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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.
‘The Sniper of Kobani’ nominated for the Tegel
JOIN and vote for 'The Sniper of Kobani' This short documentary by Reber Dosky has been nominated for the Tegel - the annual prize for the best of Dutch journalism. You can use: http://www.detegel.info/stemmen/?publicatie=18 For more information: www.detegel.info...
Document of the Democratic Federal System of Rojava – Northern Syria
PYD Statement on the Brussels Attacks
The Kurds’ Push for Self-Rule in Syria
Syrian Kurds from Kobani behind a border fence. Credit Murad Sezer/Reuters Published by New York Times 21 March 2016 One important political outcome of the Syrian war could be a decision by Syrian Kurds to establish a semiautonomous region in the northern part of...
HDP Co-Chairs: We condemn the terrorist attacks in Brussels (HDP Europe press release)
We condemn the Massacre in Brussels! We condemn vehemently the brutal and inhuman terror attacks that hit the capital city of Belgium, Brussels today. We would like to make sure that we firmly stand in solidarity with the Belgian people and all peoples of...
Turkey wants a Kurdish exodus, politicians and activists in Germany warn
Published by Rudaw 22 March 2016 Some 15,000 people take part in a protest in Germany’s western city of Dusseldorf last December against Turkey’s crackdown on its Kurds, AFP file photo. MAINZ, Germany – Turkey’s war with its Kurds and a recent refugee deal agreed...
On this day: Kawa and the story of Newroz
Published by ROAR Magazine 20 March 2016 The story of Newroz is a story of resistance. True to form, and despite a government-imposed ban, many Kurds in Turkey are celebrating the festival nonetheless. Newroz is the yearly festival at the start of Spring to celebrate...
Turkey’s Inflamed Southeast Looking More and More ‘Like Syria’
Published by Sputnik News 21 March 2016 Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly Kurds, have been displaced by eight months of fighting between the Turkish military and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the country's southeast. As the situation continues to...
Pentagon chief Ashton Carter praises Kurdish fighters in Syrian Kurdistan
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. Photo: OSD Deputy Secretary of Defense Published by Ekurd 18 March 2016 WASHINGTON,— US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Thursday praised the fighting of Kurdish groups in Syrian Kurdistan (northern Syria) that have declared a...
