Kurdish campaigners have called for a boycott of tourism towards Turkey, citing a number of reasons as to why Turkey should not be visited, including growing autocracy, a lack of space for dissent, Turkey’s persecution of Kurds, its attacks on the free press, and its links with various jihadist groups in Syria. Just this year,
The Centre for Economic Development has organised a meeting for administrators in co-operative societies to discuss the situation of co-operative societies, the problems that they have, and possible solutions. The meeting was attended by Najah Qormo and Kamal Abdullah and other co-chairs and administrators of co-operative societies. The meeting hall was filled with photos of
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Hasakah [Hesekê / Hesîçe / Al-Hasakah] had a meeting to form a committee for the Union of Factories. Many workers attended the meeting. The co-chair Mohamad Saed Al-Amr spoke about the political situation in the region, and how it has led to the current situation. He said that all the countries
Economic expert Jelnak Omar says that the systematic Turkish attacks on Afrin [Efrîn / Afrîn] are also intended to destroy the communal economy in the region. Hawar News had an interview with Jelnal Omar to discuss the effects of the recent Turkish attacks on Afrin. How would you describe the economic situation in Afrin since the announcement of the Self
The Federation of Farmers in the Jazira Canton [Kantona Cizîrê / Cezîre] formed an assembly to contribute to the development of agricultural plans. This came after a meeting in the centre of Derik [Dêrik / Al-Malikiyah], which many farmers from the region and members of the federation attended. The assembly will become an umbrella for all the agricultural departments
Kurdish women at Turkey’s only feminist news website, Jin News, and elsewhere are taking a new approach to journalism. This being Turkey, they haven’t escaped pressure: Many have been detained, put on trial or threatened. The only online feminist news website in Turkey is marking International Women’s Day under state censorship. Access to the website
The Economic Committee of The Tabqa [Tebqa / Al-Thawrah] Democratic Civil Administration held a meeting which was attended by the Administration of Co-operative Societies in Northern Syria. They talked about the importance of establishing co-operatives and other communal economic projects in that region. The meeting was held at the Academy of the Democratic Society. Attendees included
27/02 The telephone wake us up, our friends of the convoy are warning us that the buses are leaving. We were expecting to stay one week in Afrin, but seems that the plan of the convoy was to make a one week trip. We were doing plans for two more days, but we can not
26/02 Demonstation in Mabeta and last goodbye to Sehid Baran One of the aims of the civil convoy in which we came to Afrin, is to give strength and hope to the people and cities who are suffering the attacks from the turkish army. Mabeta is a city where the bombing had been intensified in
25/02 We wake up in the camp that the people of Efrin prepared for the convoy, after a long night with bombs falling almost all the time. Some bodies of fighters who died by the attacks of the turkish army arrived at the city, and we go to the funeral march from the hospital to
Kongreya Star’s Committee of Women’s Economy has formed three special agricultural co-operative societies for women to develop the women’s economy in Kobanî [Kobanê / Ayn al-Arab]. The administrators are also planning to open more co-operatives in different fields. These co-operative societies are formed by people who co-operate voluntarily in order to benefit society economically and culturally through common
24/02 In the morning we join a big demonstration organized together with the people in Afrin. This is a very important part of the resistance, bringing the people together and showing determination to resist. We interview different women from different ages involved in the campaign ‘women rise up for Afrin’. After the demonstration, we talk
