We begin by celebrating the tenth anniversary of the women’s revolution of Rojava, which has shone like a beacon across the world: to the Kurdish people, to all progressive forces of humanity, and to women everywhere. We salute everyone who has played their part, given their all and and in some cases their lives to defend and to nourish this revolution, from the historic Kobane resistance until today. We honour …
After the Turkish Military Intelligence attempted an assassination of Abdullah Ocalan in Syria in 1996, Zilan (Zeynep Kinanci) took the decision to avenge this attempt and to also protest Turkeys brutal war against the Kurdish people in Turkey that was being hidden from the outside world. On 30 June 1996, she walked onto a Turkish military parade, in Dersim, exploding herself and killing about 10 Turkish soldiers. Zilan is a …
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the revolution in Rojava. These are not only ten years of building a democratic and ecological social system in which women’s freedom comes first, but they are also 10 years of constant self-defense against the attacks of the Turkish fascist regime. This is because Turkey’s attacks on the revolution in Rojava and Northeastern Syria are a constant threat and continue …
To women and the public: To begin, chaos and crisis have been intensifying since the beginning of this century. This state of chaos is influencing all ares of life and all regions of the world. War, fighting, massacres and displacement, hunger and ecological problems, anti-democratic attitudes and violence, exploitation and occupation show us that the worldwide system is in a desperate state. While the effects of this can be felt …
In the shadow of the Ukraine war, a new Turkish war of aggression is currently threatening the region of the democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. To this end, the Turkish state is resorting to a dirty policy of blackmail, instrumentalizing the NATO membership application of Finland and Sweden to get the green light for another occupation operation. Once again, the people of North and East Syria face …
With the initiative of Kongra Star, women and organizations have addressed an open letter to the United Nations. The letter, signed by many prominent women such as Judith Butler, Silvia Federici and Angela Davis and others, called on the UN Secretary General and UN Women to stop the attacks of the Turkish occupying state on Northern and Eastern Syria and also to stop in Southern Kurdistan. The women wrote in …
On April 17, Turkey launched the “claw-blockade” operation against the guerrilla-controlled areas in southern Kurdistan. At the same time, they have intensified attacks in Rojava and Iraq is making great efforts to put an end to the autonomy of Shengal. Faced with these attacks, which aim to put an end to the resistance of the Kurdish people and the struggle of the Kurdistan Freedom Movement, the Jineolojî Center called on …
Throughout Kurdistan, the situation is currently escalating and the Turkish war is intensifying immensely. Time and again it has been announced that Erdoğan could expand his war of occupation in the shadow of the war in Ukraine. Where the war in Kurdistan was already taking place before everyone’s eyes anyway, but nevertheless undisturbed, there is now a total lack of attention. Following the recent publication of plans for a new …
Throughout Kurdistan, the situation is currently escalating and the Turkish war is intensifying immensely. There have been repeated announcements that Erdoğan might expand his occupation war in the shadow of the war in Ukraine. Where the war in Kurdistan already took place in front of everyone, but still undisturbed, all attention is now lacking. After plans for a new major offensive were recently published, the Turkish state has now launched …
