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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.
 Military Operations Provoke Violence and Do Not Solve Kurdish Issue
DTP politicians have called for an end to operations and violence in general. Journalist Akad criticises the mainstream media for misleading the public.
TO OUR PEOPLE AND PUBLIC OPINION
After the recent major tragedies that took place in Kurdistan, Kurdish people’s over thirty years of struggle for freedom in Turkey, developing under the leadership of Leader Apo, has gained an important dimension today. It has been proven that the Kurdish struggle for freedom cannot be eliminated and defeated despite all the methods of suppression and violence used by international and regional powers against our people.
Kurds, Yezidis and Alevis Unite in Demand for Civilian Constitution
At the Third Democratic Society Congress in Diyarbakır, delegates called for peace and constitutional change.
Iranian opposition boycotting election
But majority of Iranian opposition groups and organisations in exile, are boycotting the election because of the lack of democracy, freedom of speech and the continuous of serious human rights violations.
First oil exports from Federal Kurdistan
Historic day for the Kurdistan : Up to 100,000 barrels per day are pumped from two oil fields in Federal Kurdistan for sale in foreign markets. The Kurds hope it will increase up to 2 million barrels a day.
The Persecution of Kurdish Political Activists in Iran
Kurdish Herald Vol. 1 Issue 2, June 2009 – by Sayeh Hassan
Kurdish Political Prisoners in Iran; from top left to right:Mohammad Kaboudvand, Farzad Kamangar, Habibollah Latifi; from bottom left to right: Ehsan Fatahiyan, Zeynab Jalaliyan; bottom center: Tehran's Evin Prison.
EU Election : Result and consequences
The results of the European Parliament elections could tide the hands of EU politicians and make the cooperation between the right and the left political groups difficult to achieve. (ANP)
Turkey is afraid to confront the reality of the Kurdish problem
Ankara is dealing with growing pressure to find a political solution to Kurdish ambitions in the region.
Finding a solution to the so-called Kurdish question in Turkey requires more than just political rhetoric, the leader of a pro-Kurdish party said in Istanbul.
Petition to Reopen the case of Dr. Ghassemlou’s assassination
On July 13, 1989 one of the most tragic events in Kurdish history took place in Vienna, Austria. On that day Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, the General-Secretary of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI), his collaborator Abdullah Ghaderi-Azar and Fadhil Rassoul were brutally murdered.
