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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.
More detentions against the HDP before Newroz celebrations on March 17-21 (HDP statement)
Dear friends, On March 16, 2017 the Turkish police carried out operations against HDP executives and members in several provinces, including Antalya, Adana, Antep, İstanbul, İzmir, Hatay, Mardin, Maraş, Muş, Tekirdağ, Adıyaman, Aydın, and Muğla. The majority of the...
On this day: Kawa and the story of Newroz
Published by ROAR Magazine 20 March 2016 The story of Newroz is a story of resistance. True to form, and despite a government-imposed ban, many Kurds in Turkey are celebrating the festival nonetheless. Newroz is the yearly festival at the start of Spring to celebrate...
Opinie: “Het is welletjes geweest met de arrogantie van Turkse leiders”, Dirk Rochtus
De rede lijkt zoek in Turkije. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan zweept zijn aanhangers die in het buitenland wonen op en bruuskeert Europa. Maar zijn fanatisme camoufleert onzekerheid en zal zijn land duur komen te staan. Dat schrijft Dirk Rochtus vandaag in een...
Undemocratic government take-over of Kurdish municipalities continues (update)
Below is the list of democratically elected co-mayors from the Kurdish region imprisoned by the Turkish regime. Added to this is the list of municipalities led by the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), regional sister party to the HDP, which were taken over...
Attacks on Yazidi People in Sinjar
The current state is against the interests of the Kurdistanian peoples (KNK statement) Yesterday, 2 March, an armed group related to the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) entered Şingal, intending to force their way into the town of Xanesor (near Musol in Iraq)....
Aleppo Mince. Sixty-eight dead lives.
This text was published on Guernica on 25 February 2017. By Selahattin Demirtaş, translated from Turkish by Nicholas Glastonbury This week in the PEN/Guernica Flash series, we feature a short story by Selahattin Demirtaş, translated by Nicholas Glastonbury. Demirtas...
Turkey’s Kurdish HDP party rallies against boosting Erdogan powers
This article was published on Ekurd Daily on 2 March 2017. ISTANBUL,— Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party Thursday launched its campaign for a “No” vote in April’s referendum on whether to give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan more powers as its two leaders remained imprisoned....
In photos: Animals shot, houses burned, people tortured in blockaded Kurdish villages
Published on KomNews on 2 March 2017. The military blockades of Korukoy (Xeraba Bave) and Doganli (Talate), two villages in Turkey’s southeastern Nusaybin district were lifted on Wednesday. Photos of the aftermath of the blockades began circulating on social media and...
European Council body: Turkey sliding towards ‘autocratic one-man rule’
This article was posted on KomNews on 2 March 2017. The Council of Europe Venice Commission, an advisory body made up of independent experts in the field of constitutional law has said there is a “dramatic decline in democratic order” and that Turkey “is sliding...
