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Crown Imperials Are Blooming in Hakkari Province

Crown Imperials Are Blooming in Hakkari Province

Crown Imperials, an endengered spieces of tulips with 43 types available in Turkey, have bloomed in Hakkari province. Previpusly, authorities pointed the flower as a sign of PKK affiliation.

2 Senior Sergeants Abducted After Gendarmerie Intervention

2 Senior Sergeants Abducted After Gendarmerie Intervention

A PKK-linked group abducted two senior sergeants in the southeastern district of Lice after a gendarmerie intervention on those protesting against new military headquarters in the area.

Mass Grave Foundation to Establish in Diyarbakır

Mass Grave Foundation to Establish in Diyarbakır

Human Right Association (IHD) Diyarbakır Branch is preparing to establish a mass grave foundation - an initiative aimed to form a DNA bank and seek disappeared people as well as deceased PKK members upon family applications.

27 September 2013

Bayık: Turkish State Wants War, We Will Defend Ourselves

Bayık: Turkish State Wants War, We Will Defend Ourselves

KCK Executive Council Co-Chairperson Cemil Bayık said the Turkish state has yet to take a step forward in the democratic peace process and wanted to make war - a situation that will require them to make self-defense.

5 September 2013

KCK: Government Must Take A Step Forward

KCK: Government Must Take A Step Forward

KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency released a statement on the ongoing peace process, saying that Kurdish movement has done for its part but the Turkish government delayed the process by not taking any concrete steps.

HSM: Our Forces Acted According to Withdrawal Process

HSM: Our Forces Acted According to Withdrawal Process

Protesting PM Erdoğan's claims on “Withdrawal is about 20 percent complete”, HSM, one of PKK's wings released a declaration saying that “their forces fully respected the withdrawal procedures and are still in the process of doing so”.

Öcalan: Process Can’t Continue Unilaterally

Öcalan: Process Can’t Continue Unilaterally

“My brother told me that the process can’t continue unilaterally and both parties required to take steps towards resolution,” Mehmet Öcalan said. Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyers also submitted requests to meet their client.

Clashes in Roboski

Clashes in Roboski

Early this morning, Turkish Armed Forces and PKK have engaged in a series of clashes outside the southeastern border village of Roboski.

KCK, PKK, HPG Declare Ceasefire

KCK, PKK, HPG Declare Ceasefire

KCK Executive Council Chair Murat Karayılan declared an official ceasefire with Turkey yesterday, adding that they were ready to withdraw from Turkey depending on Turkish administration's response to the ongoing peace efforts.

Şemdinli District Speaks Up on Peace Process

Şemdinli District Speaks Up on Peace Process

Local business owners, lawyers, politicians of Şemdinli - a far southeastern district where PKK launched its armed campaign in 1984 - spoke up to bianet and expressed their full support on the ongoing peace process.

20 March 2013 Azer Demir

Kidnapped Personnel Returned

Kidnapped Personnel Returned

The public servants who had been kidnapped by the PKK have been handed over to a delegation. After meeting with their families in Zaho, they have entered Turkey from Habur.

PKK's Captives Interviewed

PKK's Captives Interviewed

Firat News Agency has released a series of interviews with 8 state workers - including Turkish army officers, prospective governor and policeman - who are being held as captives by PKK since 2011.

Kışanak: PKK Will Release State Officers

Kışanak: PKK Will Release State Officers

"We have met KCK Executive Secretary Murat Karayılan in Qandil Mountain who pledged the release of Turkish state officers captured in 2011," Peace and Democracy Party Co-Chairperson Kışanak said.

10 Associations Face Closure Trial in Van Province

10 Associations Face Closure Trial in Van Province

A chief prosecutor has filed closure lawsuits on 10 local associations in Van province, charging them for their linkages with PKK.

28 February 2013

3 Kurdish Deputies to Visit Öcalan

PEACE TALKS

3 Kurdish Deputies to Visit Öcalan

Justice Ministry has announced that Kurdish deputies Selahattin Demirtaş, Pervin Buldan and Ahmet Türk will meet PKK leader Öcalan for the second row of peace talks between Turkey and PKK.

18 February 2013

3 Female Kurdish Politicians Found Dead in Paris

3 Female Kurdish Politicians Found Dead in Paris

3 Female Kurdish politicians including PKK co-founder Sakine Cansız and Kurdish National Congress Paris representative Fidan Doğan, were found dead in the Kurdish Information Office in Paris last night. Peace and Democracy Party condemned the murders. While AKP government suggested that it was an internal dispute of PKK, PKK Europe secretary Zübeyir Aydar held the Turkish "deep state" responsible for the killings.

10 January 2013

2 Journalists Detained in Istanbul

2 Journalists Detained in Istanbul

Istanbul police raided several locations this morning, detaining 41 individuals including two journalists from Evrensel and Özgür Gündem newspapers.

10 December 2012

5 Troops Killed in Şemdinli

5 Troops Killed in Şemdinli

Armed clashes in southeastern Turkey left 5 Turkish Army troops dead and 1 wounded.

