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Medya News offers stories, columns, and podcasts on struggles of the Kurdish people and MENA region.
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#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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June 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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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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June 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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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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June 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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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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June 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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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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June 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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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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June 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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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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June 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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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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June 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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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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June 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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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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June 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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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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June 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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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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June 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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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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June 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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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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June 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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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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June 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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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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June 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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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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June 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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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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June 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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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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June 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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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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June 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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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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June 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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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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June 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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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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June 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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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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June 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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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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June 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM