Medya News Podcast

Listen our Daily Review: Turkish and US Presidents could meet to discuss issues including Ukraine and Syria, Finland rejects several extradition requests from Turkey, cholera outbreak reported in Syria, plus more.

The UK’s Solidarity Economy Association (SEA) is launching a series of online conversations with radical grass-roots solidarity economy organisations across the world - each one on a different continent, with contributions from North and South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. The series, entitled 'Conversations with Game-changers: Solidarity Economy Strategies for a New and Bett...

Listen our Daily Review: Demirtaş calls for resolution of Turkish/Kurdish conflict, Istanbul ecologists call for action on deforestation, Sevînaz Evdîkê discusses influence of Yılmaz Güney, Elderly Kurdish woman released from prison, plus more.

Watch our Daily Review: RiseUp4Rojava asks for gas mask donations for Kurdish fighters defending against Turkey’s chemical attacks in Northern Iraq, report on Turkish recruited mercenaries in Syria, Aslı Erdoğan calls Nûdem Durak's imprisonment by Turkey ‘repressive.’

Environmental activists in Diyarbakir have called for there to be a march to Mount Cudi this month in order to protest the forest fires which have been occurring there, which many believe to be an intentional part of anti-Kurdish policy. In camp al-Hol in North and East Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces have rescued a young Yezidi woman who had been held captive by ISIS for eight years. A report...

Following the Turkish drone strike on August 18th which targeted a UN-sponsored girls school in North and East Syria, a fifth girl has been pronounced dead from her injuries. Greece prepares for increased tensions with Turkey leading up to the 2023 Turkish elections, as President Erdoğan slips in the polls. In Chile, a newly proposed progressive constitution was overwhelmingly rejected by voters....

Listen ur Daily Review: Turkish state's disrespect for fallen Kurdish guerrilla fighters, Mardin's governor claims it was a mistake that police fatally shot a Kurdish man, HDP Deputy's lawyers say her arrest charges were co-ordinated by Interior Minister Soylu to play out as a media spectacle.

Listen our Daily Review: Kurds celebrate Peace Day in Turkey, Saleh Muslim comments on the case of Shamima Begum, Turkish police assault 'Peace Mothers' during protest, plus more.

Since 2011 and the beginning of what was then known as the Syrian Revolution, coming on the tail-end of the Arab spring, the Kurds of North and East Syria began to organise and came together with other ethnic and religious communities living in the region to organise themselves according to their own needs based on a localised representative democracy, throwing off years of brutally oppressive rul...

Listen our Daily Review: Demonstrations in Kobane protest Turkey’s escalating aggression, Ali Rıza Arslan received his sons remains in a plastic bag and criticises the Turkish state’s disrespect for the dead, Kurdistan expert Geerdink compares the Tamils and Kurds.

Listen our Daily Review: 13 dead as security forces clash with supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad, Human Rights Watch reports on pre-emptive arrests in Iraqi Kurdistan protests, Human Rights Lawyer says Yazidi Genocide survivors still waiting for justice, plus more.

Listen our Daily Review: KCK co-chair discusses opposition approach to secure Kurdish votes in 2023 Turkish elections, Turkish shells struck northern Aleppo, Turkish drone kills refugee in Makhmour, court unceremoniously returns bones of Kurdish man to family.

Listen our Daily Review for how Turkey is signaling possible reconciliation with Syria and rapprochement with Israel, how the Syrian Democratic Forces arrested 27 ISIS members and a cargo ship rescued a boatload of Kurds from Greek waters, and how child deaths are rising in North and East Syria.

Listen our Daily Review: AANES official discusses developments between Erdoğan and Assad, Turkish government offers relatives of crash victims 50,000 lira, Turkish-Russian patrols recommence in NE Syria, plus more.

'Could it be the case, that desperate to establish its so-called ‘safe-zone,’ Turkey is now willing to work with the Assad regime, potentially betraying its allies in Syrian opposition groups, in order to accomplish its goal? If discussions between Ankara and Damascus continue how will the Turkish-backed groups respond, and what agreements might they reach concerning the Autonomous Administration...

It is my great pleasure to welcome back to Medya News, Ferhan Sterk, the director of the 13th London Kurdish Film Festival which is heralding a very welcome and triumphant return to the physical big screens of London, after two years of online editions of this legendary and popular festival. No matter how we enjoy watching our films online or on film streaming services I think everyone can agree t...

Listen our Daily Review: Russian Foreign Minister condemns Turkey’s intentions to once again invade North and East Syria, in Sweden a refugee threatened with deportation goes on hunger strike, in Tel Rifaat Turkish drones kill three civilians and injure six.

Listen our Daily Review: 121 NGOs call on UN intervention to halt Turkey's incursion into Syria, Turkish Defence Minister says Turkish operation into North and East Syria has already begun, mining in Euphrates basin threatens ecosystems, plus more.

Listen our Daily Review: Hunger strikes protest ill-treatment of prisoners in Turkey, Demirtaş says HDP is inclusive alternative to ruling AKP, a new play, ‘The Cell Without Night’ is based on Abdullah Öcalan, a “chain of negligence” causes traffic fatalities in Turkey.

On Friday, Turkey’s President Erdogan stated that Turkey does not desire the defeat of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, but wants a political solution for the region. On Saturday 35 people were killed and 57 injured in two separate traffic accidents in Turkey’s south-eastern areas. Also, the United Nations expressed their concern surrounding the rise of Turkish attacks and civilian casualties in...

A new play, ‘The Cell Without Night’, explores the experiences and political thought of Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdish liberation movement imprisoned since 1999 by the Turkish government. During his long detention, Öcalan has been held in conditions amounting to torture and condemned by international rights organisations and monitors. At the same time, he has developed a unique politic...

Carne Ross, ex UK diplomat speaks to Mark Campbell about his journey from seasoned diplomat to anarchist and comments on the diplomatic complexities surrounding Turkey's attacks on NE Syria.

Listen our Daily Review: detained journalist writes from prison, HDP spokesperson criticises AKP appointed trustees, former French FM warns of new Turkish operation, Progressive International speaks with Medya News, plus more.

A Turkish airstrike targeted military locations near the town of Kobane in North and East Syria, resulting in several causalities, political prisoner HDP member Mukaddes Kubilay is denied parole, Kurdish art is featured by academic Shilad Fuad Hussain, plus more.

Much like the Kurdish liberation movement, the organisation Progressive International (PI) believes in and advocates for an internationalist approach to tackling global issues of social justice and liberation. PI was founded in December 2018 to unite international progressive political parties and movements, following a call by the Democracy in Europe Movement and the Bernie Sanders Institute. Its...