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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.
CALL Stop the Turkish aggression war against Afrin!
Dear The Turkish AKP regime started a war on 20 January against Afrin, a predominantly Kurdish enclave in northern Syria. Several dozen organizations and individuals have signed a call to stop these hostilities immediately (list below). You can also sign the call,...
UN Security Council Should Stop a Bloodbath and Declare Afrin and Northern Syria a ‘Safe Haven’
By Bakhtiar Amin. Published on Valdai Club on 22 January 2018. The Kurds after their setbacks in the aftermath of their independence referendum of 25th of September in 2017 in Iraq are facing another tragedy, but this time in Afrin in the western part of Kurdistan...
STOP TURKEY`S WAR ON THE KURDS: Turkey air strikes hit Afrin, a Kurdish city in Northern Syria, killing and wounding several civilians (KNK statement)
STOP TURKEY`S WAR ON THE KURDS Turkey air strikes hit Afrin, a Kurdish city in Northern Syria, killing and wounding several civilians Not only the Kurds even Christians, Arabs and all the other entities in Afrin are under a heavy attack by Turkey Turkey`s aggression...
Do not let Afrin become another Kobane (statement)
Stop Turkey`s war on the Kurds and #DefendAfrin (KNK statement)
The seven year long internal conflict in Syria turned into an international war, which resulted in the killings of hundreds of thousands of people and the displacement of millions, was almost nearing an end. The Turkish government under the leadership of Recep Tayyip...
Stop Turkey`s war on the Kurds and #DefendAfrin
The seven year long internal conflict in Syria turned into an international war, which resulted in the killings of hundreds of thousands of people and the displacement of millions, was almost nearing an end. The Turkish government under the leadership of Recep Tayyip...
Once again NATO’s “Enfant terrible” plunges into new military adventures!
The Turkish military actions of recent days on Syrian soil are directed against the Kurdish population in northern Syria (West Kurdistan) and especially against the metropolis of Afrin. The Kurdish community of Germany and its leader Ali Ertan Toprak are deeply...
Call to Observe the trial of HDP co-chairs Mr. Selahattin Demirtaş and Ms Figen Yüksekdağ (HDP)
HDP’s co-chair Mr. Selahattin Demirtaş was arrested on 4 November 2016 together with co-chair Ms. Figen Yüksekdağ and seven other MPs. Mr. Demirtaş has been in Edirne F Type Prison since his arrest. The second hearing of the main legal case for which Mr. Demirtaş has...
