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bianet Diyarbakır muhabiri (Şubat 2024-Mayıs 2025). Çalışmalarını ağırlıklı olarak Diyarbakır ve çevresindeki Kürt illerinde sürdürüyor. Meslek hayatında, Gazete Duvar, MLSA, 5Harfliler, Kadın İşçi, 9. Köy...

bianet Diyarbakır muhabiri (Şubat 2024-Mayıs 2025). Çalışmalarını ağırlıklı olarak Diyarbakır ve çevresindeki Kürt illerinde sürdürüyor. Meslek hayatında, Gazete Duvar, MLSA, 5Harfliler, Kadın İşçi, 9. Köy ve Fikir Gazetesi gibi pek çok platformda haberleriyle yer aldı. Dicle Fırat Gazeteciler Derneği'nde (DFG) medya ve basın sorumlusu olarak görev aldı. Bağımsız gazetecilik anlayışını benimsiyor; kadın emeği, insan hakları ve toplumsal adalet gibi konulara odaklanıyor.

Defending life against mining: 17 years of resistance in Hesandin Highland

Defending life against mining: 17 years of resistance in Hesandin Highland

Six villages in the Kulp district of Diyarbakır have been defending the Hesandin Highland against mining companies and the state's security policies since 2008. Villagers speaking to bianet say that road construction, under the pretext of establishing a military base, is actually being carried out to secure mining activities.

Kurds celebrate Newroz in Diyarbakır with massive attendance

Kurds celebrate Newroz in Diyarbakır with massive attendance

Every Newroz has been a bittersweet time for us, a time we’ve wished for peace. Today, we renew that hope. We want to live in freedom and democratic peace,” says one participant.

Q&A with Salih Muslim on Syrian Kurds' deal with Damascus: 'We'll not give up our gains'

Q&A with Salih Muslim on Syrian Kurds' deal with Damascus: 'We'll not give up our gains'

"What we primarily seek to implement is radical democracy. Our main goal is to strengthen local administrations within a decentralized system," says the Kurdish politician.

Women's Day marked in Diyarbakır with message from Öcalan

Women's Day marked in Diyarbakır with message from Öcalan

Peace was a central theme in this year’s celebrations in the Kurdish city, where Women's Day was marked for the first time in eight years under elected mayors rather than government-appointed trustees.

Besra's home

BEHIND THE CURTAIN: FİSKAYA

Besra's home

"In Fiskaya, every house has curtains. What would you even show off? A meal without meat on the table? The bruises from a beating? Or the crumbling walls of the house? Sure, our homes have great views, but inside, there’s nothing left but poverty.”

Yeliz's home

BEHIND THE CURTAIN: BENUSEN

Yeliz's home

Poverty chases women. A roof over their heads… Beneath it, a house with a stove, endless chores, and a smoking chimney. And a curtain that turns any house into a home.

How Öcalan's call for PKK's disbandment echoed in Diyarbakır

How Öcalan's call for PKK's disbandment echoed in Diyarbakır

After Öcalan’s long-awaited call, the people of Diyarbakır left the square with mixed emotions. The early Newroz excitement had given way to a sense of *bittersweet joy* and *uncertainty.*

28 February 2025

Lara Dizeyee: A Kurdish fashion designer on the global stage

Lara Dizeyee: A Kurdish fashion designer on the global stage

Bringing Kurdish cultural heritage to the global stage with modern touches, fashion designer Lara Dizeyee aims to make Kurdish women's voices heard, honor their strength and introduce their colorful culture to the world.

28 January 2025

Questions remain unanswered in Rojin Kabaiş’s death

Questions remain unanswered in Rojin Kabaiş’s death

Although 85 days have passed since Rojin Kabaiş’s death, her hour of death has still not been determined, and it is still not known how she was swept 24 kilometres, where the yellow slipper she was wearing is and to whom the two different DNA samples traced on her remains belong to.

Second hearing in Narin Güran case begins

Second hearing in Narin Güran case begins

Witnesses heard at the second hearing of the Narin Güran case, the 8-year-old child murdered in Diyarbakır.

26 December 2024

'I spent 30 years in prison imagining becoming a free poet'

'I spent 30 years in prison imagining becoming a free poet'

Kurdish poet İlhan Sami Çomak, 51, was freed last week after serving 30 years in prison.

3 December 2024

‘Trustee policies are degrading the ruling power, not the Kurdish movement’

‘Trustee policies are degrading the ruling power, not the Kurdish movement’

Kurdish women politicians reflect on the takeover of municipalities in Kurdish cities.

7 November 2024

Protests in Kurdish cities after removal of mayors

Protests in Kurdish cities after removal of mayors

DEM Party supporters protested the replacemrnt of the mayors in Batman, Mardin and Urfa.

4 November 2024

What is ‘jin, jiyan, azadî’?

What is ‘jin, jiyan, azadî’?

Kurdish politicians Sebahat Tuncel, Gültan Kışanak, and Ayla Akat, explain how the slogan “jin, jiyan, azadî” emerged, the source of its unifying power, and attempts to criminalize it.

19 October 2024

Narin Güran’s mother, brother remanded in custody, father released

Narin Güran’s mother, brother remanded in custody, father released

Eight suspects have been arrested and 13 have been released, including three under judicial supervision measures.

13 September 2024

Court arrests confessor in Narin Güran murder case

Court arrests confessor in Narin Güran murder case

The confessor had initially admitted to disposing of the 8-year-old child's body in a sack in a stream in exchange for money. He has been remanded in custody for participating in the murder.

10 September 2024

Suspect confesses to dumping Narin Güran's body in creek for money

Suspect confesses to dumping Narin Güran's body in creek for money

The eight-year-old child’s body was found in a creek after she went missing in Diyarbakır on Aug 21.

9 September 2024

Body of 8-year-old girl found after weeks, family members detained

Body of 8-year-old girl found after weeks, family members detained

The preliminary autopsy report suggests the possibility of death by strangulation. Among the detained are Narin Güran’s parents and older brother.

9 September 2024

‘I was born in Yerevan, I’ll die in Van’

RETURN TO ‘WESTERN ARMENIA’

‘I was born in Yerevan, I’ll die in Van’

Gayane Gevorgyan, an Armenian living in Van, calls for participation in the 12th annual mass at Akhtamar Church: "Every Armenian, no matter where they live in the world, should come to see this place and light a candle at Akhtamar."

6 September 2024

Diyarbakır cafes faced with Islamist attacks over alcohol sale, women's clothing

Diyarbakır cafes faced with Islamist attacks over alcohol sale, women's clothing

The assailants were released after giving statements to the police following the latest attack. A DEM deputy says the attacks are reminiscent of Kurdish Hezbollah, a group responsible for the killing thousands of people in the region during the 1990s.

Women don’t feel safe in earthquake housing in Diyarbakır outskirts

Women don’t feel safe in earthquake housing in Diyarbakır outskirts

Hamide Ayaz, who saw her home demolished during the military conflict in 2015, now confronts significant damage to her new house, financed through installments and debts, after the February earthquakes. While awaiting the completion of earthquake-resistant housing, Ayaz laments, "Now, we find ourselves compelled to live unhappily amid these concrete walls until the end of our days."

10 January 2024