Violence in prison

In 2017 Nudems guitar was destroyed in a nocturnal cell search. Her family was given the instrument as you can see in the picture. We can only imagine how hard it must be for Nudem to be without a guitar. That’s why we are already making plans to get her …

Çiyaye me by Hanic

We’re happy to share another song for Nudem with you! Hanic from Iran sings “Çiyaye me”. And that’s what she wrote to us: “I wish that Nudem hear my song. Right now I’m living in the dark pieces of my life and I understand her when she said I saw …

Second letter from Nudem

Dear friends: I greet you with the pride and fire of freedom, the many colours of the flowers and the melodies and the faith in the beautiful days. In prison, letters are the only way to contact us. No matter whether these consist only of paper and pencil and the …

Song for Nudem Durak by Elbe 3

The “Song for Nudem Durak” by David Steffen & Stefan Steffen marked the start of our campaign. On Wednesday, December 13th, Stefan and Jan aka Elbe 3 presented a new interpretation of the title at our information event in the program of the “Tatort Kurdistan Café” at the Centro Sociale …

Event at the Centro Sociale

On Wednesday, December 13th, we held an information event on Nudem Durak at the Centro Sociale in Hamburg. The “Tatort Kurdistan Café” had invited us to present our campaign. We reported on Nudem’s fate and her current state of adhesion and played some of her songs. The slides of the …

A letter from Nudem

My dear friends and dear music friends, I heard that you created a website about me / my story. I would like to thank you very much for your appreciation and all the effort! I wish I could look at your site and follow you online. Unfortunately, there is no …

Solidarity without borders instead of G20

The G20 summit with participants such as Erdogan was not the only event happening on Saturday in Hamburg. According to the organisers more than 76,000 people took to the streets and attended the demonstration themed “Solidarity without borders instead of G20”. Among the protesters were many Kurdish activists. We were …

The Story of Nudem Durak by Claus Zimmermann

We are very excited to show to you “The Story of Nudem Durak” by Claus Zimmermann! The recording was taken at our event on July 25. Thank you very much, dear Claus! We’d really appreciate if you like the song and spread the word.

Free Nudem Durak! – information event in Hamburg

On Sunday June 25th we are hosting an event with live music and background information about Nudem Durak as well as the initiative “Song for Nudem Durak”. The event will take place at Hamburg’s Barmbek-Basch. The event is open for anyone who is interested and will start at 3 pm. …

The first visit after many months

For the first time in many months the family was able to visit Nudem Durak in her new prison. It took them 14 hours by car to travel the distance of 600 km from Kumcatı to Bayburt. Although her mother Hatice is not healthy, she went along with them. Here …