October 28, 2025
2025-10-28T23:29:59+00:00 Shafaq News – Erbil In Qaysariyah Market, Erbil’s oldest marketplace, Kurdish entrepreneur Hangaw Majid has launched a cafe featuring a distinctive design that merges Italian architecture with traditional Kurdish elements inspired by the region’s ...
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of former HDP Member of Parliament and politician Hüda Kaya, who had been sentenced to 1.5 years in prison. The decision, approved by the appellate court, was ...
The whereabouts of Farzad Mardoukhi, a former detainee of the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Woman, Life, Freedom) uprising, remain unknown 28 days after his arrest in Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network ...
Several Yazidi women’s organizations sent a joint letter to the Council of Europe demanding that Abdullah Öcalan be granted his “Right to Hope” and that the Turkish state take steps in line with the rulings ...
A two-day workshop for Kurdish media professionals from Europe took place in the Netherlands. Representatives from television stations, news agencies, newspapers, and digital platforms came together for the media workshop to discuss the challenges, working ...
The spiritual leader of the Druze community, Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, stated that their demands for Suwayda are based on “full independence,” saying that the right of the people of Suwayda to determine their own destiny ...
According to official figures, there are still around 3,000 mined areas in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Since 1992, these have killed or injured more than 13,500 people, according to a statement made by ...
In coordinated house raids in Istanbul and Antalya, police detained at least 15 people, including members of the socialist party ESP. ANF NEWS DESK Tuesday, 28 October 2025, 13:49 At least 15 people were taken ...
German philosopher Hans Jörg Sandkühler and Tunisian philosopher Fathi Triki sent messages of support to the DEM Party for the Peace and Democratic Society Process in Turkey. German philosopher Hans Jörg Sandkühler’s message included the ...
After the decision by the Kurdish Freedom Movement, approved by Abdullah Öcalan, to withdraw its guerrilla forces beyond Turkey’s borders, the second phase of the “Peace and Democratic Society” process has begun. This historic step, ...



