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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.
Migrant boat with Kurds on board sinks off Turkish coast; many dead
Published by Rudaw 10 April 2016 ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - An unknown number of migrants, among them Kurds, died after their boat capsized in Turkish waters – en route to Greece -- a Kurdish official told Rudaw.“There are Kurds among the casualties." said Amanj...
THE ISLAMIC STATE IN TURKEY: A DEEP DIVE INTO A DARK PLACE – Aaron Stein
Published by War on the Rocks 06 April 2016 The Islamic State’s attacks in Paris and Belgium have demonstrated key vulnerabilities in European law enforcement and intelligence agencies. For several years, members of the Europe-based Islamic State network responsible...
Turkey should consider stripping citizenship from supporters of terrorism: Erdogan
Published by Reuters 06 April 2016 Turkey should consider stripping citizenship from supporters of terrorism, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, adding that the government had "nothing to discuss with terrorists". His comments, in a speech to a group of lawyers...
Erdogan: No room for dialogue with Kurds
Published by ARA News 5 April 2016 ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday ruled out reviving peace talks with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), vowing to finish off the conflict–that was resumed in July 2015 after two years of peace talks which...
Turkish bodyguards take Washington by force – Fehim Tastekin
Published by Al-Monitor 3 April 2016 Up until a couple of years ago, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was a leader much in demand by foreign statesmen. And it wasn't just Erdogan who was in demand: Prestigious think tanks used to mobilize to host Turkish...
Letter from Mehmet Tunç’s daughter Nalin
This article was posted on ANF on 15 March 2016. “After my father and those who were killed there, I made a decision. I will carry on the struggle my father gave his life for. And I will never give up.” Nalin Tunç, the daughter of Cizre People’s Assembly...
Stop the criminalisation of the Kurdish movement
33 Kurds are currently being prosecuted by the Belgian courts. What heinous crime are they supposed to have committed? They spoke out for the Kurdish cause and promoted Kurdish culture. At the behest of the Turkish state innocent people are criminalised in Belgium for...
Turkey ‘shooting dead’ Syrian refugees as they flee civil war
Published by The Independent 31 March 2016 Turkish security forces have shot dead refugees escaping from the Syrian conflict, according to reports. UK-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights alleged 16 people seeking sanctuary in Turkey have...
Rojava: A safe haven in the middle of Syria’s brutal war – CNN
Published by CNN 30 March 2016 (CNN) As world leaders grapple with how to end the Syrian war, most people in the west are struggling to look beyond the bombs, destruction and refugee crisis to understand the tangle of alignments that is Syria. What is often hidden...
