Syria and Türkiye hold talks amid recent offensives
Syria and Türkiye held high-level talks for the first time in over a decade last week, despite ongoing conflict between Turkish and Turkish-backed forces against the Syrian government.
44th anniversary of the Maras massacre: the CIA-backed Turkish massacre
On the anniversary of one of the most horrific acts of violence in Turkey’s history, Berkan Çelebi writes about the involvement of the intelligence services to collude with fascists, and why the forces of the working class must remain steadfast.
Interview with communist mayor Macoglu
The communist mayor of Dersim, Faith Mehomet Macoglu, spoke with the YCL’s Berken Celebi on the realities of building socialism in the region, and the difficulties posed by the forces of domestic and global capital.
Interview with TKP Central Council member, Mehmet Erçetin
Berkan Çelebi interviews Mehmet Erçetin, a central council member of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), explaining the
current situation of the working class, work of the TKP, and their youth wing the
Communist Youth of Turkey (TKG).
WFDY condemns the partition of Cyprus on the anniversary of occupation
On the anniversary of the coup d’etat which led to partition and Turkish occupation in Cyprus, the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) has released a statement condemning the aggressive actions of NATO and Turkey and calling for international solidarity for peace and reunification.
Good Citizens: Turkish Youth and the Fight for Liberty
The crackdown on academic liberties has been a continuous policy of Turkey’s ruling party AKP. The latest student protests in Istanbul represent an unceasing fight of Turkish youth against the oppressive regime.
Turkish students clash with police over state interference in education
Since the new year, Istanbul’s University campuses have become a battleground of violent clashes between students and police. The protests were sparked by President Tayyip Erdogan’s appointment of Melih Bulu, an active member of Turkey’s ruling AKP party, as new rector of the prestigious Boğaziçi University by presidential decree.
Europe’s young communists declare ‘Socialism or Barbarism’ in the midst of COVID-19 second wave
Abbie Rhodes reports on a recent online conference which brought together European communist youth organisations to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the struggles being led by the youth across the continent.
Ceasefire in Artsakh called as imperialist powers encircle
The latest bloody flare-up in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict came to a tentative end last week, with a decisive victory for Azerbaijan. In 6 short weeks the aggressors have managed to claw back cities and territory had been under de-facto Armenian rule since the fall of the Soviet Union. Huge concessions have been made by the Armenian government, and the independent Artsakh republic has all but been handed over to the Azeris in a Russia-brokered peace deal which will have huge consequences for the balance of power in the region.
Kurdish filmmaker Kutbettin Cebe found guilty of “creating terrorist propaganda”
Kurdish filmmaker Kutbettin Cebe has been found guilty of “creating terrorist propaganda” and sentenced to two and a half years in prison in Turkey for his documentary “Roza – The Land of Two Rivers” about the Rojava revolution filmed in 2016.
