181. Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar   Turkish airstrikes on Yazidi settlement areas in Iraq:
• Several victims due to new airstrikes
• NATO ignores attacks against minority groups
• Turkey is trying to destabilize…  

182. Turkey: Serious allegations against Erdogan   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) warns about an escalation of violence against Kurds inside and outside of Turkey in the run-up to the elections in the country.  

183. Turkey: Press freedom trampled underfoot   The German human rights organization Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) strongly criticizes the Turkish Public Prosecutor's Office for demanding 15 years imprisonment for Ramazan Ölcen, editor of…  

184. Turkey: Nomination of the detained Kurdish democrat Demirtas   This Friday, the Society for Threatened Peoples demanded that the German Federal Government should advocate for an immediate release of the Kurdish presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtas, who is…  

185. Turkey: No support for Erdogan's war against the defenders of the Christian and Yezidi minorities!   Erdogan promotes escalation of violence! No support for his war against the defenders of the Christian and Yezidi minorities in Iraq and Syria!  

186. Turkey: More pressure on minority groups following military coup   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) is concerned about the fact that the Islamic government under Recep Tayyib Erdogan is putting pressure on the liberal religious community of the Alevis and…  

187. Turkey: Kurdish politician Leyla Zana goes on hunger strike   Leyla Zana, Kurdish politician and member of the Turkish parliament, has gone on a hunger strike to put pressure on the government and the PKK to re-enter peace negotiations.  

188. Turkey: Independent investigations needed   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) has sent an appeal to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Seid bin Ra’ad Seid Al-Hussein, demanding independent investigations into the brutal behavior…  

189. Turkey: Hrant Dink assassinated ten years ago (January 19, 2017)   On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the assassination of the Armenian journalist Hrant Dink in Istanbul on January 19, 2007, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) recalls that his family…  

190. Turkey: German Chancellor should take a stand for democracy   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) has asked Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet up with representatives of the Kurds and the democratic opposition during her visit to Turkey this Thursday.