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US: We couldn’t Determine Perpetrator of Ankara Attack

US: We couldn’t Determine Perpetrator of Ankara Attack

US has responded to the claim made by Davutoğlu and Erdoğan that the attack killing 28, wounding 61 has been launched by YPG: “We couldn’t determine perpetrator of the Ankara attack”.

19 February 2016

PYD Co-Chair Müslim: Kurds in No Way Related to Ankara Attack

PYD Co-Chair Müslim: Kurds in No Way Related to Ankara Attack

PYD Co-Chair Salih Müslim has noted that they were in no way related to the attack in Ankara killing 28 persons and has denied Davutoğlu’s statement.

18 February 2016

Tell Rifaat Seized by Syrian Democratic Forces

Tell Rifaat Seized by Syrian Democratic Forces

YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces has achieved dominance in Tell Rifaat 24 km away from Turkey-Syria border.

16 February 2016

‘Turkey’s Allying with Saudi Arabia is Eclipse of Reason’

HDP SPOKESPERSON BİLGEN

‘Turkey’s Allying with Saudi Arabia is Eclipse of Reason’

HDP Spokesperson Bilgen has said, “You cannot get involved in some other country against its will other than [providing] humanitarian aid” as to Turkey’s call on PYD to withdraw from Azaz”.

15 February 2016 Beyza Kural

EU Urges Turkey to Cease Attacks

EU Urges Turkey to Cease Attacks

European Union has called on Turkey to cease attacks against YPG. Holland has noted that that everybody had to stick to the plan.

15 February 2016

YPG: We haven’t Fired Single Bullet on Turkey

YPG: We haven’t Fired Single Bullet on Turkey

YPG official spokesperson Xelîl has refuted Turkey’s claim that it has “retaliated against YPG’s attacks”: “Not a single bullet has been shot over four years from YPG’s side on Turkey”.

15 February 2016

Salih Müslim: We Will not Cross into West of Euphrates Without Coalition

Salih Müslim: We Will not Cross into West of Euphrates Without Coalition

PYD Co-Chair Müslim said YPG forces will not cross into west of the Euphrates without the coordination of US-led coalition.

11 February 2016

Aziz Güler’s Body Crosses Border

Aziz Güler’s Body Crosses Border

Body of Aziz Güler who lost his life fighting against ISIS in Rojava and being kept waited for two months was taken to Urfa today.

19 November 2015

Joint Statement by Armenians, Assyrians against PYD

Joint Statement by Armenians, Assyrians against PYD

18 Christian institutions by joint statement have accused PYD and YPG of violating human rights, seizing private property, recruiting by force, imposing tax unlawfully, and intervening in curriculum of churches.

5 November 2015

Demirtaş Responds Davutoğlu’s PYD Statement

Demirtaş Responds Davutoğlu’s PYD Statement

In response to Prime Minister Davutoğlu’s statement “We hit PYD twice”, Demirtaş has said “Seeing PYD as threat instead of DAİŞ is shame on his part”.

27 October 2015

Funerals of 13 YPG/YPJ Members Delivered to Families

Funerals of 13 YPG/YPJ Members Delivered to Families

Funerals of 13 YPG/YPJ members were delivered to their families while 11 funerals are still being kept in Mürşitpınar border gate, near Syria.

"To Keep Funerals Waiting is Illegal”

"To Keep Funerals Waiting is Illegal”

Funerals of 13 YPG and YPJ members have been kept waiting for 10 days near Habur Border Gate and aren’t allowed to enter Turkey. Officials say it’s the decision of Council of Ministers but the families and lawyers aren’t informed officially.

3 August 2015 Ayça Söylemez

YPG Captures Tell Abyad, ISIS Militants Defect to Turkey

YPG Captures Tell Abyad, ISIS Militants Defect to Turkey

YPG/YPJ, Liwa al Tahrîr and Burkan al Firat unions took back Tell Abyad which is between Jazira and Kobani Cantons from ISIS militants and planted their flags. ISIS militants who defected to Turkey were detained.

PKK’s Conditions For Laying Down Arms Announced

PKK’s Conditions For Laying Down Arms Announced

Bese Hozat, co-leader of PKK’s military wing KCK, announced the conditions for laying down of arms: start of negotiations under Öcalan’s 10 articles, working of Monitoring Council, forming of Truth Commission and a new constitution.

Turkish Military Operation to Historical Tomb in Syria

Turkish Military Operation to Historical Tomb in Syria

Turkish military held an operation to the tomb of Suleyman Shah outside Syria’s Karakozak village in order to bring back the remains of historical figure and 38 active-duty Turkish Army soldiers against the ISIS threat.

23 February 2015

Kobane: the Struggle of Kurdish Women Against Islamic State

Kobane: the Struggle of Kurdish Women Against Islamic State

The international community should support a secular, multi-religious and multi-ethnic Rojava with democratic ambitions, that is a threat for IS and equally for the conservative Islamic government in Turkey. This is democracy in action in the Middle East.

12 November 2014 Necla Açık

In Remembrance of Our Intern Killed in Kobane

In Remembrance of Our Intern Killed in Kobane

Hakan Çelik (25), a former bianet intern in 2013 was killed in defense of Kobane during fight against ISIS. bianet will always remember him with his hard work, smile and warm character.

23 October 2014

Killed in Kobane, Nejat Ağırnaslı Remembered in Istanbul

Killed in Kobane, Nejat Ağırnaslı Remembered in Istanbul

A commemoration march has been organized for Suphi Nejat Ağırnaslı, a sociologist who fought against ISIS and was killed in action in Kobane.

21 October 2014 Mert Onur,Evren Gönül

Nejat Ağırnaslı, Sociologist, Dies in Kobane

Nejat Ağırnaslı, Sociologist, Dies in Kobane

Suphi Nejat Ağırnaslı, a sociology graduate from Turkey’s prestigious Bosporus University, has lost life in Kobane at the age of 30. He was fighting against ISIS with the alias Paramaz Kızılbaş.

13 October 2014

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