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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.
Opposition Journalists Under Assault in Turkey – CEYLAN YEGINSU
Published by The New York Times, 17 September 2015 ISTANBUL — Hours after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out against a prominent newspaper here, an angry mob of his supporters descended on the publication’s headquarters, smashing windows, chanting profanities...
ECFR report: Turkey, the Kurds and the fight against Islamic State – Cale Salih
Published by the European Council on Foreign Relations, 14th September, 2015 Europe must prioritise diplomatic support for peace between Turkey and the Kurds as a pre-requisite for a successful strategy against Islamic State. Since 20 July 2015, the PKK has...
Arrest of Kurdish politician Abdullah Demirbas increases tensions in southeast Turkey:
Situation in Turkey’s Kurdish regions escalates further The southeast of Turkey has not come to rest since September 4: There is a curfew in Cizîra Botan (Cizre), and there are snipers on minarets and other high towers in the city. Several other villages in the...
Kurdish civilians hit by snipers as Turkey cracks down on militants – Constanze Letsch
Residents of south-eastern towns say they are living under daily terror from marksmen after new law authorising use of live ammunition to quell protests Published by The Guardian, Tuesday 8 Septembre 2015 Clad in traditional baggy trousers and the woolly cap of a...
URGENT CALL: Humanitarian Aid Becomes Obligatory in Cizre Because of the Isolation
Asim Murat Okur Septembre 11, 2015 IHD Human Rights Organisation Today is the 7th day of continuous curfew in Cizre District of Şırnak Province which has 133.000 population. This curfew declaration of Şırnak Governor, causes the citizens to live deprived of their...
The refugee children of Iraq, Kurdistan and Syria
To put the European refugee crisis into a realistic perspective: watch these pictures and read the story by Belgium journalist Pieter Stockmans and photographer Baram Maaruf. The refugee flow to the wealthy continent of Europe is just the tip of the iceberg. It's a...
HDP offices targeted by racist attacks
ANF - News Desk Large numbers of racist groups have started a Kurd-hunt in a number of Turkish cities, in which some 126 offices of the HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) were attacked across the country since yesterday. Police took no action against the aggressive...
Thousands of Turkish police, soldiers and special operation teams are daily attacking Kurdish cities with heavy weapons
Since 24th of July, 32 civilian were been killed several injured. Turkish military and police forces in Kurdistan: ‘Many people will die and we will remain in the districts till the end of elections`. After 48 hours of attacks in Şırnak’s Cizre district and the murder...
Turkey charges Vice News reporters with aiding terrorist group – Constanze Letsch
Court orders arrest pending trial of three journalists, including two Britons, covering conflict in country’s south-east Published by The Guardian on Septembre 1, 2015 A Turkish court has charged three journalists working with Vice News with “aiding a terrorist...
