On October 9, 1998, under international pressure from Turkey and NATO, Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan was forced to leave Syria and embarked on an odyssey through various European countries in pursuit of a peace ...

International intellectuals continue to express their support for the ongoing peace process in Turkey. ANF NEWS DESK Saturday, 11 October 2025, 17:41 William I. Robinson, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa ...

Zeynel Taş, former co-mayor of Bozova district of Urfa, has been released after nine years in prison. He was arrested in 2016 for political activities and sentenced to eleven years in prison. Supporters welcomed him ...

Pervin Buldan, a member of the Imrali Delegation of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), spoke to Medya Haber TV’s Gündem program to discuss current developments. Buldan provided information about the meeting held ...

The international campaign “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, A Political Solution to the Kurdish Question” marked its second anniversary on 10 October. A common message resonated throughout the actions organized in many countries to demand freedom ...

The Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM) released a statement on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). TEV-DEM said that the establishment of the SDF represented a new ...

SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazlum Abdi, who attended the military ceremony organized by YAT to mark the anniversary of the SDF’s founding, said, “A military committee will soon travel to Damascus, and YAT will fight against ISIS ...

The “Peoples, Beliefs and Democratic Coexistence in Mesopotamia Conference,” organized by the Democratic Unity Initiative in Mardin (Mêrdîn), was attended by many people from different beliefs. The themes of the conference focused on peace, democratic ...

The Syrian Interim Government forces once again attacked positions of the Suwayda National Defense Forces. ANF NEWS DESK Saturday, 11 October 2025, 12:46 The Suwayda National Defense Forces said that the interim government forces bombed ...

In the first week of October, women marching from Amed (Diyarbakır) to Ankara concluded their journey on October 7 with a spirited final gathering at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM). Along the way, ...