Writer Bahattin Robar, drawing attention to the fact that claiming the language only on the May 15 Kurdish Language Day will not be enough to eliminate assimilation, said: "Language is the soul of a person. If you drift away from your mother tongue, you'll drift away from your soul. Let's not drift away from our soul and kill our body."
HDP Spokesperson Ebru Günay who referred to the police chasing the children and firing his gun into the air in Nusaybin as the reflection of the kostility towards Kurds on the street, reminding of the similar cases in the history, said the government provides the police with an armour of impunity.
While almost twelve thousand years of history sink into the water of the Ilisu Dam, large amounts of waste from the surrounding landfills are floating in the water, threatening both the environment and people.
TJA activist Neval Paçal died unexpectedly as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage. Her companions bid her farewell today in her hometown Batman.
17 people detained after the police attack against the funeral of Grup Yorum member Ibrahim Gökçek were released with a prohibition to leave the country.
Another 53 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey while 1,704 more cases have been detected and 3,109 people have recovered during the past 24 hours.
Releasing a message shortly after the ECtHR verdict of right violation and immediate release for arrested businessperson and rights defender Osman Kavala became final, “Free Osman Kavala” coordination has made a call for his immediate release.
Internal diseases specialist Dr. Galip Berkan Dingiloğlu lost his life due to COVID-19.
HDP Group Deputy Chairman Meral Danış Bektaş told that AKP government takes the steps, which rather spreads the coronavirus other than stopping it.
HDP Co-Chair Mithat Sancar responded to the allegations of İyi Party's Meral Akşener regarding HDP. Sancar told, regarding to the "country table" discussion, "If your main concern is not the country table, but the table in the Palace, do not play politics with the opposition."
HDP Co-chair Pervin Buldan visited the Alevi sanctuary, Gazi Djemevi in İstanbul, which was attacked during the funeral ceramony of Grup Yorum member İbrahim Gökçek.
Condemning the threats and attacks against the grave of their member İbrahim Gökçek who lost his life, Grup Yorum made a call to all artists, MPs and democratic mass organizations.
Addressing a Parliamentary question to Interior Minister Soylu, HDP MP Paylan has asked the role of President Erdoğan’s hate speech such as “leftover of the sword” in the hate attacks targeting the minorities’ places of worship in Turkey.
Quarantine precaution taken due to the coronavirus threat in Kovanlı district of Derik was removed after 33 days.
The weekend curfew will be extended to May 19, the President has announced.