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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.
Adapted program Kurdistan Culture Week, 23/9 – 25/9
Friday (23/9): 9-12h: Flemish Parliament, international conference about the right to education in the mother language for Kurds (Erasmus+ project of the Kurdish Institute) - Register with name + date of birth via [email protected] 15-16h Traditional Kurdish...
KURDISTAN CULTURAL WEEK will go ahead! Adapted program coming up later today!
KURDISTAN CULTURAL WEEK will go ahead! Because of the previous prohibition "error" we unfortunately had to cancel some events. We are currently working on a new, adapted program, starting Friday morning with the Conference on the Right to Mother Tongue Education at...
Kurds deplore “Erdogan’s parallel state in Belgium”
Published by Middle East Diplomatic on 19/9/16 by Narin Alan / Roni Alasor Brussels, 19 September 2016 - Middle East Diplomatic (MED) - Following a trial against 33 Kurdish politicians and media workers, Kurds accuse Belgium for acting under the “influence of...
Thousands of Kurdish teachers suspended in Turkey
by Lorin Sarkis / Roni Alasor Brussels, 9 September 2016 - Middle East Diplomatic (MED) – Around 11 300 Kurdish teachers have been suspended in Turkey for alleged ties with Kurdish movement – PKK. Now, Erdogan and his pm accuse over 20 000 Kurdish teachers and many...
Yurdatapan: EU should be tougher with Erdogan
by Roni Alasor / Lorin Sarkis Brussels, 12 September 2016 - Middle East Diplomatic (MED) - Speaking at a briefing in the Press Club Brussels, organised by European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ/IFJ), Sanar Yurdatapan, composer, human rights...
Urgent Call for Kobane: The Turkish military is attacking Kurdish civilians in Kobane
The civilians in Kobane started a peaceful protest on the Turkey-Kobane border on the 24th of August when Turkey started to build a cement wall and commenced the invasion of Jerablus in north Syria. Today at 9:30 am local time, when the people again returned to the...
Urgent Call for Kobane: The Turkish military is attacking Kurdish civilians in Kobane!
The civilians in Kobane started a peaceful protest on the Turkey-Kobane border on the 24th of August when Turkey started to build a cement wall and commenced the invasion of Jerablus in north Syria. Today at 9:30 am local time, when the people again returned to the...
Turkey denies ceasefire deal with Syrian Kurdish militia
Published by Ekurd Daily on 31/8/2016 ISTANBUL,— Turkey on Wednesday said it did “not accept” US claims that it had agreed a truce with Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria. “We do not accept in any circumstances … a ‘compromise or a ceasefire reached between Turkey...
Turkey bombards Syrian Kurdish YPG forces in Afrin
Published by Ekurd Daily on 1/9/16 AFRIN, Syrian Kurdistan,— Turkish artillery began on Wednesday bombardments in Afrin, targeting Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units’ (YPG) bases in the city in Afrin Canton of Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), one day after Ankara...