19 November 2012

General Staff: 88 Troops, 373 PKK Militants Die in 2012

General Staff: 88 Troops, 373 PKK Militants Die in 2012

The Turkish General Staff announced that 373 militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) had died as a consequence of military operations during the past six months, while 88 troops also lost their lives within a period of nine months.

13 September 2012

Children of War Shaken and Overwhelmed in Şırnak

CLASHES IN KURDISTAN

Children of War Shaken and Overwhelmed in Şırnak

Following the fierce clashes that took place between government forces and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Şırnak over the weekend, Fırat Ataman, a native of the district Beytüşşebap, told bianet that children of the town were overwhelmed by the experience of war.

5 September 2012 Ayça Söylemez

“The AKP Could Never Internalize Democracy”

PROF. MEHMET ALTAN

“The AKP Could Never Internalize Democracy”

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has increasingly come to view an authoritarian approach to politics as a solution to its own failures, renowned journalist and writer Prof. Mehmet Altan told bianet.

31 August 2012 Ekin Karaca

Police Detain Four Suspects After Deadly Gaziantep Blast

Police Detain Four Suspects After Deadly Gaziantep Blast

Law enforcement officials took four suspects under custody in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa in connection with Monday’s lethal blast in neighboring Gaziantep that killed nine people and injured 69 more. Rioting mobs also attacked the offices of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) once more in Gaziantep yesterday evening.

PKK Denies Involvement in Deadly Blast in Gaziantep

PKK Denies Involvement in Deadly Blast in Gaziantep

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) denied it had any involvement in Monday’s deadly blast in the southeastern province of Gaziantep that killed nine people and injured 69. The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and human rights organizations also condemned the incident.

Scores of Militants, Troops Die in Clashes in Hakkari

MILITARY OPERATIONS IN FULL SWING

Scores of Militants, Troops Die in Clashes in Hakkari

Two specialist sergeants died and one soldier was injured after members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) detonated a roadside bomb in the southeastern province of Hakkari. Another troop and 15 PKK militants also lost their lives during a military operation in the area.

Prosecutor Launches Probe into PKK, BDP Encounter

Prosecutor Launches Probe into PKK, BDP Encounter

The Chief Prosecutor’s Office in the eastern province of Van launched a probe into an encounter between members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) who were conducting a road check in the southeastern province of Hakkari and a delegation of politicians, including certain members of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP.)

PKK Releases Opposition Deputy Hüseyin Aygün

PKK Releases Opposition Deputy Hüseyin Aygün

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) released Hüseyin Aygün, a deputy of the main opposition People’s Republican Party (CHP) who was kidnapped on Sunday.

Interior Ministry Bans Pro-PKK Demonstrations on Aug. 15

Interior Ministry Bans Pro-PKK Demonstrations on Aug. 15

The Ministry of Interior issued a ban on all demonstrations in the southeastern province of Siirt on the eve of the 28th anniversary of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) first armed raid on Aug. 15, 1984. A commemoration will nonetheless be held in Diyarbakır.

PKK Kidnaps Opposition Deputy Hüseyin Aygün

PKK Kidnaps Opposition Deputy Hüseyin Aygün

Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) kidnapped Hüseyin Aygün, a deputy of the main opposition People’s Republican Party (CHP,) in the southeastern province of Tunceli (Dersim) on Sunday, sparking fierce criticism from nearly all quarters.

13 August 2012 Nilay Vardar

Displaced Villagers Unwilling to Return for Fear of More Clashes

CLASHES IN KURDISTAN

Displaced Villagers Unwilling to Return for Fear of More Clashes

The Governor’s Office in the southeastern province of Hakkari announced the end of some of the most fierce clashes in recent times between government forces and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK,) but villagers displaced by the conflict are unwilling to return back to their homes for fear of more violence to come.

A Name That Lives On With A War That Never Yields

NİLAY VARDAR REPORTS

A Name That Lives On With A War That Never Yields

As intense fighting between government forces and militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) continue unabated in the southeastern province of Hakkari, bianet reporter Nilay Vardar has travelled to the heart of the conflict zone to relate the developments there which mainstream media has given only superficial coverage to.

8 August 2012 Nilay Vardar

77,5 Years of Imprisonment to Peace Group

77,5 Years of Imprisonment to Peace Group

Seven members of Peace Group that came from Khabur border gate on October, 2009 are sentenced to 77,5 years of imprisonment in total. 2 members of PKK are sentenced to 30 years; five people coming from Mahmur camp are sentenced to 47,5 years.

"Investigating alleged Use of Chemical Weapons"

HAKKARI IHD

"Investigating alleged Use of Chemical Weapons"

The Hakkari Branch of the Human Rights Association investigates allegations regarding the use of chemical weapons in the Kazan Valley. Branch chair Akbulut said they took samples from the region for an analysis. They also found body parts which they sent to the prosecution.

2 November 2011 Yüce Yöney