Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo臒an said in a May 8 speech: 鈥淚f one day our nation says tamam (enough), only then will we step aside.鈥 In response, millions of people posted tweets featuring the word 鈥渢amam鈥.
There were more than 1.8 million posts including the word 鈥渢amam鈥, while different versions/spellings of the word were also popular. The hashtag #devam (鈥渃ontinue鈥) started by pro-Erdo臒an groups immediately after lagged behind at 300,000 posts.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to call an early general election on June 24 鈥 a year and a half before it was due 鈥斅爄s a sign of weakness and desperation, according to opposition Peoples鈥 Democratic Party (HDP) MP Lezgin Botan.
Turkey has condemned Israel鈥檚 slaughter of unarmed Palestinians, but the Turkish regime commits the same atrocities against Kurdish people.
The Democratic Autonomous Administration of Afrin Canton in Syria鈥檚 north, which is resisting Turkey鈥檚 occupation, has warned all Syrians that Turkey鈥檚 murderous attack aims at ethnic cleansing.
Turkey鈥檚 murderous invasion of the Afrin canton in Syria鈥檚 north, backed explicitly or implicitly by Russia and the US, succeeded in taking the canton鈥檚 capital on March 18. But Kamran Martin says this is far from the end for the Kurdish-led resistance in defence of the democratic revolution in the region.
The Kurdish Red Crescent reported on February 27 that at least 348 civilians had died in the conflict begun by Turkey鈥檚 January 20 invasion of northern Syria鈥檚 small enclave of Afrin.
I am almost four years old. I am on horseback with my mother as our family is being smuggled from northern Iraq across the border on a clear spring dawn. It is 1988 and the Iran-Iraq War is at its final, gruelling, violent end.
A cool breeze blows against us.
I stare up at the sky tracking the sound of the planes and anticipating the familiar silence before the bang of exploding bombs shatter the earth. The planes circle overhead, but this plane is different from the other planes we鈥檝e seen so often.
The Afrin canton in Northern Syria is under sustained assault from invading Turkish forces and allied Islamist gangs.聽
The Turkish invasion, accompanied by reports of massacres and use of chemical weapons, aims to destroy the progressive, democratic Kurdish-led revolution in Syria鈥檚 north, which places women鈥檚 liberation at its centre.
Afrin, a city within the canton of the same name in northern Syria , is under siege by the Turkish military, supported by right wing jihadist forces, including al-Quaeda, al-Nusra and the remnants of ISIS. Fifty-two days after the invasion began, more than 290 civilians had been killed.
Northern Syria (also known by its Kurdish name of 鈥淩ojava鈥) has been the scene of a social revolution with women鈥檚 liberation at its centre in recent years. However, it has come under constant attack.
When a democratic uprising broke out against the Syrian dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad in 2011, the regime responded with brutal repression. Aided by defections from the Syrian Army, this helped turn the mass protest movement into the armed conflict that wracks Syria today.
The People鈥檚 Democratic Party (HDP), a broad-based left-wing group largely initiated by Kurdish forces in Turkey, has faced the full brunt of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan鈥檚 authoritarian crackdown.
More than 10,000 HDP members have been arrested, along with its leaders and dozens of elected officials 鈥 often on trumped-up charges of 鈥渟upporting terrorism鈥 in retaliation for the HDP鈥檚 support for the struggle of the Kurdish community for democratic rights.