Umut Ali Adalı

Umut Ali Adalı

Okuyor, yazıyor, bazen de muhabirlik yapıyor, aslen fizikçi.

Digital intolerance to Kurdish in Turkey

Digital intolerance to Kurdish in Turkey

When I saw that “Newroz Park” has been replaced by “Nevruz Park”, its Turkish equivalent, even in the digital signboards of busses, I said to myself, “Indeed, one can apparently be anything in Turkey, but a Kurd.”

Tens of thousands gather for Newroz in Diyarbakır

Tens of thousands gather for Newroz in Diyarbakır

The long queues in front of the search points could not hinder the folk dances in Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır’s Bağlar. The streets of the Kurdish-majority province were filled with thousands heading for the celebration site.

Women in Diyarbakır remember imprisoned Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk on Women's Day

Women in Diyarbakır remember imprisoned Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk on Women's Day

Several banners hung in the rally area included the one that read, "Aysel's memory is our memory," in reference to Aysel Tuğluk, an imprisoned Kurdish politician who has been diagnosed with dementia.

We have lost Kalo!

We have lost Kalo!

My consolation is that they “could not intimidate” Yılmaz, they could not kill him; I mean, he was not defeated by the worst of the worst, the cancer of fascism. But the biological one has taken him away from us.

18 January 2022