Turkey

Turkish State begun to deport Syrian refugees en masse back to the war zones in Syria and border cities

Submitted by mikail firtinaci on Jul 22 2019 12:10

Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria wave after wave of refugees arrived Turkey. Currently there are about 4 million Syrian refugees living in several cities scattered throughout the country. In the last local elections the AKP government lost major cities like Istanbul and Ankara (where hundreds of thousands of immigrants are living in precarious conditions) to the opposition parties, who mostly ran on an anti-Syrian nationalist campaign. Now, the AKP government is trying to win its constituencies back by resorting to mass deportations of immigrants.

PKK can seize this opportunity before President Erdogan grab it

This article is analysing the current situation of PKK after seeing Abdulla Ocalan By his lawyers on 02/05. Should PKK transform itself from an army struggle movement to a mass movement or staying the same? In responding to this question i will try to point out some facts.

Who is Arming Turkey - A map of arms industry companies in the UK that profit from Turkey's war on the Kurds

Submitted by Shoal Collective on Jan 26 2019 12:12

Airport construction workers protest deadly working conditions in Istanbul

Submitted by Johanna Schellhagen on Sep 20 2018 08:46

35,000 workers are building the third airport in Istanbul to be ready by October 2018, set to be the biggest airport in the world. The labour ministry claim that around 27 have died on site, but others report that over 400 workers have been killed by accidents since construction began, including children.

https://en.labournet.tv/airport-construction-workers-protest-deadly-working-conditions-istanbul

Video: Beauty Is Resisting

Submitted by Johanna Schellhagen on Aug 16 2018 08:49

Dismissed workers protest in front of Flormar

Since April 2018 at least 132 workers at the Flormar cosmetics factory in Gebze, Turkey have been dismissed for unionising. Flormar, which is owned 51% by France based Yves Rocher, pays its workers the minimum wage under poor safety conditions and has ignored the officially recognised union Petrol-İş.

https://en.labournet.tv/beauty-resisting

President Erdogan is as dangerous as President Trump

This article covers the similarity between President Trump and President Erdogan . It tells the readers that President Erdogan has been dangerous to the world too and probably there is no comparison between him and Trump. The article also covers the role of UK Media about Trump as the most dangerous man in the world but very little about Erdogan while he is more dangerous than Trump.

Afrin and the Policies of the Democratic Union Party

This article talks about Afrin and stress on the wrong polices of the Peoples’ Democratic Party , PYD. In falling Afrin the PYD should take some responsibility. It also remind us what lessons we can take and stresses on the reasons as to why we should not trust the political parties in building the Democratic Confederalism .