“Wilaya” is an Islamic term and means power, authority or some kind of right. That is the reason why researcher Mohammed Mostafa Hassan uses this term in the title for his recent report on the Al-Hole Camp in the Northeast of Syria. Hassan describes it as...
Four Turkish agents will be prosecuted for participating in an association of criminals and in the activities of a terrorist group. The case is being heard by the 23rd Criminal Chamber of the Brussels court of first instance on Friday 11 March 2022. The 4 defendants...
On February 1st at 10 pm the Turkish Air Force carried out a systematic bombing campaign against civilian areas throughout Kurdistan. These areas include the Refugee Camp in Mexmûr (Maxmur), Geliyê Kersê, Barê and Çil Mêra near Şengal (Sinjar) in Southern Kurdistan...
The Kurdish writer Burhan Sönmez is one of the most exciting, innovative voices in Turkish and Kurdish literature today. He is author of five award-winning novels and president of PEN International, an international writers’ organization committed to the freedom...
In his article below, Doğan Özgüden, journalist and long-time friend of the Kurdish Institute, looks back at the New Year’s moments he experienced since 75 years ago. Doğan analyzes during those many years what has or has not changed in ‘his Turkey’ where he...
Iran has executed a Kurdish man convicted of armed rebellion despite international appeals that his life be spared, activists said on December 20. Heidar Ghorbani was executed early on December 19 in Sanandaj prison in western Iran’s Kurdistan Province, the...