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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.
Syrian Kurdish leader calls for federal state
Published by Al-Monitor 1 March 2016 AMUDA, Syria — Amid the ongoing war ravaging Syria, particularly the Kurdish regions, infighting among the Kurds continues, as does the Kurdish-Arab conflict. As the Syrian revolution enters its fifth year, areas like Homs...
Turkey partially lifts curfew in Kurdish Cizre town
Published by Ekurd 2 March 2016 DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— The Turkish authorities Tuesday announced the partial lifting of a curfew in a town in Turkish Kurdistan in the country’s Kurdish region in the southeast, in force since December as part...
Turkish shelling of Syrian Kurds continues backing for Islamic State: representative
Published by Ekurd 29 February 2016 MOSCOW,— Turkish artillery is maintaining its support for the Islamic State (IS) forces, a leader of Russia’s Kurdish community said on Monday. “More than 10 people, mostly women and children, have been killed over the past...
Turkey’s other refugee crisis: Kurds fleeing ‘terror’ in country’s south east – Zia Weise
Kurdish demonstrators gather behind a barricade as they clash with Turkish riot police during a protest against the curfew in Sur district Photo: REUTERS Turkish coastguard stopping Kurdish migrants trying to reach Greece, as renewed conflict with Kurdish militia PKK...
HDP: URGENT ACTION CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
URGENT ACTION CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Diyarbakir, February 24, 2016 I am a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the province of Diyarbakir and am writing this letter to you from the central district of Sur currently under heavy bombardment...
Syrian Kurdish YPG accepts U.S.-Russian ceasefire
Published by Ekurd 25 February 2016 The powerful Kurdish YPG militia in Syrian Kurdistan will abide by a U.S.-Russian plan aimed at halting fighting in Syria, but reserves the right to respond if attacked, YPG official Redur Xelil told Reuters on Wednesday. “We, in...
Kurdish Genocide in Turkey must be Stopped – Martin Berger
Published by New Eastern Outlook 23 February 2016 While the Turkish army, following the orders of their commander in chief, carries out armed aggression against Iraq and Syria, in Turkey itself authorities have launched an...
EUROPEAN UNION PARLIAMENTARIAN: TERRORIST LABEL ON THE PKK HAS POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS
Published by Kurdish Question 24 February 2016 ANF - Brussels Italian parliamentarian in the Confederal Group of the European United Left Barbara Spinelli has stated that the designation of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as a ‘terrorist organisation’ has...
It’s Time to Kick Erdogan’s Turkey Out of NATO – Stanley Weiss
ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES Published by Huffington Post 23 February 2016 It has always been a matter of historical curiosity that one of the American diplomats who was deeply involved in the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was named...
