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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.
U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian forces launch offensive toward Raqqa
Published by Ekurd Daily, Febr. 4, 2017 RAQQA province, Syria,— The Kurdish-led alliance of U.S.-backed militias said it had started a new phase of its campaign against the Islamic State-held city of Raqqa on Saturday, aiming to complete its encirclement and sever the...
Turkey: Bans on Kurdish arts festivals spark solidarity actions – PELIN BAṢARAN
Arts organisation Siyah Bant examines how emergency rule has affected artistic practices in Diyarbakır Published by Turkey Uncensored on Januari 30, 2017 Turkey Uncensored is an Index on Censorship project to publish a series of articles from censored Turkish writers,...
Syria’s new national security force pledges loyalty to Turkey – Amberin Zaman
Published by Al-Monitor on January 25, 2017 When Turkey intervened in northern Syria five months ago, it claimed it had no designs on its former Ottoman dominion and that its only goals were to cleanse its borders of the Islamic State and to eliminate what it called...
Crushing the Kurds: Unravelling a Conspiracy – Sheri Laizer
Published by Ekurd Daily on January 24, 2017 “I wasn’t framed and imprisoned for being a whistle-blower against the Turkish state: I was targeted because I raised my voice for Kurdish rights, including independence. I helped set up the institutions necessary as part...
France closes court case over murder of Kurdish activists in Paris
Published by Ekurd Daily on January 24, 2017 PARIS,— France has dropped all court proceedings over the 2013 murders of three Kurdish activists after the death of the main suspect, judicial sources said on Monday, despite street protests demanding that inquiries...
Turkey arrests Kurdish HDP lawmaker Ayse Acar Basaran
Published by Ekurd Daily on January 20, 2017 ANKARA,— A member of Turkish parliament from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Ayse Acar Basaran, was arrested early Friday in Ankara, according to security sources, state-run Anadolu agency reported. According...
U.S-backed Syrian SDF forces refuse to support Astana meeting results
Published by Ekurd Daily on Januari 19, 2017 CAIRO,— The U.S-backed Syrian Kurdish-led Democratic Forces (SDF) opposition group will not support the results of the meeting on Syria in Astana, as the SDF has not received an invitation to attend it, SDF spokesman Talal...
[VIDEO] Armenian deputy banned from Turkish Parliament for 3 sessions for calling 1915 ‘genocide’
Garo Paylan, a deputy of Armenian origin from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been banned from parliamentary sessions for three days for using the word “genocide” to describe incidents that took place in 1915, during an address in Parliament in...
Turkey seeking 142 years in jail for Kurdish HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas
Published by Ekurd Daily on Januari 17, 2017 DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— Turkish prosecutors Tuesday demanded up to 142 years in prison for the leader of the country’s main pro-Kurdish party, in a case that has intensified concerns over freedom of...
