Nytimes.com | By Vivian Yee and Farnaz Fassihi

Women have been casting off their legally required head scarves, forming the primary image of the protests. But grievances against a repressive regime go far beyond the hijab.

Nytimes.com | By Jane Arraf and Farnaz Fassihi

The protests that have swept Iran following the death of a woman in police custody have been especially intense in the country’s minority Kurdish population.

Al-monitor.com | Amberin ZAMAN

Courtesy of Pervin Chakar

The "brutal" quashing of Kurdishness in Turkey continues to be state policy — even in entertainment.

washingtonpost.com | By Louisa Loveluck | July 20, 2022

BAGHDAD — At least eight Iraqis were killed Wednesday in the country’s northern Kurdistan region after Turkish artillery strikes hit a crowded tourist resort, officials said.

Syriahr.com

SOHR exclusive | Areas controlled by Turkish-backed factions have become a hotbed for drug producers, traders, promoters, traffickers and abusers.

Dagens Nyether | Marit Sundberg

Ft.com | Ayla Jean Yackley in Istanbul May 25 2022

‘Concrete steps’ needed on security concerns as Sweden and Finland seek membership

Dagens Nyheter | Kurdo Baksi

nytimes.com | May 26, 2022 | By Cihan Tugal

Washingtonpost.com

Osman Kavala, who already has spent 4½ years behind bars on invented charges of subversion and now is facing life in prison without parole, put it best at his sentencing Monday.