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DAILY NEWS: Erdoğan's remarks spark anger // Mourning in North and East Syria // MPs call for release of Öcalan // Slavoj Žižek: "His Struggle is my Struggle" //

DAILY NEWS: International campaign for Öcalan // Global campaign kicks off on Tuesday // Syrian Democratic Forces ready to confront Turkey // Turkish President accused of hypocrisy //

DAILY NEWS: Turkish bombardment of North and East Syria kills at least 29 // Death toll exceeds 1000 in Isreal-Palestine clashes // Rome: panel demands freedom for political prisoners // Kurdish Studies Expert: Öcalan must be released to negotiate for peace //

DAILY NEWS: US claims Turkish drone shot-down over northeast Syria // US claims Turkish drone shot-down over northeast Syria // Drone attack on Syrian cadet graduation ceremony kills 100+ // Local and international protests over Turkey's aerial bombing //

Turkey has carried out air strikes on several locations in northern Syria, following an ultimatum by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in response to the bomb attack by the Kurdistan Workers' Party outside the Ministry of Interior building in Ankara on 1 October. The Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, has refuted the allegations made by Turkish officials and expre...

Kurdish girl Armita Garawand, 16, remains in a comatose state after being assaulted by ‘hijab enforcers’, in an incident reminiscent of the death of Jîna Mahsa Amini just over a year ago. The number of people known to have been arrested in operations following the bombing of Turkey's General Directorate of Security in Ankara has reached 124, with Kurdish politicians, activists and refugees among t...

Over 90 individuals are known to have been arrested across Turkey following an attack on the General Directorate of Security, including members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Congress and the Peoples' Democratic Party. Turkish police attacked both journalists and members of the pro-Kurdish Green Left and Peoples’ Democratic Parties during an attempted press conference in Istanbul following...

The armed wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party has conducted an attack in Ankara, described as a warning against the Turkish government’s “isolation policy, chemical weapons and fascist attacks”. Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition Green Left Party subsequently issued an urgent call for change, denouncing what it describes as an authoritarian system that perpetuates conflict, oppression and exclusion...

Daily News: Armenians flee as Artsakh republic (Nagorno-Karabakh) dissolves, Turkey's top court upholds life sentence for Osman Kavala, Kurdish activists call for unity over Öcalan detention, Women's Protection Units (YPJ) frees woman enslaved by ISIS.

DAILY NEWS: PUK President Talabani re-elected: Iraqi Kurdistan // Turkey tops Europe's organised crime index // No justice for Kurdish family slain in 1990s // Film events in Germany, Turkey spotlight Kurdish cinema //

DAILY NEWS: Erdoğan highlights new hopes for F-16 deal // 42,000 Nagorno-Karabakh refugees reach Armenia // Wedding fire kills 144 Iraqi Christians // Lawyers for freedom call for end to Öcalan's isolation //

DAILY NEWS: Historic massacre case threatened by statute of limitations // Thousands flee as tensions escalate in Iraqi Kurdistan // Veteran Kurdish journalist to be buried in northeast Syria // Swedish activists rally against criminalisation of Kurds //

DAILY NEWS: Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia confronts mass displacement // Councils in Kurdistan Region dissolved by Iraqi federal Court // 'Syria, Turkey, Iran aligned against our region': Mazloum Abdi // 'KDP uses Kurdish flag to conceal Turkish occupation': Cemil Bayık //

Daily News: Funeral for Kurdish activist shot dead in Erbil, family of Javad Heidari attacked during memorial, Jina Amini nominated for Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Council of Europe issues Turkey with fresh warning.

DAILY NEWS: Iran passes harsh new 'Hijab and Chastity' law // Iraqi political leaders unite against airport attack // Karasu issues warning over KDP-Turkey ties // UK journalist interrogated over reporting on Kurdish issue //

DAILY NEWS: Turkish President defends actions in Syria, Iraq // Turkey implies responsibility for drone attack // Drone engineer targeted in airport attack // Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire reached //

DAILY NEWS: Suspected-Turkish drone strikes Iraqi Kurdistan // Attack on Kurdish offices in Erbil leaves one dead // Kurdistan Democratic Party accused of complicity with Turkey // Turkish President loses temper on live TV over high-profile detentions //

DAILY NEWS: Iranians mark one year since Jina Amini's death // Rallies across Europe condemn Iranian regime // Turkish attacks intensify in Syria, Iraq // Security risks amid Turkey-PKK clashes //

Daily News: Jina Amini's family vows to commemorate her memory, Syrian organisations call for Turkey to share water resources, US senator calls for de-escalation in northeast Syria, Italian cartoonist Zerocalcare advocates for Kurdish solidarity.

DAILY NEWS: Amnesty international condemns Iranian authorities // Kurdish journalist faces trail // Turkey: writer stands up for Kurdish MP // Activist compares Öcalan, Mandela //

DAILY NEWS: Barzani warns Biden over looming crisis in Iraq's Kurdistan Region // NGOs issue warning over Kurdish journalists arrest // European Parliament report raises concerns over Turkey-Russia ties // Human rights abuses in Turkish-controlled Syria constitute war crimes: UN report //

DAILY NEWS: 43 years since Turkey's 1980 military coup // Crisis as Iran's deadline for Kurdish disarmament approaches // Human Rights violations escalate in Afrin // Iraq warns Iran to refrain from cross-border attacks //

DAILY NEWS: Iran accused of crimes against humanity // Turkish MP stands firm on criticism of military // Ankara 'upset' by US President // Germany hosts 31st Kurdish Cultural Festival //

Daily News: Mazloum Abdi encourages dialogue, Turkish foreign minister's visit linked to Syrian conflict, man released from Turkish prison faces deportation, six Iranian Kurdish parties call for joint protest, Kurdish youth protest chemical weapon use by Turkey.

In 1996, Turkish journalist Fatih Altaylı interviewed Kurdistan Workers' Party Leader Abdullah Öcalan. The full video of the interview was lost as Altayli claimed it would have 'landed his network in hot water', and that the mainstream Kanal D could have faced terrorism charges. A clip of the video has now resurfaced. The Syrian Democratic Forces have released a statement alongside photographic an...