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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.
Rojava’s Declaration of Federalism (Opinion)
Published on Rudaw on 31 March 2016. Written by David Romano. On March 17 the leaders or Rojava’s three cantons – Kurds, Christians, Arabs, Turkmen and others – declared themselves a federal region within Syria. The declaration was unsurprisingly condemned by Turkey,...
Amnesty International urges Obama to pressure Turkey to stop slaughter of Kurds
Published by ARA News 31 March 2016 ERBIL – Amnesty International called on the US President Barack Obama to urge Turkey to end the onslaught against Kurds, and the continued repressive security operations in east and southeast Turkey with President Recep Tayyip...
TURKEY DOESN’T WANT TO JOIN EUROPE – IT WANTS TO UNDERMINE IT by Farhad Mirza
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, left, stands with European Council President Donald Tusk, centre, and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker during a press conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels on 18 March 2016. (AP/Virginia...
Syrian Kurds reject Assad’s centralism, demand federalism
Assad speaking to Russian reporters in Damascus. File photo Published by ARA News 31 March 2016 ERBIL – Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday said that the Syrian Kurds want unity. However, Syrian Kurdish politicians told ARA News that the Kurds want...
Experts train Kurds on unearthing, documenting mass graves in Shingal
A mass grave being unearthed in Shingal last month. AFP photo. Published by Rudaw 30 March 2016 ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – In its campaign to have the massacre of Yezidi Kurds in Shingal recognized as genocide and bringing war criminals to justice, the Kurdistan Region...
Russia and US ‘planning military coordination against Isis in Syria’
Syrian army soldiers fire a rocket at Isis positions in Raqqa, Syria. Photograph: Alexander Kots/AP Published by The Guardian 30 March 2016 Russia and the US are working to liberate the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, says Russian deputy foreign minister. Signs of...
Erdogan Uses Closed-Door Meeting to Blast Obama Administration
Published by Foreign Policy 30 March 2016 The Turkish president told a gathering of academics and former government officials that the White House was wrong to back the Kurds in the fight against the Islamic State. Facing a high-profile snub from the White House and a...
Germany and EU reject protests over song mocking Erdogan
Image copyrightAFP Image captionCorrespondents say President Erdogan brooks no dissentPublished by BBC News 30 March 2016 Germany and the EU have dismissed Turkish protests over a song aired on German television mocking President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The song,...
Turkish Hatred: When the Truth Slips Out – Burak Bekdil
Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue, in the aftermath of the March 19 suicide bombing. (Image source: Sky News video screenshot) Published by Gatestone Institute 27 March 2016 Before the bodies of Israeli victims were carried to their homeland, the Turkish make-up showed signs...
