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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.
Turkey’s Erdogan lambasts US over support for Syrian Kurds
This article was published on News Republic on February 11, 2016. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan bitterly attacked ally the United States over its support for Syrian Kurdish groups, as they seized an airport near Aleppo and sought to build ties with Russia. In...
The death of Mehmet Tunç – Open letter to the European Parliament
Diyarbakır There are injured people who have taken refuge in basements in Cizre for almost a month. There was a man who informed us, the whole world, in fact you, the European Parliament as well, about what is happening in Cizre, that man was Cizre People’s Assembly...
Will he, won’t he? Turks ponder whether Erdogan will invade Syria
By Cengiz Çandar. This article was posted on Al-Monitor on February 9, 2016. Nowadays, when two or more Turks come together, the conversation inevitably moves into questioning the motives of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his plans for Turkey's role in the...
Syrian Kurdistan’s diplomatic representative office opened in Moscow
Published by Ekurd, January 10 2016 MOSCOW,— Wednesday is set to see an inauguration ceremony of the first European office of Syrian Kurdistan, which will be located in Moscow. The ceremony is to be attended by Russian foreign ministry officials as well as...
Turkey, US Splits Deepen Over Support for Kurdish Militants
FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Nov. 26, 2015. Ankara summoned the American ambassador, John Bass, on Feb. 9, 2016, to protest remarks by a State Department spokesman who said Washington does not...
BREAKING: ANOTHER BASEMENT IN CIZRE, ANOTHER MASSACRE: AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE BURNT ALIVE
Published by Kurdish Question, 10 January 2016 ANF - Şırnak It has emerged that Turkish state forces have committed yet another massacre in a third basement in Şırnak's Cizre district where as many as 40 people had taken shelter and remained trapped for days....
60 civilians executed by Turkish State Forces in Cizre/Şırnak
The Turkish Special Forces have massacred 60 civilians with chemical weapons, as reported by local sources. Mr. Faysal Sarıyıldız, the HDP Deputy for Şırnak, who is currently in Cizre district, informed that tens of civilians who had been trapped in the basement of a...
European Parliament recognizes ISIS crimes as genocide
Published by Kurdish Info, 04 February 2016 The European Parliament has unanimously passed a resolution recognizing an ISIS genocide against Christians, Êzîdîs and other religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria. The resolution passed on Thursday at a European...
Turkish parliamentary groups holds first meeting to draft new constitution
Published by Ekurd, 04 February 2016 The Constitutional Consensus Commission, comprised of legislators from all four parties in parliament, held its first meeting on Thursday. While all parties agree on the need to overhaul the constitution, the opposition strongly...
