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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 30

#ANNOUNCEMENT: Medya News closes amid shifting political landscape, makes way for reimagined Kurdish media medyanews.net/announcement...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Medya News closes amid shifting political landscape, makes way for reimagined Kurdish media

To our readers, contributors and supporters, After five years of independent journalism, Medya News will cease publication at the end

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 29

After the war the crackdown: in this week’s Kurdish news medyanews.net/after-the-wa...

After the war the crackdown: in this week’s Kurdish news

Sarah Glynn The twelve-day war between Israel and Iran seems to be over – for now. Since my last article

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 29

Turkey's Pro-Kurdish DEM Party delegation engages US officials on peace, democratic reforms medyanews.net/turkeys-pro-...

Turkey’s Pro-Kurdish DEM Party delegation engages US officials on peace, democratic reforms

A delegation from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party has concluded a significant week-long visit to the United

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 29

Amnesty International urges freedom for peaceful protest in Galatasaray Square medyanews.net/amnesty-inte...

Amnesty International urges freedom for peaceful protest in Galatasaray Square

Amnesty International has initiated a campaign demanding that İstanbul’s Galatasaray Square be fully reopened to peaceful protests, highlighting the enduring

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 29

Mezopotamya Cultural Centre opens new İstanbul venue on 35th anniversary medyanews.net/mezopotamya-...

Mezopotamya Cultural Centre opens new İstanbul venue on 35th anniversary

The Mezopotamya Cultural Centre (MKM), a prominent institution dedicated to Kurdish arts and cultural expression, opened its new venue in

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 29

Journalist İrfan Değirmenci detained at Pride forum in İstanbul medyanews.net/journalist-i...

Journalist İrfan Değirmenci detained at Pride forum in İstanbul

Journalist and Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP) Central Committee member İrfan Değirmenci was among at least 42 individuals detained during a

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 29

Sayın: Only Öcalan’s model can resolve war driven by corridor competition medyanews.net/sayin-only-o...

Sayın: Only Öcalan’s model can resolve war driven by corridor competition

As tensions escalate across the Middle East, Turkish political writer Mahir Sayın has described Democratic Confederalism—a grassroots model of stateless

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 29

Kurdish politician says regional unrest urges Turkey to resolve internal conflicts medyanews.net/meral-danis-...

Kurdish politician says regional unrest urges Turkey to resolve internal conflicts

A senior Kurdish politician has said that escalating conflicts in the Middle East are sending a clear message to Turkey:

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 28

EPF condemns repression of activists in Iran; Reports highlight heavy impact on Kurds medyanews.net/epf-condemns...

EPF condemns repression of activists in Iran; Reports highlight heavy impact on Kurds

The Europe Peace Foundation (EPF) has issued a strong condemnation of the Iranian government for the arbitrary arrest and execution

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 28

Crackdown on Kurdish journalism widens in Turkey: Metin Yoksu jailed, Nedim Türfent faces arrest medyanews.net/crackdown-on...

Crackdown on Kurdish journalism widens in Turkey: Metin Yoksu jailed, Nedim Türfent faces arrest

A Turkish court has issued an arrest warrant for Kurdish journalist Nedim Türfent, citing social media posts as evidence of

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 28

Turkey’s Kobanê trial criticised over 32,600-page verdict, limited appeal time medyanews.net/turkeys-koba...

Turkey’s Kobanê trial criticised over 32,600-page verdict, limited appeal time

A massive 32,600-page verdict in the long-running Kobanê trial has drawn harsh criticism from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 28

Pro-Kurdish party pushes for parliamentary commission on Turkey’s peace process medyanews.net/pro-kurdish-...

Pro-Kurdish party pushes for parliamentary commission on Turkey’s peace process

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party has renewed calls for democratic reforms and the release of political prisoners

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 28

Report finds severe rights violations in nine Turkish prisons medyanews.net/report-finds...

Report finds severe rights violations in nine Turkish prisons

Widespread violations of basic human rights in Turkish prisons have been documented in a new report released on Friday by

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 28

British lawmakers urged to back Kurdish peace efforts medyanews.net/british-lawm...

British lawmakers urged to back Kurdish peace efforts

A high-level international conference hosted at the UK Parliament has called for the immediate revival of peace talks between Turkey

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 25

Turkey’s Kobane case ruling sparks legal appeal process medyanews.net/turkeys-koba...

Turkey’s Kobane case ruling sparks legal appeal process

A Turkish court has finally released the 32,000-page long-awaited reasoning behind the May 2024 verdict in the politically charged Kobane

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 25

Iraqi Kurdistan economic crisis: Halabja women shoulder double burden medyanews.net/iraqi-kurdis...

Iraqi Kurdistan economic crisis: Halabja women shoulder double burden

Many university-educated women in Halabja (Helebce) face serious hardship due to the deepening economic crisis and a lack of job

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 23

Daily News : 23 June 2025 medyanews.net/daily-news-2...

Daily News : 23 June 2025

23/06/2025 – #DailyNews – #MedyaNews   📍Iran threatens a “decisive response” following US airstrikes on its nuclear facilities, as

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 23

Stop state-led war coming to Rojhilat: Iranian Kurdish PJAK urges grassroots resistance medyanews.net/stop-state-l...

Stop state-led war coming to Rojhilat: Iranian Kurdish PJAK urges grassroots resistance

In a wide-ranging interview published by Arab21 News on Sunday, Paiman Fiyan, co-chair of the Free Life Party of Kurdistan

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 23

Turkey: Civil society demands peace, urges state to end military action medyanews.net/turkey-civil...

Turkey: Civil society demands peace, urges state to end military action

A landmark peace conference in Diyarbakır (Amed) under the title "Path to Peace: Memory and Justice" has called on the

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 23

Peace conference in İstanbul urges inclusive dialogue, legal reform medyanews.net/peace-confer...

Peace conference in İstanbul urges inclusive dialogue, legal reform

Leaders from across Turkey’s political and civil spectrum convened in İstanbul on Sunday for a conference titled, “Opening the Path

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 23

Report: Gaza’s aid compounds function as military zones, not humanitarian centres medyanews.net/report-gazas...

Report: Gaza’s aid compounds function as military zones, not humanitarian centres

A newly published report has raised serious concerns about the purpose and legality of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 23

The revolutionary path in the face of Iran’s crisis medyanews.net/the-revoluti...

The revolutionary path in the face of Iran’s crisis

Dr Abbas Mansouran The war must end This war must not end with surrender to an external force, but with

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 23

Umbrella group KNK calls for united Kurdish strategy amid regional war medyanews.net/umbrella-gro...

Umbrella group KNK calls for united Kurdish strategy amid regional war

Amid escalating tensions across the Middle East, the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) has called on all political forces in Eastern

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 23

Suicide bombing at Damascus church kills at least 30 worshippers medyanews.net/suicide-bomb...

Suicide bombing at Damascus church kills at least 30 worshippers

A suicide attack during Sunday worship at a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus has killed at least 30 people, marking

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Medya News @medyanews.bsky.social · Jun 23

Iran warns of retaliation as diplomatic pressure builds after US strikes medyanews.net/iran-warns-o...

Iran warns of retaliation as diplomatic pressure builds after US strikes

Iran has vowed a “decisive response” to the United States following its airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend,

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