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Detained Kobane People Attacked With Tear Gas

Detained Kobane People Attacked With Tear Gas

261 individuals from Kobane who have been detained and kept in a sports complex in Suruç district faced police tear gas as they attempted to break out their captivity. Detainees include around 20 journalists.

13 October 2014 Erol Önderoğlu

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

Kurdish-Iranian Director Sends Letter to PM on Kobane

Kurdish-Iranian Director Sends Letter to PM on Kobane

“Helping out Kobane would also mean helping the humanity,” wrote Kurdish-Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi in his open to letter to PM Davutoğlu.

Curfew in 6 Southeastern Cities

Curfew in 6 Southeastern Cities

6 governors in Turkey's Kurdish-populated cities issued curfew in the following cities/districts until a second notice: Diyarbakır, Batman, Dargeçit, Derik, Kızıltepe, Nusaybin, Mazıdağı and Savur due to clashes between police and demonstrators over the Kobane protests.

Women Protesting "War" Motion Detained on Bosporus Bridge

Women Protesting "War" Motion Detained on Bosporus Bridge

A group of women were detained after blocking Istanbul’s Bosporus Bridge with a banner saying “Parliamentary motion and support to ISIS mean war and massacre of women. You don’t make peace that way”.

2 October 2014 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Watch Duty on the Border With Kobane

Watch Duty on the Border With Kobane

Various NGOs and political parties in Turkey joined a watch-duty to protest the ISIS attacks in Kobane, Syria.

26 September 2014

Scores Cross Border to Kobane For Solidarity

Scores Cross Border to Kobane For Solidarity

HDP deputy Ertuğrul Kürkçü told bianet that scores of people crossed the border for solidarity as ISIS attacks intensified in Kobane.

26 September 2014 Nilay Vardar

Hard to Be Journalist in Kobane, Police Violence Resumes

Hard to Be Journalist in Kobane, Police Violence Resumes

Media professional organizations Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS) and DİSK-affiliated Basın-İş condemned the intervention of police forces to media workers in Suruç and Kobane.

25 September 2014

“The Government Doesn’t Partner Up on Humanitarian Aids”

“The Government Doesn’t Partner Up on Humanitarian Aids”

HDP’s Urfa province deputy İbrahim Ayhan told bianet that their request to make a joint aid campaign with the local governor’s office officials and AFAD has been rejected, saying that their is an urgent need for food and tents.

25 September 2014 Nilay Vardar

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