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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.
Turkey: The Kurdish region since the coup attempt
By: Nurcan Baysal. This article was published on Open Democracy on 2 February 2017. The July 15 coup attempt was a nightmare. Kurds remember the terrible army coups in Turkey’s past. After the coups, Kurdish people were jailed, killed and tortured. Kurds are against...
International Mother Language Day – Ez mafê xwe dizanim! I know my rights!
21 February is International Mother Language Day, a day that promotes ‘preservation and protection of all languages used by people of the world’. While an estimated 50 million people in the world speak different variations of Kurdish, these languages are often...
TURKEY FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY YEAR IN REVIEW (HDP report)
Report published by the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on the 21st of January 2017 about the crackdown on freedom and democracy in Turkey. TITLES: MEDIA/PRESS FREEDOM ACADEMIC FREEDOM CRACKDOWN ON NGOs & CSOs DISMISSALS FROM STATE...
Turkey seeks 15 year sentences for singing Kurdish songs
Published by KOMNNEWS on 3th of February 2017 A prosecutor in Turkey has demanded fifteen year sentences for twelve young men who were arrested last year for singing in Kurdish. Fourteen youths, including two children were arrested on 20 August last year for singing...
International Mother Language Day: Prospects for Armenian and Kurdish in Turkey
Published by KOMNEWS in 21st of February 2017 Ahead of International Mother Language Day on 21 February, UNESCO published an Atlas of the ‘World’s Languages in Danger’ revealing 15 endangered languages in Turkey. Western Armenian: an endangered language in Turkey...
PETITION: Stop the Genocide of the Kurdish People in Erdogan’s Turkey
Sign and share this petition on the website of Change.org Beloved Believers in Rights of All People! With Trump heading the American government; it up to you and I to be the Protectors of Human Rights here and around the World! We must speak up! Only the attention of...
Siege of Kurdish village continues: 6 people killed, 2 children taken hostage – reports
Published by KOMNEWS on 20 February 2017 The siege of a village in Turkey’s southeastern Kurdish region and reports of torture and killing has led to consternation. According to latest reports two children have been taken hostage by security forces and six people...
Siege of Kurdish village: 39 detained, 2 disappeared, 3 killed – reports
Published by KOMNEWS on 19 February 2017 The siege of Kurdish village Korukoy in Turkey’s southeastern Nusaybin district continues. According to reports 39 people have been detained, two disappeared and three killed. Several women who were able to leave the village to...
What’s Happening in Koruköy? Ongoing military operations and communications blackout in Kurdish village (HDP statement)
Ongoing military operations and communications blackout in Kurdish village What's Happening in Koruköy? We demand urgent information from reliable sources. For the last nine days, there has been no communication with the people in K0ruköy (Xereba Bava), a village in...
