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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.
Syrian Democratic Forces advance towards Raqqa – Hisham Arafat
Published by Kurdistan24 on January 4, 2016 AIN ISSA, Syria (K24) – On Tuesday, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) revealed thatthey had liberated six villages south of Ain Issa, north ofthe Islamic State (IS) group's northern Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, an...
Turkish parliament to consider ‘lifting Kurdish leaders’ immunity’
Published by Kurdish Daily News on January 3, 2016 Istanbul (AFP) – Turkey’s parliament will set up a committee to consider lifting the immunity of two leaders of the main Kurdish party so they can be tried over their call for autonomy, the pro-government Sabah daily...
Three Kurdish woman politicians killed in southeast Turkey
Published by Ekurd Daily on January 6, 2016 DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— Three female Kurdish politicians have been killed in fighting in a curfew-hit town in Turkish Kurdistan as the authorities press an offensive against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers...
Iranian Kurdish Parties: Tehran Executed Hundreds of Kurds in Past Nine Months – Dalshad Abdullah
Iran creates terrorism and spreads it to the whole world Published by Asharq Al-Aws on Monday, 4 Jan, 2016 Kurdish opposition sources in Iran have revealed yesterday that the executions carried out by the Iranian regime against the Kurds and other components are...
Turkey’s HDP preparing to take demand for Kurdish self-governance to UN
Posted by Ekurd Daily on January 7, 2016 by Editorial Staff in Politics ISTANBUL,— The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey is preparing to take its demand for self-governance for Kurds in Turkish Kurdistan, the Kurdish region in the country’s...
Losing Turkey – David L. Phillips
Published by The World Post on 6 january 2016 The Obama administration must see Turkey under the reign of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for what it is, not how it used to be, or how Washington wishes it were. It is time for steely-eyed realism about Erdogan....
Kurds urge the world to stop Turkish massacres
The destroying of many Kurdish towns and cities across North Kurdistan resulted in the killings of 260 civilians and hundreds of political arrests. Kurds urges the whole world to break the silence and stop Turkey`s massacres against Kurdish civilians. Published by...
Turkish military brutality in Diyarbakır – Corporate Watch report
Published by Corporate Watch on Fri, 18/12/2015 The Kurdish city of Amed (Diyarbakır in Turkish), is currently under attack by Turkish state forces. Amed is situated within the borders of Turkey and its residents are locked in a decades long struggle for self...
Turkish state and government launch all-out war against the Kurds
After the coup against the 7 June 2015 elections, under the leadership of President Erdogan, the Turkish state launched a full-blown war against the Kurds. The state, which has even deployed the navy in Kurdistan, is utilising all its traditional dirty tactics. For...
