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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.
Seven people killed in Turkey amid protests against curfews – SEYHMUS CAKAN
Published by Reuters 14 December 2015 Seven people were killed in clashes with security forces in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, officials said on Monday, as authorities declared curfews across the restive region. The clashes are the latest in months of violence...
IHD-TIHV-Report: Human right violations in Turkey and Kurdistan in 2015
Severe human right violations by the Turkish state The Human Rights Association (IHD) and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV), published the 2015 human rights violation report that was prepared during the 10-17 December Week of Human Rights. Ozturk Turkdogan,...
Historic decision by Austrian Parliament on Kobanê and Shengal – HASAN YOLDAŞ
Published by ANF , 12 December 2015 All the parties in the Austrian Parliament have approved a resolution of support for the reconstruction of Rojava's Kobanê town and the Êzîdî town of Shengal in South Kurdistan. The Austrian Parliament enacted a similar resolution...
Mr. Martin Schulz, President
European Parliament Bât. Altiero Spinelli 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels Belgium December 11, 2015 Honorable President Schulz: In retrospect, since the early 1990s, Turkey has, occasionally, tried to cross the Turkish-Iraqi border, and...
Kurdish Movement Calls for Struggle Against Turkish Occupation in South Kurdistan
PHOTOGRAPH BY KHALID AL-MOUSILY / REUTERS / LANDOV Published by ANF News, 7 December, 2015 The Kurdistan Communities' Union (KCK) Executive Council Co-Presidency has released a statement calling for an enhancement of the struggle in four parts of Kurdistan and all...
Kurdish language lessons spring 2016
The Kurdish Institute is organizing Kurdish language and culture lessons in the spring of 2016. The lessons are divided into two modules, which will each have about 10 to 12 lessons. The first module will start on the 4th of January 2016 and will end in the middle of...
We Demand Immediate Withdrawal of Turkish Troops from Kurdistan (KNK Press Release)
The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK, Kongreya Neteweyî ya Kurdistanê) published a press release on the 6th of December 2015. In short, it states the following: The Turkish government has deployed military forces in Mousel, without any request or authorization from...
School bus for Kobane: 25,000 in 25 days!
Donate money for a school bus for children in the ISIS-destroyed city of Kobane #twitterkurds #kurds #kobane #kobani #refugee In the wake of ongoing brutal attacks by ISIS, the city of Kobane in the Kurdish region of northern Syria (Rojava), has been completely...
Diyarbakir Bar Association Chairman Tahir Elçi was murdered by the dark forces of the Turkish state!
We strongly condemn this brutal attack! The President of the Bar Association of Diyarbakir Tahir Elci, was specificily target at the haed and was murdered during a press briefing held in Diyarbakir this morning, A few days ago in Diyarbakir, the historic four-columned...
