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Quite some interesting information and news from the Kurdish regions – Bakur (Turkey), Başȗr (Iraq), Rojava (Syria) and Rojhilat (Iran) – is rarely, if ever, reported by the mainstream media.
The Kurdish Institute tries to fill this gap by reporting on a regular basis through its own news page recent facts and events, both from the Kurdish regions and from the rest of the world.
THE EUROPEAN UNION, TURKEY, THE MIDDlE EAST AND THE KURDS – 18th Conference of the EUTCC
With support of the Kurdish Institute Brussels, the EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC) will hold its 18th International Conference on 6 and 7 December 2023 in the European Parliament. The theme of the conference is: THE EUROPEAN UNION, TURKEY, THE MIDDlE EAST AND THE...
“Democratic Confederalism” the contribution from the Kurdish Institute during the Coppieters conference on “Sovereignty or Nationalism”
On November 22nd, an international conference titled "Sovereignty or Nationalism?" will be held in Rijeka, organized by the Free State Rijeka Association and the Coppieters Foundation, with the support of the Primorsko-Goranska County. As partner and member of the...
A scandal for France. “Fatwa” by the French Minister of Interior against Remzi Kartal
Remzi Kartal, co-chairman of Kongra-Gel, the highest-ranked Kurdish diplomatic entity in Europe, received an administrative ban from French Interior Minister Gérard Darmanin to gain entry into French territory. Darmanin explains it as follows: “you pose a serious...
“Balance and imbalance in nowadays Iraq” – Preacher G.J. Blankers interviews prominent politician Mala Bakhtyar
During his recent trip through Başȗr (Iraqi Kurdistan), Gerhard J. Blankers, preacher at the Restored Reformed Church in the Netherlands, managed to meet Mala Bakhtyar and set up a fascinating conversation with this thinker and writer. Mala Bakhtyar is best known as a...
For the pro-Kurdish party HDP, a heavy defeat to digest – A report from Chris Den Hond in OrientXXI (1 Nov. 2023)
Journalist and author Chris Den Hond published an analysis on the difficult situation of the Democratic People's Party HDP via the online journal of OrientXXI. This report is the result of a recent HDP congress in Ankara and in particular the results of the Turkish...
Disastrous assessment of the recent Turkish bombing on civilian targets in Rojava (AANES report)
Wars and armed conflicts to which the international community pays full attention are taking place in Ukraine and – since last weekend – in Israel and Gaza (Palestine). The Kurdish Institute will not pass any judgment on the impact of these conflicts, but raises...
Rojava once more under heavy attacks. “Civilian infrastructure will be our main target”, declares the Turkish Foreign Minister
"The perpetrators of the Ankara attack did not pass through our regions as Turkish officials claimed. We are not a party to the civil conflict in Turkey and we do not encourage the escalation of this conflict. Turkey's search for excuses to justify its ongoing attacks...
Report of a successful conference in the European Parliament: “Iran at the crossroads between Repression or Revolution?”
The Iranian Democratic Platform and the Brussels Kurdish Institute organized the “Women Led Uprising in Iran: Iran at the crossroads between Repression or Revolution?” on 6 June in Brussels, the headquarters of the European Union. The conference, which was held in the...
April 24 marks the memorial of the Armenian Genocide – The Kurdish Institute expresses its solidarity with the Armenian people
April 24 is the national day of remembrance of the Armenian Genocide, both in Armenia and in neighboring Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). To commemorate the victims, thousands of people in Yerevan walk to the Tsitsernakaberd National Monument to lay flowers at the eternal...
