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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.
KNK Statement released on Turkey’s War against the Kurds
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...
The Turkish State Continues its Attacks in Kurdistan (KNK Press Release)
There is a massacre taking place in the Kurdish region in Turkey. Since the 16th of August, the Turkish state has enforced curfews in 7 Kurdish cities and 17 Kurdish towns where a total of 1.3 million people live. These curfews have stifled the people’s ability to...
Turkish tanks pound Kurdish militants in week-long military campaign
By Seyhmus Cakan. Published by Reuters, 22 December 2015. Turkish tanks on Tuesday pounded Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets in Cizre, a southeastern town at the heart of a military operation that the army said has killed 127 Kurdish militants in a week. Black...
CURFEWS, MILITARY OPS, AND RESISTANCE: EASTERN TURKEY UNDER SIEGE AS KURDISH YOUTH REBEL. By Jennifer Baker
Military tanks roaming in the streets of Diyarbakır and Şırnak Published by Kurdish Question, 22 December 2015 Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) recently published a note on imposed curfews in predominantly Kurdish districts since August 2015. According to...
AKP DRAGGING TURKEY TOWARDS CLIFF, HDP DEPUTY SAYS
Riot police use water cannons and plastic bullets to disperse demonstrators during a protest in Istanbul, Turkey, December 20, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal Published by NRT, 22 December 2015 ISTANBUL – Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is dividing...
The Kurdish Self-Governance Movement in Turkey’s South East: an Interview with Haydar Darici
For the past year, foreign coverage of Turkey has been focused on spectacular events: elections, terrorist acts, shooting down of Russian planes, and other geopolitical gambles. Throughout this period, however, a quiet revolution had been taking place in the Kurdish...
Koerdische taallessen 2016 – Cours de langue kurde 2016 – Kurdish language lessons 2016
Koerdische taallessen 2016 - Cours de langue kurde 2016 - Kurdish language lessons 2016 Koerdische taallessen 2016 Met veel plezier kondigen we aan dat het Koerdisch Instituut in het voorjaar van 2016 opnieuw Koerdische taallessen organiseert. Deze lessen (Kurmandji...
German politicians accuse Turkey of war against Kurds
Turkish forces have been carrying out raids against the PKK since late July. Photo: Anadolu Agency. Published by Rudaw, 21 December 2015 By Polla Garmiany MAINZ, Germany – Politicians in Germany, home to a large Kurdish diaspora, condemned a Turkish military...
Europe’s Gatekeeper: Unlawful Detention and Deportation of Refugees from Turkey – Amnesty International
Published by Amnesty Insternational on 16 December 2015, Index number: EUR 44/3022/2015 In mid to late 2015, political pressure from the EU on Turkey to halt irregular migration to Europe grew, and the two parties signed a migration agreement on 29 November 2015....
