CENTRAL NEWS Pope Francis accepted the resignation of the bishop who concealed sexual abuse. The bishop of Limeira, Brazil, who resigned, was allegedly defending a priest who was sexually abused. Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of Catholics, has accepted the resignation of Brazilian bishop Vilson Dias de Oliveira, who is...
AMED Located in the Rezed town of Amed, Koşuyolu Park has been closed for 20 days with barriers. The action of the mothers in front of the old flour mill in front of Koşuyolu Park is on its 19th day. In spite of all the intimidation policies of the occupying...
CENTRAL NEWS “Turkey is incarcerating its academics!” This is what Tuna Altınel (Claude Bernard University of Lyon 1, France) wrote to the European solidarity networks on 8 May 2019, as Füsun Üstel was taken into prison in Eskişehir. A political science professor from Galatasaray University, Füsun Üstel is one of...
MARSIELLES The annual forum of ‘World Languages That Are on The Verge of Extinction’ was organized in Marseilles, southern France. The Kurdish language and culture was also introduced in the forum. İbrahim Seydo joined Aydoğan and gave a presentation on the Kurdish language, culture and history. The event featured a...
ATHENS In Greece's capital, Athens, a North Kurdistan-Turkey Cooperation Platform held a commemoration for the Martyrs of May. The event which was held at the National Technical University, was attended by hundreds of people. The commemoration started with the reading of the platform message. The message pointed out the ongoing...
BEHDINAN We start to hear a hum as we walk on the green paths. Spring has sprung, as all around us mother nature explodes into green we are cut off by streams rushing to the valleys from high in the mountains. We think the humming could be the sound of...
DARMSTADT - “Not hunger but silence kills“ is the motto for which the Kurdish young women want to gain attention. In order to enlighten the critical situation of the hunger strike and the Death Fast, today Jinên Ciwan ên Azad (Kurdish Young Women’s Movement) and JXK (Jinên Xwendekar ên Kurdistan,...
MARSIELLE Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger activists in Marseille, organized an action to draw attention to the isolation of Peoples Leader Abdullah Öcalan and to hunger strike actions. The Youth drew attention to hunger strike action which has now been going on for 192 days with Leyla Guven as the pioneer. The...
BITLIS Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visited Ahlat district of Bitlis last year and announced that they would be constructing a Presidential Mansion there. The construction broke ground last month. The Presidential Mansion is being built on 32 acres of land along the Van Lake, and is rampant with damage to...
PARIS Hyaric visited Özdemir and the three other hunger strikers at the the Turkish Association of Migrant Workers (ACTIT) and listened to the latest information about the hunger strike and death fast resistance in Turkey, Kurdistan and Europe. During the visit, Hyaric said he was upset because the French public opinion...