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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.
Translators wanted for international project
In September, the Kurdish Institute, along with partners in Amed (Diyarbakir), Krakau and Cologne, will publish a book about human rights and mother tongue education. The book is the conclusion of an Erasmus+ project on the subject. For this book, we are looking for...
ISIS arrests 700 civilians north Syria, mostly Kurds
Published by ARA News 21 June 2016 AFRIN – Radical group of the Islamic State (ISIS) launched an arrest campaign in northern Syria, and captured more than 700 civilians, local sources reported on Monday. ISIS jihadis have broken into several villages in the...
PYD leader describes opening of KRG-Rojava border as “a good step”
Published by Rudaw 13 June 2016 KIRKUK, Kurdistan Region— The leader of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) welcomed the opening of the Semelka border crossing between the Kurdistan Region and Syria’s autonomous Kurdish region of Rojava on Sunday, describing it...
German MP calls for a travel ban on Erdogan
Published by Deutsche Welle 12 June 2016 Sevim Dagdelen has urged action after receiving death threats over the Armenian genocide vote in Germany's parliament. She said she wants Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to be prevented from entering Germany. Sevim...
Turkish border guards shoot civilians on border with Syria, two killed
Published by ARA News 13 June 2016 QAMISHLO – Turkey’s border police on Sunday opened fire on a number of Syrian civilians who were trying to cross the border illegally, escaping the ongoing war in Syria, local sources reported. At least two young men were...
U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces tighten grip around Islamic State in Syria’s Manbij
Published by Ekurd 9 June 2016 BEIRUT,— U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces fighting Islamic State near the Syrian-Turkish border said on Thursday they had reached the militants’ last main route in and out of their stronghold in the area, the city of Manbij....
IS disguised as Kurdish fighters killed 37 Syrian civilians
Published by Kurdistan24 9 June 2016 MANBIJ, Syrian Kurdistan (Kurdistan24) - On Thursday, insurgents of the Islamic State (IS) disguised as Kurdish fighters infiltrated a village in the vicinity of the northern Syrian towns of Manbij and Jarabulus. Kurdistan24...
Koerdische figuranten gezocht/Kurdish extras wanted
Voor Zagros, de nieuwe langspeelfilm van de Iraaks-Belgische filmmaker Sahim Omar Kalifa, zijn we op zoek naar mensen die zouden willen komen figureren op de luchthaven van Oostende op donderdag 16/06. We draaien tussen 10u en 22u en je krijgt een vergoeding van 20...
Regional Kurdish party in AKP’S crosshairs
Published by Al-Monitor 9 June 2016 DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — The Sirnak Popular Assembly meeting that included the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) in Silopi, Sirnak province, declared self-rule on Aug. 10, 2015, under the slogan, “From now on we as the people will build...
