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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.
Jailed Kurdish lawmaker Demirtaş nominated for Nobel Prize
A Swedish lawmaker on Friday nominated the jailed former leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, left-wing news site Gazete Duvar reported. Thomas Hammarberg, a Social Democrat and human rights...
Prof John Tully’s compassionate appeal to stop British arms sales to Turkey
Dear High Commissioner, I write as a dual Australian and British citizen to urge the British government to immediately cease arms sales to Turkey. Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a dangerous dictatorship and a rogue state. I also urge the UK to work with its...
#SOS Turkey
#SOSTurkey is an open platform of organizations and individuals who support the hundreds of thousands of people who fell victim to the purges and human rights violations in Turkey. The platform is committed to the democratization of Turkey. It is a broad solidarity...
Kurdish MP on hunger strike prepared to “protest to the death”
Imprisoned HDP MP Leyla Güven is in critical condition after 68 days of hunger strike to demand an end to the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. Her pulse is between 55-60, while her blood pressure is about 5-7. She can’t receive liquids any longer,...
Press release 10 January 2019: the imprisoned Leyla Güven HDP MP and all political prisoners
On 7 November 2018, the imprisoned HDP deputy Leyla Güven started an indefinite hunger strike to protest against the isolation of the Kurdish political leader Abdullah Öcalan. After 67 days, her state of health is critical. In the meantime, 157 other political...
Press Release KNK: Urgent Appeal – Our Demands considering the Turkish threats against the Syrian Kurds
The Turkish state’s threats and preparations for a full-scale military attack against and occupation of Rojava (Northern Syria) are intensifying. In January of this year, the Turkish state initiated a campaign of military aggression against the once peaceful region of...
Press Release: Turkey’s attack on Rojava resuscitates ISIS
December 13, 2018 The Turkish state’s hostility towards the Kurdish people and its threats against Rojava continue. On December 12, 2018, the Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, during his speech at a meeting with the defense industry, declared the following: “Whilst we...
APPEAL: Don’t let the Syrian Kurds, who defeated the Islamic State along with their allies, get butchered by Turkey!
Turkish president Erdoğan announced that in a few days he will invade the rest of the predominantly Kurdish region in northern Syria. After unjustly occupying the region between Jarabulus and Azaz in 2016, followed by Afrin at the beginning of this year,...
Kurdish conference in EP: Turkey is outside the law
Human rights defenders spoke in the first session of the 15th Kurdish Conference in the European Parliament. IHD officials spoke about the rights violations and stated that Turkey has lost the characteristic of a state with the rule of law. The first panel discussion...
