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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.
Kurdish-Speaking Punishment Case against Turkey’s DTP ex-Chairman, Ahmet Turk
"In that speech I have stated that the banning of a language is against democracy and that the language prohibition in the civilized countries is over…" Ahmet Turk.
Canadian Action on the Kurdish Conflict in Turkey
The Kurdish nation was divided in five sections, between Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey at the end of the First World War. There are more than 20 million Kurds living in Eastern and Southeastern Turkey, an area historically known as Northern Mesopotamia and Kurdistan. Until the late 1990’s, Kurdish culture was not recognized and the use of the Kurdish language was forbidden. Names of villages, mountains, valleys, cities and towns were converted to Turkish names and Kurds were not even allowed to give Kurdish names to their children.
PKK ended unilateral ceasefire
The umbrella organization of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Democratic Confederation of Kurdistan (KCK) says it is ending a unilateral ceasefire declared 13 months ago.
Gerger: Turkey may use Israeli crisis against the Kurdish question
Professor Haluk Gerger commenting to ANF the raid by Israel forces yesterday has focused on the relations between Turkey and Israel.
Despite the change in leadership, CHP remains the party of anti-democratic Kemalist establishment
The recent change in CHP leadership has not brought along the expected transformation in the party's main groups and discourse. Despite the change in leadership, CHP remains the party of anti-democratic Kemalist establishment.
Kurdish party official arrested in Syria
DAMASCUS – Syrian authorities have arrested a leading member of a banned Kurdish party, a Syrian rights group said in a statement on Saturday, and pleaded for his release.
Kurds issue dire warnings in Turkey
"BDP leader Nezir Karabas told supporters in Diyarbakir during the weekend that Kurdish groups would continue their protests of legal reforms enacted last week. "I swear, if you continue these policies, the Kurdish people will not be content with just a guerrilla struggle, but will turn life into hell.."
Kurdish tragedy in Iran, Salah Bayaziddi
The Kurdish Globe
The statement of Kurdish PEN Centre
regarding the execution of the patriot intellectuals of Kurdistan
in Eastern part of our homeland
