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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.
Turkey’s Crackdown on Kurdish Rebels Includes Local Mayors – Dorian Jones
FILE - Demonstrators wave Turkish flags as they shout nationalist slogans during a protest against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in central Istanbul, Aug. 16, 2015. Published by VOA News , 19 January 2016 ISTANBUL— Eighteen mayors and nearly 50 locally elected...
ERDOĞAN CLOSES DOOR ON POLITICAL SOLUTION: NO MORE TALKS WITH PKK OR HDP
Erdoğan Published by Kurdish Question, 20 January 2016 Speaking at a meeting with neighbourhood and village guards today, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed, "Neither the separatist terror organisation (PKK), nor the party under its control (HDP), nor...
Sputnik News interviews Adem Uzun
© REUTERS/ Sertac Kayar Published by Sputnik News, 16 January 2016 The Turkish government is providing support to Daesh in an effort to help the extremist group fight separatists from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a Kurdish politician told Sputnik Radio. The PKK...
Appeal by democrats of Turkey abroad for solidarity with academics
(Dessin: Ismail Kızıl Doğan) Our country suffers from a state of war provoked by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's repressive power. We, as citizens of Turkey abroad, always in solidarity with the struggle for democratization and peace in our country, support the call of January...
In Turkey, the state doesn’t talk—it only shoots – Ercan Ayboga
Published by ROAR Magazine 9 January, 2016 This article was originally published at Die Wochenzeitung. It was translated from German by Janet Biehl. A gripping eyewitness account from Diyarbakir, in southeastern Turkey, where the state continues its onslaught on the...
Mr. Erdogan’s offensive – Washington Post Editorial Board
Mr. Erdogan’s offensive A Kurdish man’s house is riddled with bullet holes after armed clashes between the PKK and Turkish armed forces on Jan. 10. (Refik Tekin/European Pressphoto Agency) Published by Washington Post, 10 January, 2016 PHOTOGRAPHS OF black...
Rebuilding Kobanê – Tom Anderson and Eliza Egret
Published in Red Pepper, January 2016 Tom Anderson and Eliza Egret report from the war-torn city of Kobanê and meet those trying to rebuild what Daesh and US bombs have destroyed Kobanê city ‘We have cleared 1.5 million tonnes of rubble,’ Abdo Rrahman Hemo...
Turkey Detains Academics Who Signed Petition Defending Kurds
This article was posted on the website of The New York Times on January 15, 2016. ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities detained 14 scholars on Friday, accusing them of spreading “terrorism propaganda” and of insulting the state after they signed a petition denouncing the...
Chomsky hits back at Erdoğan, accusing him of double standards on terrorism
This article was published on January 14, 2016 on the website of The Guardian. US academic says Turkish president – who has condemned leftwing critics for ignorance – has been aiding Isis, which he blamed for bomb attack on Istanbul. The leftwing US academic Noam...
