Let’s start from the end, not the beginning… After more than an hour and a half of uncertainty in Jasana, the ceremony finally began. As a 30-member group, most carrying Kalashnikovs, descended the steps, casual ...

The retrial of six defendants in connection with the 2020 fireworks factory explosion in Hendek, Sakarya, which left seven workers dead and over 120 injured, continued today at the Sakarya 1st Heavy Penal Court following ...

A controversial legal amendment that effectively removes the weekly rest day for tourism sector workers was officially enacted today following the president’s approval and publication in the Official Gazette. Under the new regulation, tourism workers ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signed a new decree increasing the share of the Unemployment Insurance Fund that can be used for purposes other than direct unemployment payments, according to the Official Gazette published today. ...

The invisible boundaries of our lives are no longer determined by people, but by screens, barcodes, and algorithms. These two texts, written through the lens of a travel experience, are a call to confront and ...

OBSERVATIONS FROM SULAYMANIYAH We wait. Our faces are turned toward the mountain. They will come down through a crack, sit at the table, and make a statement. Everyone is very excited. PKK members led by ...

I left, or more to the point, escaped the UK leaving behind mounting debt. Which was turning my monthly pay packet into crumbs and a house that was falling down likewise. A job in which ...

A delegation of roughly 150 individuals from Turkey, including politicians, lawyers, rights defenders, journalists, and artists, attended the symbolic disarmament ceremony held by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the rural district of Sulaymaniyah in ...

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani has voiced support for the recent symbolic disarmament by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), calling it a potential turning point in the long-running conflict between the group and the Turkish ...

Following Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan’s first ever video message on Jul 9, the group held a symbolic disarmament ceremony today. The ceremony took place at Şikefta Caseneyê caves, a symbolically important location ...