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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.
Statement on the declaration of the interim jointadministration in Kurdish region in Syria
The Arab Spring has extended to Syria, triggering an uprising against the tyrannical regime that has perpetrated all kinds of the injustices against the Syrian people throughout last decades, obliterating security and civil peace in the country. Most of the components of Western Kurdistan actively participated and played an important part in the uprising.
Ex-Deputy PM: Turkey Supplying Heavy Weaponries to al-Nusra Terrorists in Syria
TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey and a close friend of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Abdullatif Sener, criticized the Turkish government for providing heavy weapons to the organized terrorist groups in Syria, including the notorious al-Nusra Front, warning of its dangerous consequences.
Life Sentence + 789 Years of Prison + 1,263,320 Lira Fine!
I believe that every/thing has not ended, yet. Because I know that since 2006, political cases in courts are based on false evidence manufactured by the police!
Füsun ERDOGAN
To our peoples and the democratic public opinion
A car-bomb attack in the city of Kobani, Rojava Kurdistan, killed 14 civilians and wounded 24 others. We condemn this massacre, express our condolences to the families of the martyrs, and hope quick recovery for the wounded.
10th International Conference On “The European Union, Turkey And The Kurds”
Turkey, the Kurds and the Imrali Peace Process: An Historic Opportunity –
Brussels, European Parliament, 4th & 5th of December 2013 Room: ASP 1G2,
Suicide bomb at Kurdish Red Crescent office in Kobani (Rojava/Syria)
At least 11 people were killed in a suicide attack on the office of the Kurdish Red Crescent in Kobani on monday 11th of November. Among the victims there are several children. The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham is suspected of being behind the attack.
Conference 22/11/2013: “Which future for the Kurdish regions in Syria?”
Friday 22 November 2013 –
Belgian Senate
Leuvensweg 7, 1000 Brussels –
Free admission
4-5 december: International Conference in Brussels on Kurdish Peace Process
European United Left/Nordic Green Left European Parliamentary Group invite you to
10th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE EU, TURKEY AND THE KURDS
“Turkey, Kurds and the Imrali Peace Process:
An Historic Opportunity”
European Parliament, Brussels
4-5 December 2013 – Room ASP 1G2
Interpretation available in English, Turkish, French, German, Dutch
Öcalan: Process on but at critical stage
BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) Parliamentary Group president Pervin Buldan, BDP deputy Idris Baluken and HDP (Democratic People's Party) spokesperson on negotiation and solution process and vice president Sirri Süreyya Önder have returned from the Imrali island where they have visited Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan today.
