WOMEN

Latest News

• Kongra Star Coordination member Mahmud: 'Turkish state aggression targets women too' - Part Two 

  Ayşe Mahmud said that Kongra Star is organizing itself in Europe.
• Kongra Star Coordination member Mahmud: 'Turkish state aggression targets women too' - Part One 

  Kongra Star Coordination member Ayşe Mahmud said that it is inevitable that the Turkish state's attacks and special war activities accompanied by the threats of occupation are reflected on women, and added that women stand against this.
• YJK-E announces actions for Sakine, Fidan, Leyla in Germany 

  Nine years after the murder of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez by the Turkish secret service MIT in Paris, the Germany-wide women's umbrella organisation YJK-E is again calling for the punishment of the perpetrators.
• Women in France to take to streets for Sakine, Fidan, Leyla 

  Women’s organisations in France called for participation in the actions to be held on 8 January for three revolutionary Kurdish women who were slaughtered in Paris in 2013, saying, “France is guilty as long as justice remains in darkness!”
• Women on their way to Izmir as trial of killer of Deniz Poyraz opens tomorrow 

  The trial of Onur Gencer, the killer of Deniz Poyraz, will open tomorrow, Wednesday, in Izmir. Women from all over the country set out to attend the trial.
• 516 days without news about Zeyneb Jalaliyan  

  There has been no news for 516 days about Zeyneb Jalaliyan, an ill prisoner held in Yazd prison in Iran.
• Women expanding the resistance against patriarchal mentality are targeted by hegemonic forces 

  Kurdish activist Rihan Loqo defined the silence in the face of crimes and right violations against women as a complicity in crimes and urged all women in the world to enhance the struggle.
• Stories of female prisoners to be published 

  NGOs and language organisations in Amed decided to publish the stories written by female prisoners.
• Jineology Academy publishes the book "Historical foundations and future of the women's revolution" 

  North and East Syria Jineology Academy introduced the book "Historical foundations and future of the women's revolution".
• Deposed mayor of Dersim sentenced to ten years in prison 

  In the reopened case against Nurhayat Altun, the deposed mayor of Dersim has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment for membership of a terrorist organisation. An appeal against her imprisonment is pending before the ECtHR.
• 68 women's organisations call for the release of Aysel Tuğluk 

  68 women's rights organizations released a joint statement about the deteriorating health condition of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) former MP Aysel Tuğluk, who is in Kocaeli Prison.
• Kongreya Star delegation visits South Kurdistan 

  A delegation of the Northeast Syrian women's association Kongreya Star visited women's organisations in South Kurdistan.
• Peace Mothers march in Mardin against isolation and deaths in Turkish prisons 

  Peace mothers marched in the province of Mardin against the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and increasing deaths in Turkey’s prisons.
• Rewşen Mardin: Those responsible for Gezer’s death will be held accountable 

  Those responsible for the death of Garibe Gezer in a Turkish prison will be held accountable, says Rewşen Mardin of the KJK.
• Kurdish women in France demonstrate for sick prisoners in Turkey 

  In view of the dramatic situation for sick political prisoners in Turkey, the Kurdish Women's Movement in France (TJK-F) has appealed to the public and politicians for more commitment.
• PAJK: We promise to take revenge for comrades who died in prison 

  The PAJK Coordination said in a statement on the prisoners who died in jail, "We are giving our pledge to our people and our comrades in prison to take their revenge by raising our revolutionary people's war against the enemy."
• HDP: Kurdish political prisoner Gezer died in prison after publicising her severe torture 

  The HDP Women's Assembly said that Kurdish political prisoner Gezer died in prison after publicising her severe torture.
• Men kill two women in Urfa and Şırnak 

  Two women were murdered in Haliliye, Urfa and Bahçelievler in Şırnak.
• Aysel Tuğluk: Memory and Resistance 

  The imprisoned politician Aysel Tuğluk is one of the Kurdish women who resist state oppression and the norms and gender roles imposed on them by the patriarchal system in all areas of life.
• Kongra Star: There is torture and rape in Turkish state prisons 

  The Kongra Star Rojava Coordination called attention to the death of Garibe Gezer and underlined the presence of torture and rape in Turkish state’s prisons.
• HDP women call for an end to Turkey's enemy criminal law 

  The female HDP deputies spoke out at a press conference in Ankara on the unexplained death of Garibe Gezer in prison and the state of health of imprisoned Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk.
• Women take to the streets for Garibe Gezer and Aysel Tuğluk 

  After the death of Kurdish political prisoner Garibe Gezer in a maximum security prison in Turkey, hundreds of angry activists from the Istanbul platform “Women are strong together” took to the streets on Friday evening.
• TJK-E calls for broad participation in protests for Öcalan on 11 December 

  The Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe calls for broad participation in the demonstration to be held on December 11 for the freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• HDP calls for the immediate release of Aysel Tuğluk whose condition deteriorates 

  The HDP Women's Council demands the immediate release of the Kurdish politician and lawyer Aysel Tuğluk, who has been imprisoned for five years and whose health condition is increasingly deteriorating.
• Alliance of Women comes to life in Kurdistan Region  

  In Hewler, a large number of women’s organisations and many women activists announced the formation of the Alliance of Women in the Kurdistan Region.