Written by: Anna Davies Anna Davies is currently in Rojava, where she is working on different medical and psychological projects in collaboration with the Kurdish Institute. This conversation took place between a woman from the UK who is living and working in Rojava,...
In September, the Kurdish Institute, along with partners in Amed (Diyarbakir), Krakau and Cologne, will publish a book about human rights and mother tongue education. The book is the conclusion of an Erasmus+ project on the subject. For this book, we are looking for...
Published by ARA News 21 June 2016 AFRIN – Radical group of the Islamic State (ISIS) launched an arrest campaign in northern Syria, and captured more than 700 civilians, local sources reported on Monday. ISIS jihadis have broken into several villages in the...
Published by Rudaw 13 June 2016 KIRKUK, Kurdistan Region— The leader of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) welcomed the opening of the Semelka border crossing between the Kurdistan Region and Syria’s autonomous Kurdish region of Rojava on Sunday, describing it...
Published by Deutsche Welle 12 June 2016 Sevim Dagdelen has urged action after receiving death threats over the Armenian genocide vote in Germany’s parliament. She said she wants Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to be prevented from entering Germany. Sevim...
Published by ARA News 13 June 2016 QAMISHLO – Turkey’s border police on Sunday opened fire on a number of Syrian civilians who were trying to cross the border illegally, escaping the ongoing war in Syria, local sources reported. At least two young men were...