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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 Court’s decision against Dr. Ismail Besikci can´t be accepted…
The official ideology of Turkey is the obstacle against freedom of thought: The Court's decision against Dr. Ismail Besikci can´t be accepted
16/03/2011, The Halabja Genocide and the Anfal campaigns
REMEMBERING THE HALABJA GENOCIDE AND THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST KURDS IN IRAQ
Wednesday 16th of March, 2011, Room ASP 3G2, 15h00 – 18h30,
European Parliament – Rue Wiertz 60 – 1047 Brussels,
(interpretation in Arabic, Turkish, English)
Turkey’s Empire of Fear: Mass Graves of the Kurds
If you ask me, the ugliest crime any state could commit against individuals is to make them disappear.
Turkey: 469 Kurds secretly buried in 114 mass graves
REPORT, Kurdistan National Congress, — As the Kurdish question still remains the most important problem in the country; the recommencement of armed conflict is evaluated as a serious and ominous development.
Students Call for Education in Kurdish
University students in Istanbul reiterated the demand for education in the mother language on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day. One student gave a symbolic Kurdish lesson next to the campus of the Yildiz Technical University.
SPECIAL: The current situation of the Kurds in Syria
SPECIAL
The current situation of the Kurds in Syria
©This paper is prepared for the CHACK International Conference, Stockholm 12 February 2011 by Kariane Westrheim, Chair of EUTCC, Associate Professor at the University of Bergen, Norway & Michael Gunter, Secretary General EUTCC, Professor at the Tennessee Tech University, USA
MASS GRAVES IN TURKEY
INDEX
Introduction
The dark legacy continues to remain an open wound in Turkey
Mass graves in Turkey
Human Rights Association (IHD) mass graves balance sheet
The policy of the state
Thousands of Kurds march to mass grave
The International community
Conclusion: Steps which should be taken by the AKP Government
Amnesty International : Turkey, All Children Have Rights
Since 2006, thousands of children in Turkey, some as young as 12, have been prosecuted under anti-terrorism legislation for their alleged participation in demonstrations. The demonstrations were focused on issues of concern to members of the Kurdish community and often involved violent clashes with the police.
Syria: Kurdish folk singer Bavê Selah abducted
The Kurdish folk singer Bavê Selah was apprehended on 25 January 2011 by Syrian security forces in Aleppo (Photo: Kamal Sido/STP) Februar 2010
