LONDON| 30 – 08 -2013 | David Cameron indicated on Thursday evening that Britain would not take part in military action against Syria after the British government lost a crucial vote on an already watered-down amendment that was designed to pave the way to intervention in the war-torn country. In a devastating blow to his authority, the prime minister lost ...
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Solidarity Protest of Women in London with the Gezi Prisoners and Rojava
LONDON | 18 – 08 – 2013 | The womens comission of the London Gezi Solidarity tent, have organised a protest on Trafalgar Square on Saturday 17th August. The protest aimed to voice the concerns of the Rojava massacre and strengthen the demands for freedom of the Gezi prisoners. The women were wearing white t-shirts with several slogans on them, ...
Read More »Spain and France Bust People-Smuggling Ring
SPAIN | 18 -08 – 2013 | Scores of people have been arrested in Spain and France in a crackdown on a gang smuggling Chinese nationals into Europe and the United States. Spanish police said on Saturday that 51 people had been arrested in Spain, with another 24 arrests were reported in France, following a two-year joint investigation. The bosses of ...
Read More »In Solidarity with Students in Captivity, who Resist Fascism in Turkey!
ATIK – YDG | 17 – 07 – 2012 | There are currently 771 students kept in prisons because they claimed their right to equal, free, scientific education and lessons to be in their mother tongue. They faced disciplinary actions, suspensions, repression, violence and imprisonment due to their opposing stance. This, once again proves that the ruler have no forbearance ...
Read More »TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC!
ATIK | 30 – 06 – 2012 | The long term usurpation of the gains of the working class is continuing intensively in Turkey. The principle of the attacks is towards the unions of the working class, they are trying to pasify the unions. The unions who are at the front of this struggle, who are opposing the attacks of ...
Read More »End the siege of the imperialist capitalist system on workers and the toiling masses!
ATIK| 30 – 04 -2012| Workers and toilers; Once again we are celebrating workers’ and toilers’ day of unity, struggle and solidarity, May Day, under great oppression and exploitation of the capitalist system. May Day has been vested through great struggles that cost blood and life to many. We are celebrating May Day in the midst of a capitalist financial crisis ...
Read More »With the massacre of 40 peasants in Şırnak the fascist Turkish state has added a new massacre to its list of atrocities against the Kurdish nation!
ATİK | 03 – 01 – 2011 | The fascist Turkish state is continuing the massacres against the innocent Kurdish nation by means of chemical weapons. In the village of Roboski of Şırnak Uludere province 40 innocent people have been massacred in bombings by war planes. In the warmongering statement after the last MGK (National Security Council) meeting, the practical implementation of ...
Read More »Congratulations on the 25th Anniversary of the Confederation of Workers From Turkey in Europe!
ATIK | 19 – 12 – 2011 | Our Confederation ATIK founded on 19th December 1986 is now within it’s 25th year of struggle. Within these 25 years, ATIK has been able to maintain it’s anti-imperalist, anti-fascist and resistant strong line , regardless of the many challenges and difficulties in the migrants’ struggle for democratic rights. In 1986, when our ...
Read More »Migrant rights are also human rights!
ATIK | 18 – 12 – 2011 | The ‘International Migrant Rights Convention’ became an agreed decision during the United Nations General Assembly in 1990. Again, in 2000, United Nations Organisation declared 18th December as ‘International Migrants Day’. In 2003, this convention came into force with the approval of 20 countries, which were categorised as the ’emigration countries’ and are perceived as ...
Read More »Support Freedom of Press of ROJ TV
ATIK | 02 – 11 – 2011 | Around the world millions of Kurds are watching the Kurdish satellite TV channel ROJ TV. ROJ TV is not only the biggest Kurdish TV station but also the one with the highest viewing rates among all TV channels in Turkey. Despite this and maybe rather because of this the Turkish Government keeps putting pressure ...
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