After the HDP (People’s Democratic Party) party conference on Sunday the 23rd, 11 party members were detained by the Turkish government. The move reveals the undemocratic and authoritarian nature of the regime. The party’s congress took place on Sunday and was attended by thousands of members and international guests. The party has been a staunch … Read more
Dockworkers have continued their strike in the Italian city of Genoa. The strike is a refusal to load weapons in the port of Genoa, including arms destined for Turkey’s illegal military actions in Syria and Iraq. Workers took a similar action prior to the 18th of February when a Saudi ship docked at the port … Read more
Activists in the Spanish city of Getafe held a protest outside their local Airbus factory earlier this month. They protested the company’s links to the Turkish invasion of Northern Syria. Airbus manufactures transport planes used by the Turkish military in their illegal war against Kurds and others in Northern Syria.
Activists in Bern, Switzerland took action against the French insurance company AXA for the company’s links to the Turkish state. Activists threw red paint over several AXA company cars to highlight how the corporation is complicit in the atrocities of the Turkish state. They noted how comapnies like AXA, Credit Suisse, Mercedes and Rheinmetall are … Read more
On the 19th of February 90 education workers and others involved in trade union activism were sentenced to five months imprisonment. The activists had been involved in a 2015 protest by the Education Workers’ Union (Eğitim-Sen) Izmir branch and Alevi association. They advocated for education in the mother tongue of ethnic and religious minorities. The criminalisation of ethnic … Read more
Ten students arrested in 2017 have now been sentenced to prison terms of up to seven and a half years. The students had been accused of “membership of an illegal organisation” for having “celebrated Newroz, protested the arrest of HDP deputies, possessed books and magazines” and protesting against Turkish air strikes in Iraq. The severe sentencing … Read more
Annual protests against the Turkish state’s imprisonment of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan took place across Europe and the rest of the world this month. ‘Long Marches’ took place in several cities such as Marseilles, Helsiniki, Malmö, Athens and Copenhagen. These marches covered a great distance and lasted for several days. Many marches ended with rallies … Read more