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Atheist terror?

13 February 2015, Friday

“It was execution style, a bullet in every head,” says the father of the murdered Abu-Salha sisters. One of the sisters was studying dentistry while the other was studying architecture. The elder sister Yusor Mohammad had recently married and her younger sister Razan Mohammad used to live with her. Deah Barakat, who was Yusor’s husband and studying dentistry as well, was a compassionate activist. Deah, who was of Syrian descent, apart from providing free-of-charge dental care to the homeless in

Will the PKK lay down their arms?

11 February 2015, Wednesday

The Resolution Process has completed its second year. In the forthcoming Nawruz in mid-March, Öcalan’s “let the guns be quiet, let the ideas converse” call will be entering its second year also. Then, where do we stand? The government had actualized some reforms like the removal of our national pledge and mother-tongue education in private schools. Following the Wisemen Committee, the public started getting used to the idea of peace. Nowadays, no one is asking, “Why did the government start nego

Rumor has it that a Turkish Army panzer carried ISIL members!

05 December 2014, Friday

The İmralı committee is expanding. Following Hatip Dicle’s addition to the recent visit, Leyla Zana’s participation in the next visit had become definite. According to the information gathered from the last visit, Öcalan has completed the “peace and resolution draft”. It’s being expected that the draft, which is formed out of four topics, will be discussed and take its final shape on December 14. However, you heard none of these in the recent HDP group meeting. After talking about the shoe box,

That Picture…

26 November 2014, Wednesday

I ran into that Picture in the social media. Within the scope of the Dersim visit, Prime Minister Davutoğlu visited Tunceli Djemevi with his wife Mrs. Sare and the committee accompanying them. The committee was welcomed by Ali Ekber Yurt, whose grandfather is Alevi and the President of the Djemevi Foundation, and together their photos were taken in front of the Pir Sultan Abdal statue. Afterwards, they entered the Djemevi. While the fact that for the Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey to h

MIT, CHP and the parallel structures

23 November 2014, Sunday

CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu had figured out why his party is in such a “complex” state. Let us hear it from him: “Frequently I’m saying ‘AKP’s deep state’. Along with a wing inside MIT, they are trying to conduct an operation within CHP. Also, no CHP member should fall for this trap. Besides, especially the people who are identifying themselves as “neo-nationalist” shouldn’t fall for it.” There are three remarkable points here. First is; as it recently had been revealed in the Dersim discu

‘Bijî Serok Obama!’ (‘Long live Obama!’)

16 November 2014, Sunday

If the October 6-8 Slaughter didn’t happen, then the PKK base would have been protesting the “international conspiracy” on the anniversary of October 9, 1998, which is the date of Öcalan being extracted from Syria. And they would be protesting against the countries that played a role in this, the USA and Israel being in the first place. Instead of this, the PKK base, as if they are bringing the 1990s back to the region, had targeted a segment, which they assumed to be close to Hezbollah, and co

Are the Alevis and Sunnis siblings?

12 November 2014, Wednesday

It is being stated that Prime Minister Davutoğlu will continue in establishing trust and compensation attempts devoted to the Alevi segment, and his next stop will be a djemevi and afterwards possibly Dersim. As we had written before, no matter who tries to enchafe this, this is a valuable effort, which should be maintained. I wanted to share some notes on my mind, which I deem important on this matter: My first question is directed at the public: “Are the Alevis and Sunnis siblings?” I think

Darkness that renders every bearded person an ISIL suspect

02 November 2014, Sunday

While the wartime in the region is making life difficult for the state and organization, the peacetime, on the other hand, had become prominent through the oppression conducted on the community by the organization. The recent civil war-experiment, which cost the lives of 40 people, is the clearest evidence of this statement. Thus, living in that region and criticizing PKK openly is a bed of nails at the moment. I’d like to share the letter of one of those people, who is sleeping on the bed of na

As Peshmerga pass through our subheadings

31 October 2014, Friday

In many ways, I don’t agree with the language used in the news entitled “FSA (Free Syrian Army) is at the front, and Peshmerga is at the show”, which had taken place in our newspaper’s subheading yesterday. Actually, the “They had saluted everyone that had gone out to the streets” statement in the under title explains the situation. While the Peshmerga were passing through Turkey’s lands, the public had gone out to the streets and shown their kindness by greeting them. The reason for the layove

PKK has returned to the ’90s

27 October 2014, Monday

“Attention to all our security forces in Kurdistan and Republic of Turkey! Get armed! All the Hizbul-Kontra -Hüda Par members will be executed at sight!” “Our Security Forces had started the armed conflict with the Hizbul-Kontra dogs at Amed. Today, we either die or annihilate these dogs for eternity.” After the paramilitary structure called YDG-H, who doesn’t hide the fact that they are in contact with PKK, had made this calling on the press, all the Hüda-Par members had been targeted one by