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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.
Avion russe abattu par la Turquie : «une manière de marquer l’hostilité à la coalition contre Daesh»
24 nov. 2015 - Source: Reuters Le fait que la Turquie a abattu un avion militaire russe sur le territoire syrien relève d'un «acte délibéré d'hostilité» selon l'écrivain et journaliste Dominique Jamet. RT France : Est-ce que le fait que la Turquie ait abattu l’avion...
Police Attack on Politicians Trying to Enter Nusaybin
Published by BIA News Desk 23 November 2015 HDP deputies from Mardin, and DBP Co-Mayor Ahmet Türk and DBP Co-Chair Emine Ayna who are on hunger strike to protest curfew in Nusaybin have been blocked by police intervention as they tried to enter the district. Police...
Police Intervention in Funeral in Turkey’s Southeast Yüksekova District
* Photo: Yüksekova Haber Published by BIA News Desk 23 November 2015 Police Intervention in Funeral in Turkey’s Southeast Yüksekova District Police have intervened in people gathered for funeral of two people who lost their lives in the police operations during curfew...
BIS (Security Information Service) – The Forbidden Questions – Yekta Uzunoglu
Published by Yekta Uzunoglu, 23 November 2015 I acknowledge and realize the danger posed by these questions, but if I were in that country for whose safety you share responsibility - those brave Kurds would have just one more martyr. BIS- Intelligence Service of the...
Report Monitoring Delegations for the Snap Elections in Turkey on 1 November 2015
The present report has been prepared based on the observations of monitoring delegations from 21 different countries during the Election Day on 1st November 2015. First of all a summary political background is presented. Following the practical arrangements, some of...
UK activists’ report on the struggle for autonomy in Silvan
Children outside a ruined house in Farqîn. Picture taken by a friend in Farqîn.Published by Kurdish Solidarity Network, 23 November 2015 “Autonomy means that we will live in our own way, with our own rules, our own culture and our own identity. I support this from my...
Criminalizing Our People: Social Impacts of the PKK Ban – Dilar Dirik
Published by www.telesurtv.net, 20 November 2015 The terror-listing of the PKK by Western states criminalizes ordinary Kurds. However, its hypocrisy also created a conscious, mobilized, activist community. Last year, when Western mainstream media was confused...
Turkey could cut off Islamic State’s supply lines. So why doesn’t it? – David Graeber
Published by The Guardian, 18 November, 2015 Western leaders could destroy Islamic State by calling on Erdoğan to end his attacks on Kurdish forces in Syria and Turkey and allow them to fight Isis on the ground G20 leaders with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Antalaya...
European Parliament hosts a conference and exhibition on Rojava
The European Parliament in Belgium capital Brussels has hosted a conference and photography exhibition on West Kurdistan, titled “Rojava model for a democratic and fair society'”. Wednesday, November 18, 2015, BRUSSELS - ANF The European Parliament in Belgium capital...
