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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.
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Council conclusions on on Special Report 16/2009 by the Court of Auditors concerning the European Commission's management of pre-accession assistance to Turkey,
3010th GENERAL AFFAIRS Council meeting, Luxembourg, 26 April 2010
DOCUMENTS 6th EUTCC DONFERENCE BUSSELS, 3-4 Febr. 2010
Speeches & Messages by Osman Baydemir & MEHMET YUKSEL KNK & Mark Muller
We Are People Too: A Letter by Farzad Kamangar, Imprisoned Teacher Sentenced to Execution
"Even inside prisons, and in regards to punishment, do the Kurds have to still bear the label of ethnic minority and experience dark sentiments of seclusion and exclusion? Is there really a difference between a Kurdish and non-Kurdish prisoner that the former should be deprived of many legal rights such as access to a lawyer, temporary release, reduction in sentence, pardon, or freedom? Why despite recent leniency toward political prisoners of Tehran and some other major cities (I.e. their release, which is a source of great joy and I wish it continues), harsh and strict treatment of Kurdish prisoners persist. Instead of attempts to solve the issues, general policies continue to revolve around suppression and execution…"
Karayilan: “The EU and the US are responsible for the stalemate in the solution of the Kurdish issue”
This interview was recorded in North Iraq on March 23rd. Turkish Diary does not necessarily share the opinions of the interviewee. However, since we had a chance to look at the issue from a viewpoint different from the official ones, our duty as journalists was to take this chance and show it to our readers. We are confident they are smart enough to tell the difference between truth and propaganda.
Former DTP leader Ahmet Türk attacked in Turkey
Former leader of a banned pro-Kurdish party in Turkey was attacked and injured in north Turkey's Samsun Province on Monday, when he was leaving a courthouse.
FREEDOM FOR ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS IN TURKEY AND IN NORTH KURDISTAN
Today, more than 5,000 political prisoners are detained in Turkish prisons, some since 1990, 2000 miners, about the age of 18 are currently detained in Turkish prisons and more than 3,000 are left at liberty, are waiting to be tried in
court.
FREEDOM FOR MISS ZAYNAB JALALIAN
Zaynab Jalalian's letter to the world's
THE STATES OF ARMED COLONIALISTES OUT OF KURDISTAN
Dr Ali KILIC,
THE STATES OF ARMED COLONIALISTES OUT OF KURDISTAN
NOT IN INGERENCE
OF TURKEY AND THE IRAN OF SYRIA
IN KURDISTAN
International Support Kurds in Syria Association (SKS) was founded in September 2009:
Aim:
To work in collaboration with individuals and organisations to bring about change for Kurds in Syria, until they achieve basic human rights.
Objectives:
