Those who lost their lives in May commemorated in Amed
People who lost their lives in Kurdish freedom struggle in May were commemorated in an event held in the Bismil district of Amed (Diyarbakır, Turkey).
Attack on students at Ege University
An event organized by students at Ege University was reportedly blocked after a confrontation with private security personnel on campus.
Conference on the ‘Democratic Transformation of the Republic’ to be held
“The Democratic Transformation of the Republic in Its Second Century” will be held in Istanbul on June 13–14.
100 parliamentary questions on enforced disappearances and unsolved murders
Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party MP Ceylan Akça Cupolo submitted 100 parliamentary questions to Justice Minister Akın Gürlek, asking whether a new department will be established to investigate enforced disappearances alongside unresolved killings.
Amed Bar Association Chair: Mr Abdullah Öcalan’s role must be given legal status
Amed (Diyarbakır, Turkey) Bar Association Chair Abdulkadir Güleç said the expectation among Kurds is for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s role in the process to be granted legal status.
Circassian genocide still awaits reckoning and justice after 162 years
162 years after the mass killings and forced deportations of millions of Circassians in the Caucasus, demands for justice and recognition continue. Turgut Aydın of the Patriotic Revolutionary Circassian Movement (YDÇH) said confronting the past remained essential to prevent similar atrocities against other peoples in the future.
‘The media’s language must first be transformed into the language of peace’
Journalist Tuğçe Tatari has said the media has a crucial role in building public support for peace, arguing that “the language of the media must first be transformed into the language of peace”.
Prof. Novelli: Causes of inequality behind conflicts must be addressed
Prof. Mario Novelli has said reducing conflict resolution processes solely to disarmament is insufficient, stressing that the root causes that give rise to conflict must be properly addressed.
He searchs for his father’s perpetrators for 34 years: Real peace requires reckoning
Eren Baskın, who has spent 34 years seeking justice for his father, who was killed after being taken into custody, said a commission announced by the Justice Ministry must investigate all unresolved murders.
600 Efrîn families in Kobanê return to their homes
A group of 600 displaced Efrîn (Afrin, Syria) families has returned to their homes.
Parties in Rojava react to allocation of only four seats in Syrian parliament
Twenty-four parties and organizations in Rojava rejected the number of representatives allocated to Rojava in the Syrian Parliament, stating that Kurds make up 20 percent of the population and therefore should have 40 representatives in parliament.
Wave of violence in Wan: 32 deaths in one year
Thirty people lost their lives in armed clashes in Wan in 2025 alone. Many of the incidents reportedly stemmed from “land conflicts.”
ÖHD Co-Chair Çakmak: Interlocutor status must not be reduced to dissolution of the organisation
Evaluating the current stage of the process, ÖHD Co-Chair Serhat Çakmak said that Devlet Bahçeli’s statements were valuable at a time when the process had stalled, but remained insufficient in content and unanswered because they had not been implemented by the government.
Iranian-Azeri Journalist Nasiryan: If peoples act together, the Regime will collapse
Journalist Barış Nasiryan said the Iranian regime could collapse if peoples act together, stressing that the only thing capable of changing the course of the current war is unity among the peoples.
Intellectuals call for action on Kurdish language: A strategy ıs needed
Intellectuals and writers discussing the threats facing the Kurdish language and possible solutions stressed the need for a long-term strategy for the future.
Hasan Cemal: I want to meet Öcalan face to face
Stressing that Abdullah Öcalan’s status must be recognized, Journalist and writer Hasan Cemal said, “If we, Turks and Kurds in Turkey, establish democracy properly, then there will no longer be such a thing as the Kurdish issue.”
DEM Party Youth Council: We will not bow down
Reacting to the detention of young people and the searching of their families following the “Take a step for peace” march, the DEM Party Istanbul Youth Council stated: “Young people and their families will never bow down to your impositions, threats and policies of turning people into informants.”
TAJÊ holds third congress in Shengal
The 3rd Congress of the Êzidî Women's Freedom Movement (TAJÊ) hold its third congess in Shengal with the participation of 250 delegates.
Iranian Regime detains more than 6,000 people
Ahmad Reza Radan, Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Law Enforcement Command, said that more than 6,500 people have been detained on various charges since the start of the war involving the United States and Israel.
Ayşegül Doğan: We need new initiatives to break the deadlock
Stating that Abdullah Öcalan’s role in the peace process is “irreplaceable”, DEM Party Spokesperson Ayşegül Doğan said, “We need new initiatives to break the deadlock.”
DEM Party Central Executive Board convenes to evaluate process
The Central Executive Board of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party convened to discuss the Peace and Democratic Society Process and current developments.
Funda Coşkun tells her ‘On Reconciled Stones’ installation
Artist Funda Coşkun, who participated in the forum in Amed with her installation work titled “On Reconciled Stones,” said: “We are in a process where we need to shoulder responsibility for peace. The work encourages people to question, ‘What can we do?’”
What do people think about the process and what are their demands?
According to people who participated in the “Take a Step for Peace” marches, the first condition for the process to move forward is the physical freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and political prisoners. Education in the mother tongue and an end to the appointment of trustees are among the public’s main demands.
Peace Academic Acar: Peace must include everyone
Emphasizing that peace processes must encompass all sections of society, Peace Academic Yasemin Gülsüm Acar said, “If it does not include everyone, it cannot be peace. If the leaders make peace but we do not, this cannot last.”
