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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.
KCK “PRESS WING” TRIAL: REPORT FROM EFJ OBSERVER IN ISTANBUL
Turkey: “For the Government, Journalism is Terrorism”, By Ricardo Gutiérrez, EFJ General Secretary
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) held its first congress
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), an umbrella party encompassing the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and a number of left-wing parties, held its first extraordinary congress on Sept. 27 in Ankara.
Kurds against the “Wall of Shame”
The ruling AKP government has sped up the building of the unlawful wall between Mardin's Nusaybin district and the Qamishlo city in West Kurdistan. The construction companies building the wall are kept secret and the municipality of Nusaybin is provided with no information about the wall being built.
(ANF – Nusaybin 15.10.2013)
Robbery in the house of the judge hearing the case on Sakine, Fidan, Leyla
Unidentified person(s) broke into the house of Jeanne Duye, anti-terror judge in charge of the case on the murder in Paris of three Kurdish politicians on 9 January 2013, and stole the judge's laptop computer said to be containing “critical” files.
EU Commissioner for Enlargment, Mr Štefan Füle’s speech
Enlargement Package 2013, Štefan Füle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy (European Commission), Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), European Parliament/ Brussels
16 October 2013
Turkey EU progress report 2013
The Commission's 2013 Progress Report on Turkey highlights a number of important steps taken by Turkey over the past 12 months, notably the adoption of a fourth judicial reform package and the start of a peace process to end terrorism and violence in the Southeast of the country. At the same time, the report emphasises the pressing need to develop a truly participatory democracy, able to reach out to all segments of society, as well as the clear requirement to further amend criminal legislation and reform its interpretation by the courts so as to ensure respect for fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression and freedom of assembly. These issues underline the importance for the EU to enhance its engagement with Turkey, especially on fundamental rights, so that it remains the benchmark for reforms in the country.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : MEMO
Key findings of the 2013 progress report on Turkey
European Commission Press Releas
EU enlargement: priorities for 2014
Democratic Union Party (PYD)-West Kurdistan Media & Public Affairs Office–Europe
News Briefing Regarding Events in West Kurdistan (Northern Syria)
