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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.
Turkish border guards ‘shoot eight Syrian refugees dead’ including women and children trying to reach safety
Published by The Independent 22 April 2016 Women and children are among eight Syrian refugees reportedly shot dead by Turkish border guards while trying to reach safety. Footage obtained by The Times showed survivors of the alleged attack fleeing down a mountain path...
Hear someone insult Erdogan? Report it to us, says Turkish consulate in the Netherlands – Washington Post
Published by The Washington Post 22 April 2016 What should someone in the Netherlands do if someone says something "derogatory" or "defamatory" about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan? According to an email sent out by Ankara's consulate in Rotterdam, Turkish...
Turkey and Europe pay lip service to integration
Published by Deutsche Welle 13 April 2016 Many Turks would still like to see their country join the EU, but European intransigence and resurgent nationalism in Turkey have pushed accession talks to near irrelevance. Tom Stevenson reports from Istanbul. It's been...
PRELIMINARY REPORT BY JURISTS BASED ON VISIT TO CİZRE
PRELIMINARY REPORT BY JURISTS BASED ON VISIT TO CİZRE This study has been prepared as a report to present an updated and general perspective for the public on the human rights violations that occurred in Cizre, Turkey beginning on December 14, 2015. Reporting and...
Free Speech Isn’t the Only Casualty of Erdogan’s Repression – Selahattin Demirtas
Published by New York Times 13 April 2016 by Selahattin Demirtas DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — When Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, recently paid a visit to Washington, he gave Americans a taste of the kinds of policies he employs at home. His guards reportedly...
DANIEL LIBESKIND’S SECRET MUSEUM OF THE KURDS
The architect goes public with the controversial project for the first time. Published by Bloomberg 11 April 2016 By Elizabeth Greenspan Seven years ago an intermediary for the prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan, Nechirvan Barzani, asked the architect Daniel Libeskind...
Rojava’s commitment to Jineolojî: the science of women
Travelling in Rojava is to witness the ways in which the different commitments to the revolution present a conundrum. How can one system satisfy the vast differences in human aspirations? Published by Open Democracy 11 April 2016 Its 3.30pm and Daham Basha, the border...
Al Sheikh Maqsoud: PYD Public Statement
Public Statement Al Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood, which is predominantly populated by Kurdish residents in Aleppo city, is witnessing an indiscriminate and barbaric attacks on innocent civilians. Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds of children, women...
What’s Missing From the Syria Peace Talks – Saleh M. Mohamed for The New York Times
Published by The New York Times 11 April 2016 By SALEH M. MOHAMED This week, United Nations talks meant to chart a path toward a peaceful, democratic future for Syria are set to resume in Geneva. But, in an absurd twist, the legitimate representatives of a large,...
