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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’s Kurdish politicians declare hunger strike over Ocalan’s fate
Published by Ekurd Daily on 1/9/16 DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— Kurdish campaigners in Turkey announced a hunger strike Wednesday to protest the lack of updates about the welfare of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan who has been denied visitors since...
Turkish police raid Kurdish Azadiya Welat newspaper office, detain 23
Published by Ekurd Daily on 30/8/16 DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— Turkish authorities should immediately release 23 employees of the Kurdish-language daily newspaper Azadiya Welat detained on Sunday in a police raid of the newspaper’s office, the the NY...
URGENT APPEAL against the foreign intervention by the Turkish state in Syria
We, intellectuals, writers, artists, politicians and human rights defenders, seek to draw urgent attention to the Turkish state’s invasion in Northern Syria and Rojava. The Turkish army invaded the Northern Syrian City of Jarablus on 24 August 2016, using anti-ISIS...
Solidarity with daily Özgür Gündem and its detained or harassed journalists (Info-Türk)
By: Info-Türk Solidarity with daily Özgür Gündem and its detained or harassed journalists Solidarity also with Ragip Zarakolu, Asli Erdogan, Eren Keskin and Filiz Koçali Daily Özgür Gündem, which has been shut down by court order, has been released as a special...
The AKP government’s attacks against the free press continue! (press release KNK)
Turkish state closes largest Kurdish daily newspaper The voice of the Kurds and democrats Ozgur Gundem has been closed down. The daily newspaper Ozgur Gundem, known for its publications on the Kurdish question and democracy in Turkey, has been closed down by the AKP...
The Police Raid on HDP Istanbul Headquarters (statement HDP)
Dozens dead in Syria bomb blast
Published by The Guardian 27 July 2016 An Islamic State truck bomb has killed at least 44 people, wounded dozens more and flattened several buildings in a largely Kurdish town in northern Syria, human rights groups and state media have reported. The blast in Qamishli...
Turkish court documents reveal new details about IS operations
Published by Al-Monitor, 21 July 2016 DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — Diyarbakir was the venue of two important events linked to the Islamic State (IS) in the past 12 months. On June 5, 2015, a bomb blast at a pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) rally killed four people....
Turkey Could Be Taking A Big Step Backwards In Human Rights
Published by TIME, 22 July 2016 The coup should not be used as a pretext for rolling back human rights It’s rush hour on Istanbul’s Bosphorus Bridge. Queues of cars jostle for position, the noise of horns fills the air, a young man selling Turkish flags weaves through...
