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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.
Aleppo Mince. Sixty-eight dead lives.
This text was published on Guernica on 25 February 2017. By Selahattin Demirtaş, translated from Turkish by Nicholas Glastonbury This week in the PEN/Guernica Flash series, we feature a short story by Selahattin Demirtaş, translated by Nicholas Glastonbury. Demirtas...
Turkey’s Kurdish HDP party rallies against boosting Erdogan powers
This article was published on Ekurd Daily on 2 March 2017. ISTANBUL,— Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party Thursday launched its campaign for a “No” vote in April’s referendum on whether to give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan more powers as its two leaders remained imprisoned....
In photos: Animals shot, houses burned, people tortured in blockaded Kurdish villages
Published on KomNews on 2 March 2017. The military blockades of Korukoy (Xeraba Bave) and Doganli (Talate), two villages in Turkey’s southeastern Nusaybin district were lifted on Wednesday. Photos of the aftermath of the blockades began circulating on social media and...
European Council body: Turkey sliding towards ‘autocratic one-man rule’
This article was posted on KomNews on 2 March 2017. The Council of Europe Venice Commission, an advisory body made up of independent experts in the field of constitutional law has said there is a “dramatic decline in democratic order” and that Turkey “is sliding...
Syrian Kurdistan administration sees end to economic ‘siege’
Posted on Ekurd Daily on 3 March 2017. AMUDA, Syrian Kurdistan,— The Kurdish-led administration in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), northwest Syria, says a new land corridor to the government-controlled west marks an economic breakthrough for their autonomous Kurdish region...
Syrian Kurds cede buffer as Turkish-backed FSA advances on Manbij
This article was posted on Al-Monitor on 2 March 2017. As if the murky constellation of conflicts in Syria were not tangled enough, Turkey seems poised to muddy the waters further by escalating its battle against the Syrian Kurdish-led force that is helping the United...
Turkey’s Kurdish lawmaker Leyla Zana faces 20 years in anti-PKK probe
This article was published by Ekurd Daily on 1 March 2017. DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— Leyla Zana, a prominent Kurdish rights activist and member of Turkish parliament from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), is facing several charges...
Kurdistan’s Barzani says parliament, presidential elections to be held in September
This article was published on Ekurd Daily on 2 March 2017. HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraq’s Kurdistan region,— Masoud Barzani said the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament and presidential elections will be held in September this year. “There will be two elections in September: parliament...
Pro-Turkey rebels attack US-backed SDF forces near Manbij, jeopardizing Raqqa operation
This article was published on 2 March 2017 on ARA News. The Turkey-backed Euphrates Shield rebels in Syria attacked positions of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), on Wednesday afternoon. This comes just one day after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed...
