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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.
Turkish intervention could trigger Syria’s ‘second great war’
Amberin Zaman: March 20, 2019 Interview with SDF-commander Mazlum Kobane by Amberin zaman Read More: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/03/syria-kurdish-mazlum-kobane-damascus-talks-assad-russia.html#ixzz5o5y2Hz00
EP: Negotiations With Turkey Shall be Suspended
The European Parliament (EP) has adopted a resolution that suggests the suspension of the accession negotiations with Turkey in its general assembly in Strasbourg. The non-binding resolution was adopted in yesterday's (March 13) session by 370 votes in favor, 109...
PRESS RELEASE: Armenophobia as a clear demonstration of Xenophobia
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsJi91rTF2I Conference at the European Parliament : “Armenophobia as a clear demonstration of Xenophobia”. Brussels, 06 March 2019.- On March 6, 2019, MEP Dr. Eleni Theocharous hosted a conference entitled...
Turkey: Listen to the voices of the relatives of the disappeared! – Call for Action by Amnesty International
Amnesty International calls for action in support of the 'Saturday Mothers' by sending a letter to president Erdogan. On 25 August 2018, police in Istanbul used tear gas, plastic bullets and water cannons to disperse the 700th gathering of mainly women, some of whom...
Arabs and Kurds in Syrian self-rule: Rojava survives for now
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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,...
