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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.
The AKP, afraid of a solution, targets the Kurds yet again
The Turkish state and the AKP government are wielding terror within the claws of judiciary and security forces in full view of the whole world. Especially during the course of the last month, the Kurds have been subjected to continuous persecution on a daily basis.
DİSA’s Research Projects
The Scar of Tongue: The Consequences of the Ban on the Use of Mother Tongue in Education and the Experiences of Kurdish Students in Turkey
Time to raise voices against executions in Iran!
According to Amnesty International reports, 400 people were executed in 2010. Among those executed there as well women, men, children and adolescents. Executions have increased significantly in recent times because of rebellions against the totalitarian regimes in North Africa and Arab countries. The repression against the civilian population has reached an unacceptable level.
TO THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC OPINION
Turkey and -within the last 8 years- AKP government insists on not to recognize the Kurdish People’s representation in Assembly anti-democratically and by dirty games, with under the influence of 12 September Constitution.
1915 Armenian Genocide to be commemorated for second time in Turkey
1915 Armenian Genocide will be commemorated in Turkey through a variety of events for a second time this year. The first commemoration ceremony was held in 2010, 95 years after the tragedy.
Defense lawyers withdraw themselves from KCK case
Defense lawyers withdrew themselves at a Tuesday hearing from the Kurdish Communities Union, or KCK, trial and gathered to discuss whether the action should be permanent or not.
Scandalous Ban On BDP Candidates
By a scandalous decision, Turkey's Supreme Election Board (YSK) ruled on Monday that 12 independent candidates supported by the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) were ineligible to run for parliament because of their prior "terrorism-related" convictions.
Britain Peace Council’s Reaction Against the Bans
Yet Another Blow To Democracy In Turkey, Yet Another Blow To The Struggle For A Political Solution Of The Kurdish Question
Victory of Kurdish Popular Resistance: The Ban On Six Candidates Lifted
The Supreme Election Board (YSK) decided to lift the ban on six independent candidates supported by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), after deliberations that lasted eight hours.
