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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.
Saleh Moslem visits a scene of Paris attacks
PYD (Democratic Union Party) leader Saleh Moslem has visited the Bataclan concert hall where series of attacks claimed most lives in French capital Paris on 13 November night, Tuesday, November 17, 2015, PARIS - ANF As people continue flocking to the scenes of mass...
After Paris: Victory to the Kurds – Brendan O’Neill
Published by spiked-online 16 November 2015 AFTER PARIS: VICTORY TO THE KURDS Why are so few Westerners standing with, or fighting with, the Kurds? One of the most curious things in politics right now is that everyone is concerned about the spread of the Islamic State...
Kurdish Forces Retake Strategic Highway in Iraq’s North From ISIS – MICHAEL R. GORDON and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
Published by The New York Times, November 12, 2015 A convoy of pesh merga fighters on Mount Sinjar. The objective of the ground offensive is to cut a major ISIS supply line between Syria and the Iraqi city of Mosul. Credit Bryan Denton for The New York Times MOUNT...
Silvan under lockdown for 10th day
Published by Hurriyet Daily News, November 12, 2015 Thousands of people living in a southeastern town in Turkey have been stuck their homes for over a week now due to a curfew imposed and clashes between security forces and militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers'...
Was the Turkish Election Rigged? – Emre Deliveli
Published by The Independent , November 6, 2015 The AKP received 4.5 million extra votes compared to June's election, and people are suspicious President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the AKP are looking to tighten their already firm grip in an atmosphere of agitation and...
Kurdish PKK declares end to unilateral truce in Turkey
Published by EKurd Daily, November 5 2015 ISTANBUL,— The rebel Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said Thursday that it had torn up a unilateral truce in Turkey after a surge in deadly violence since the country’s weekend election. Its announcement comes after several...
European Commission Key findings of the 2015 report on Turkey
Published by European Commission November 10, 2015 European Commission - Fact Sheet Key findings of the 2015 report on Turkey Brussels, 10 November 2015 2015 enlargement package The report on Turkey is part of the 2015 enlargement package adopted today by the European...
Turkey: voters offered a variety of choices, but process hindered by incidents of violence – Election Observation
Published by Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, November 2, 2015 Turkey: voters offered a variety of choices, but process hindered by incidents of violence ELECTION OBSERVATION Elections in Turkey offered voters variety of choices, but process was...
Erdogan Won Bloodstained Election, But HDP Hope Lives On – John Hunt
Published by The Pasewan on the November 9, 2015 The author was an elections observer in Turkey on 7 June and 1 November 2015 Tear gas and water cannon, fired against angry Kurdish youth, marked the end of the 1 November elections in Amed (Dyarbakir), in stark...
