Kurdish PKK group to disband, ending 40-year armed struggle with Türkiye
Recent regional developments are believed to have shaped the party’s decision to dissolve, above all, the new political dynamics in Syria after the fall of Al-Assad.
Turkish journalist Merdan Yanardağ arrested for criticizing government’s treatment of Abdullah Ocalan
Merdan Yanardağ, a prominent Turkish television journalist, was arrested after he criticized Turkish authorities for not allowing Ocalan to meet his family members and his lawyer
Turkey sentences former Kurdish parliamentarian to 22 years in prison
Güven has been vocal about the plight of Kurdish people.
Former Kurdish parliamentarian Leyla Güven sentenced to over 22 years in jail
Leyla Güven, a former member of parliament, was tried and sentenced for her alleged membership of the banned Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) and on the charge of disseminating “terrorist propaganda”
Turkey halts offensive in northeast Syria after deal with Russia
As per the Russia-Turkey agreement, Russian and Turkish forces will jointly patrol the 120-km region between Ras al-Ain and Tal Abyad while Kurdish YPG units will move 30 km away from the border
Around the World in 8 Minutes: Episode 27
Peoples Dispatch takes a look into the Argentinian feminist movement for legal abortion and the victory of Kurdish hunger strikers. Also, we report on the teachers’ strike in New Zealand.
Kurdish hunger strike ends in victory
After successfully breaking the isolation of political prisoner Abdullah Öcalan, Kurdish activists have ended their hunger strike
Thousands of Kurds continue hunger strike in support of Abdullah Öcalan
It’s been 199 days since MP Leyla Güven began her hunger strike demanding an end to the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan, and Kurds from around the world have joined the protest in solidarity.
Around the World in 8 Minutes: Episode 13
In this episode we look into death of Kurdish political prisoner Zülküf Gezen, Aurat Azadi March in Pakistan and Venezuelan opposition’s attempt to occupy consulate building in United States.
Kurdish hunger striker Zülküf Gezen takes his life, police attack funeral
Thousands of Kurdish leaders and militants have been on a hunger strike to demand an end to the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, incarcerated on the Imrali island prison for the past 20 years
15,000 take to the streets in Paris in memory of murdered Kurdish activists
Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan (Rojbîn) and Leyla Saylemez were killed in Paris in 2013. Investigations pointed to the involvement of the Turkish state and its intelligence agency






