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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.
Will Syrian Kurdish self-rule succeed?
Bureau members of a preparatory conference discuss a "Federal Democratic System for Rojava and Northern Syria" in the Kurdish-controlled town of Rimelan, Hasakah province, Syria, March 16, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Rodi Said) Published by Al-Monitor 28 March 2016 Many...
The parties and organizations of Kurdistan, strongly condemn the terrorist bombings of Brussels
March 25 2016 We strongly condemn the terrorist bombings of Brussels, the heart of the European Union. This bombing is an extension of a series of terrorist attacks from Beirut to Reyhanli, from Suruç to Paris, from Baghdad to Kobanê, from Tunisia to Istanbul, and...
WILL THERE BE A COUP AGAINST ERDOGAN IN TURKEY?
Kurdish people display a picture of Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a protest outside an EU-Turkey summit in Brussels on March 7. Turks—and the Turkish military—increasingly recognize that Erdogan is taking the country to the precipice.YVES...
Jordan’s king accuses Turkey of sending terrorists to Europe
Jordan's king, Abdullah, and the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AFP) Published by Middle East Eye 25 March 2016 Abdullah tells US politicians that radicals are being 'manufactured in Turkey... as part of Turkish policy' according to account obtained by MEE...
Turkey must stop targeting Syrian Kurds, shift focus to the war on ISIS: UK Foreign Affairs Committee
Published by ARA News 25 March 2016 ERBIL – The United Kingdom must press Turkey to refrain from taking any further action against Kurdish YPG forces in Syria, and play a constructive role in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS), said the House of Commons...
Huge Explosion at Army Station in Diyarbakir
Published by Kurdish Question 25 March 2016 Yesterday night at about 9pm local time, a car-bomb was detonated at the Mermer Gendarmerie Station, located on the highway between the cities of Diyarbakir and Bingol. After the bomb exploded a clash broke out between PKK...
KNK: Brussels Terror attacks are not only against the people of Belgium, but against all humanity!
Published by Kurdistan National Congress 24 March 2016 Suicide bombers targeted the Capital of the EU and Belgium. As a result of these attacks 34 innocent civilians lost their lives and 250 people were injured. The so-called ‘Islamic State’ (IS) has...
Human Rights: At least 310 civilians killed in Turkey’s Kurdish region since August
Posted on March 23, 2016 by EKurd Daily DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— The Documentation Center of TIHV (Human Rights Foundation of Turkey) has released a fact sheet on declared curfews between August 16th, 2015 and March 18th, 2016 in the Kurdish region...
UNICEF: New EU-Turkey Deal Could Leave Children At Risk
Published by Bianet 24 March 2016 According to UNICEF warning that “the new agreement could push children and families to take other more dangerous routes including the central Mediterranean Sea”, the deal “does not address the pressing humanitarian needs of 19,000...
