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Sarah Glynn While the Turkish government persist in portraying this process in terms of ending “terrorism” and creating a “terror free Turkey”, the Kurds describe it as for peace and democracy. The Kurds are clear that without peace there can be no democracy, and that democracy is vital to allow …

In a powerful gesture toward peace, 30 Kurdish guerrillas, half of them women, laid down and destroyed their weapons on July 11, 2025, near a guerrilla base in the Federal Region of Kurdistan, Iraq. 30 Kurdish guerrillas, led by Besê Hozat, co-chair of the KCK Executive Council, laid down and …

Russian regional media publish a plea from mothers, wives and sisters Wives and mothers from two small cities in the Urals, Serov and Severouralsk, came to the media in hopes of raising public awareness regarding the conditions that recently drafted soldiers are facing on the battlefield in the Russian-occupied territories …

    Diyarbakir’s Kurdish community has a long tradition of resistance. Many in the younger generation grew up with images of dead relatives – martyrs from the PKK-Turkey war of the nineties.   By Dominique Soguel DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY — In her flowing dress, leather sandals, and sunglasses, Ozgur Yesha, whose name …

      Photo: Kurds demonstrate in Strasbourg calling for Ocalan’s release, February 2015. Demotix/ Jonathan Rae. All rights reserved. Past experience suggests that this unclarity about the peace process may once again open the door for brutal conflict. Turkey and the Kurds share the aim of ending their long-standing …