The initiative marks a breakthrough in months of tortuous negotiations to resolve a dispute between Kurdistan and the Iraqi central government over exports of oil from the autonomous region. Crude from Kurdistan used to flow through a Baghdad-controlled pipeline to...
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 600 Kurds from the villages of Tel Akhdar, Tel Fandar and the town of Tel Abyad had abandoned their homes after warnings from ISIS. The NGO said ISIS had also detained dozens of Kurds in the area, releasing them...
The film begins dramatically: A Turkish flag flies beautifully, high above Istanbul from atop a colossal pole. A scary-looking man in a black suit and black gloves walks menacingly toward the pole, takes out a metal bar and breaks the...
A long time ago in between the two great rivers Euphrates and Tigris there was a land called Mesopotamia. Above a small town and tucked into the side of the Zagros Mountains, there was an enormous stone castle with tall turrets and dark high walls. The castle was cut...
Statement of International Initiative on the ECtHR decision in Öcalan vs. Turkey (No. 2) The European Court of Human Rights today published its chamber decision in a set of applications by Abdullah Öcalan against Turkey. The complaints referred, among...
Karayilan remarked that the Turkish state has violated the ongoing ceasefire numerous times so far.KCK executive reminded that the resolution process had three phases; with the first one being the process of ceasefire and the withdrawal of Kurdish guerrillas from...
