his family in front of the UN office in Sulaymaniyah.
• Guerrilla Şoreş Masîro: "Our people should not be deceived by the enemy" 

  Guerrilla Şoreş Masîro lost his life in the attacks carried out by the Turkish state in August this year. In an interview before his death he had called on the Kurdish people to beware of informers and not be deceived by the enemy.
• One Turkish soldier killed in Heftanin 

  A sniper from YJA Star shot a soldier of the Turkish occupation forces in the Heftanin region of guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones.