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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 TAK militants claim Istanbul bombing
The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons have claimed responsibility for the attack on Tuesday and warned Turkey is not safe for tourists Published by Middle East Eye on Friday 10 June 2016 Militant Kurdish group the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) on Friday claimed a car...
Nusaybin: Turkey ends operations, imposes curfews in southeast
Published by Kurdistan 24 on Saturday, 4 June 2016 DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Kurdistan24) – On Saturday, Turkish authorities imposed round-the-clock curfews on the surrounding areas of the southeastern Kurdish city of Diyarbakir after authorities called an end to operations...
EP Group Chairpersons: Erdoğan regime must be stopped
Published by Kurdish Question on 8 June 2016 The EP group chairpersons pointed out that Erdoğan was resorting to anti-democratic and dangerous attempts targeting freedoms. The EP general assembly have the lifting of the immunities and the attacks of the Turkish state...
Will Afrin be the next Kobani? Al-Monitor Report
Published by Al-Monitor 9 June 2016 One of the most telling signs of Turkey’s involvement in the Syrian civil war is the Bukulmez outpost at Reyhanli. The view from the outpost’s tower illustrates graphically Ankara’s position in the uprising against the Syrian...
International Appeal: Forced Disappearance of DBP Executive in Police Custody
Published by Kurdistan Tribune on June 3, 2016 By HDP Foreign Affairs Commission: Not a single day seems to pass without the war which the AKP government has launched against the Kurdish people in its drive to further entrench its hold on power acquiring new...
Erdoğan lifts Turkish MPs’ immunity in bid to kick out pro-Kurdish parties
Published by The Guardian 8 June 2016 President signs bill that allows prosecution of lawmakers currently under investigation – most of whom are from pro-Kurdish or opposition parties The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has signed a bill lifting lawmakers’...
Istanbul bomb attack on police bus kills 11
Published by BBC News 7 June 2016 A car bomb attack targeting a police bus has killed seven officers and four civilians in central Istanbul. It was the fourth major attack in Turkey's largest city this year. No group has claimed it, but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
Iraqi Kurdistan reopens border with Syrian Kurdistan
Published by Ekurd 8 June 2016 HEWLÊR-Erbil, Kurdistan region ‘Iraq’,— After three months of border closure Iraqi Kurdistan has reopened the Semalka border crossing with Syrian Kurdistan [Rojava] on Tuesday in order to allow humanitarian goods, medicine, and food to...
PYD to Be Included in Upcoming Round of Geneva Talks
Published by Kurdish Question 7 June 2016 A source within the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the largest Kurdish party in Rojava, has confirmed that they will be involved in the next round of negotiations at Geneva. Speaking to Kurdistan24, Sihanouk Dibo an advisor in...
