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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.
Kurdish Enclaves in Syria Battle Islamist Militant Groups – Wladimir van Wilgenburg
Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 12 Issue: 9 May 2, 2014 The main Kurdish militia in Syria, the Yekîneyên Parastina Gel (YPG – Kurdish People’s Protection Units), has survived a siege of the town of Kobani (Arabic: Ayn al-Arab) by Islamist extremists belonging...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court: The Last Resort of Hope for the Rule of Law?
By Hendrik Müller (vol. 7, no. 8 of the Turkey Analyst) The determination of Turkey’s Constitutional Court to fulfill its role of upholding the rule of law, in spite of this putting it at odds with the mercurial prime minister, has unexpectedly presented a check on...
10 things you must know about Kurds from the “Other Syria”
"Rojava is the only region in the world where women have organized themselves to ideologically and physically fight Islamist forces" by Saladdin Ahmed An oft-quoted Kurdish proverb, “Kurds have no friends but the mountains,” speaks to Kurdish experiences of being...
The role of EU and US in the war against Kurds – By Roni Alasor
Brussels, 12 May 2014 – Ararat News (ANP) – Kurdish movement in Turkey (PKK) has been added in EU terror list since 2003 after strong pushing from Turkey and USA. Kurdish politicians and leadership appealed immediately to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which has...
Humanitarian situation in Syrian Kurdistan
17.30-18.00 BRIEFING ROOM – STRASBOURG – LOW N-1/201 Abdelsalem MUSUTAFA, Democratic Union Party - PYD (Kurdish region, Syria) Representative for International Relations. Jürgen KLUTE, GUE/NGL MEP. Eyyup DORU, Peace and Democracy Party - BDP (Turkey)...
European jihadists form ISIS brigades in Syria – John Rosenthal
cent reports in the European press and evidence from social media implicate European jihadists fighting with the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in atrocities committed in the vicinity of Aleppo, in northern Syria. The reports, moreover, suggest that European jihadists in Syria are more numerous than official statistics indicate. Indeed, they point to the existence of entire French-speaking and German-speaking brigades in the Aleppo region.
Turkey’s Constitutional Court overturns controversial judicial bill
The Constitutional Court partly overturned a controversial judicial bill on April 11, demanding a redefinition of the justice minister’s increased competences.
The bill on the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), drafted by the government as a response to graft allegations, had sparked weeks of debate over concerns on the independence of the judiciary.
Thousands protest at Turkish military build-up in Hakkari
(ANF/HAKKARİ) The Hakkari (Kurdish: Colemêrg) Province Branch of the BDP organized a protest march around the foot of Kato mountain last week in order to draw attention to a recent upsurge in military movements in the area and the continued construction of military bases in the region.
Events since December cast doubt on Turkey’s EU path, EU Commissioner Füle says
Events over the past three months have cast doubt on Turkey’s commitment to European values and standards, European Union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Füle has said, while praising the “renewed momentum” in bilateral ties.
