TURKEY

MEHR, Şırnak, Turkey – In the case of the murdered Shmuni Diril and her missing husband Hirmiz Diril, Turkish law authorities have detained three suspects. Among the suspects is the couple’s relative Apro Diril. According to a tweet by the head of the Şırnak Bar Association Rojhat Dilsiz, today 3…

IZMIR, Turkey — On Thursday, a man stormed the office of pro-minority Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and shot and killed 20-year-old Deniz Poyraz in Izmir. The HDP blamed the killing on a government crackdown that has increased this year. Poyraz had been covering the shift of her mother at the…

ANKARA — After she was sentenced to seven years in prison on charges related to membership in the Islamic State (ISIS), Turkish authorities released former Australian citizen Zehra Duman because “she is the only person able to care for her two children … who are aged under six” despite the…

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA — In an interview conducted by the Media Office of the Sutoro (Syriac Security Forces), “Uncle” Shamoun spoke about the painful memories of the Sayfo Genocide of 1915. The Sayfo Genocide was committed by the Ottoman Empire and allied Kurdish, Arab, and Circassian forces in the…

STRASBOURG — The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which is responsible for overseeing the implementation of judgments issued by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), threatened, for the first time, to initiate disciplinary measures against Turkey due to its failure to implement the order of the…

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA — Regarding the public accusations by Turkish mafia leader Sedat Peker of corruption and criminality at the highest levels of the Turkish government, foreign relations official of the Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) and former Co-Chair of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) Salih Muslim told…

ISTANBUL – Since Turkey’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, the number of cases of femicide in Turkey continues to increase. According to a report by the We Will Stop Femicide Platform (Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu), in the month of May, the rate of male violence and the killing…

BRUSSELS — After placing Ankara under scrutiny last March following the deterioration of human rights and freedoms in the country, the Belgian Parliament announced on Monday that there is no room for Turkey in the European Union. Last month, Belgium called for the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…

ANKARA — The Turkish state is experiencing a stifling economic crisis that has resulted in a rise in unemployment rates and an increase in suicides, according to official reports and statistics. A report of the opposition Republican People’s Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, CHP) revealed that there were 60,000 suicides over…

ANKARA — The latest video released by Turkish mafia leader Sadat Peker revealed that the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent truckloads of weapons and ammunition to terrorist organizations in Syria, including Jabhat al-Nusra through Turkish private defense contractor SADAT. Peker stated that he arranged for military aid…