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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.
Intellectuals organize conference for peace and democracy in Turkey
Writer Murathan Mungan, Prof. Gencay Gürsoy and HDK (People's Democratic Congress) executive council member Bircan Yorulmaz held a press conference on the Conference for Democracy and Peace to take place in Ankara on 25-26 May.
Peace in Kurdistan campaign
‘Western Kurdistan could be a model for a free and democratic Syria’, PYD co-president tells London audience
Campaign for a political solution of the Kurdish Question
KURDISH NEWS WEEKLY BRIEFING, 26 April – 2 May 2013
GENOCIDE / 2015
Appeal: The "Process" should bury the Negationism before the 100th anniversary of the Genocide
PKK’S HISTORICAL MOVE FOR PEACE
It is with great appreciation that the EUTCC received the message from Kurdish Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council President Murat Karayilan that the PKK withdraws its forces gradually from Turkey starting 8 May, 2013.
A Call for Justice: Over 100 women join together to demand justice for Sakine, Fidan and Leyla
Margaret Owen OBE and Professor Mary Davis, two patrons of the Peace in Kurdistan campaign, have written an open letter to the Justice Minister of France, Christiane Taubira, demanding justice for Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Soylemez who were brutally assassinated on 9 January 2013.
News bulletin on occasion of the peace process
1. PJAK: we express our support for Ocalan's message
2. Kalkan: Withdrawal is not on the agenda now
3. Karayilan: KCK needs direct contact with Öcalan
4. Karaylan: We are ready for war but we want peace
5. Bayik: Legal assurance needed for withdrawal
6. ANDREW FINKEL: Kurdish New Year’s Resolutions
7. Karayilan: Everybody should play their role for peace
8. Harvey Morrisa: Kurdish Spring on Many Fronts
9. Bayram Sinkaya: Why doesn’t Iran want Turkey to solve its Kurdish issue?
10. Andrew Self: The Problem with Ocalan’s Peace
11. Cengiz Çandar: A Newroz vision for Turkish-Kurdish relations
12. Jihad el-Zein: No matter where the rains fall in our region these days, the bloom is always Kurdish
13. Cengiz Çandar: Ocalan’s message is much more than a ceasefire
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