Editorial

In Kurdistan to be Kurdish was banned, to be Kurdish was made to be a source of shame. This for women meant no identity and deeper exploitation of labour; persecution and violence had become fate. Kurdistan is multi-colonial. Kurdistan is not a state, but it is proud to be the...

Family, State and Society Approach to Child Abuse On January 27, 1995, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is signed by the Republic of Turkey.  The approach of the State to child abuse, let alone preventing the abuse; the state conceals it, punishing the child who...

“Childhood is something like the sky, It goes nowhere.” – Edip Cansever Child abuse is a social issue that affects all of us. In our country, in families, schools, health institutions, prisons; sexual abuse can be seen everywhere. Although the topic of child abuse has only come to the agenda...

In Turkey’s recent history, “Gezi” is the most important resistance movement triggered by environmental questions. The Beginning  On a politically tense background, the last drop overfills the cup, and this drop is Gezi. From City Hall, the government announces an urban project for Taksim. The problem is, among other things,...

Sema Yuce was born in the village of Qerqelik (Karagalik) in the Duxet (Tutak) district of Agirî in 1971. She grew up in a family of six, a household dominated by tradition. Sema who was introduced to the Kurdish cause and struggle lived through the complications with the spirit of...

Sark Islahat Plani (Orientation Reform Plan)1925: "Our mission is to make Turkish people in Turkish homeland. We will cut off the elements that will oppose Turkishness and Turkism. The qualities that we will seek in the service of the motherland are, above all, that the man is Turkish and Turkist."...

CENTRAL NEWS Germany had long been a country of refuge for victims of the war in Kurdistan and the people subjected to the tyranny of colonialist states in the region, but this changed in recent years. Now Germany is becoming a country of Turkish asylum seekers fleeing Erdogan’s regime rather...

DISCLAIMER: The defense writings of Ayten Ozturk are heavily traumatizing, and contains explicit content. Turkey’s Guantánamo is a secret torture centre in Ankara, where 27 people have been kidnapped and taken to, via Turkey's Black Transporter. Ayten Öztürk is the first woman known to have been subjected to torture here....

CENTRAL NEWS On May 18, 56 civilians were tortured and detained in the genocidal attacks launched after an alleged clash in the Derto (Dergili) neighborhood of Riha, Xelfeti district. The detainees were first served to the press, handcuffed on the floor. These 56 citizens were then taken to the political...