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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 Kurdish Republic of Mahabad – A Song
The Republic of Mahabad (Komarî Mehabad), officially known as Republic of Kurdistan and established in Eastern Kurdistan (Persian occupied Kurdistan), is a short-lived, Kurdish state of the 20th century after the Republic of Ararat in Turkey. The capital is the city of Mahabad in the northwest of present Iran.
17-18/11/2010, The 7th International Conference On EU, Turkey And the Kurds
"The road to peace – facing the challenge", Complete File
Memory: A Massacre of Kurds in Turkey
“In Turkey, the debate over memorialising a massacre of Kurds is touching raw nerves…”
WikiLeaks: The Struggle of the Kurds
Detail: “Turkey hoped for an early action plan from the US government to elicit more support from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) against the leadership of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)…”
Turkey: 30 months imprisonment for saying “Mr” Ocalan
TURKEY, — Systematic pressure of Turkish government on the Kurdish mayors and MPs are escalating in Northern Kurdistan, (Southeast Turkey).
Lord Avebury: Kurdish human rights violations flagrant and severe in Syria
Kurdish Info – Syrian human rights violations towards its population of over a million Kurdish remain systematic, flagrant and severe.
17-18/11/2010, The 7th International Conference On EU, Turkey And The Kurds, Final Resolutions
European Parliament, Brussels 17th & 18th November 2010 – Room ASP 3G2,
Introduction to Final Resolutions as read out at the Conference
Songul Karabulut Speech on 7th INternational EUTCC Conference
18.11.2010- I’d like to greet you all on behalf of Kurdistan National Congress (KNK).
Rights of children violated despite new Anti-Terror Law amendment
DIHA 16.11.2010 – On July 25, the amendment to the Anti-Terror Law (TMK) known as the “Child Stone Thrower’s Law” came into effect, yet the security authorities continue to trample on children’s rights.
