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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.
The Kurdish region Rojava in Syria needs help!
Appeal: Support a Democratic Experiment The events in Syria are an embarrassing human disaster. For four years, we have witnessed the attempts to brutally crush the liberation movement that had erupted so unexpectedly. Consequently, the social upheavals for rights and...
Kobanê: A City Rising From The Ashes
The following is an interview with Yavuz Önen, a former President of Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects(TMMOB), and was conducted by Yusuf Gürsucu for Özgür Gündem. It has been translated into...
Syrian Kurdistan: 40 returning Kobani residents killed by mines and booby traps
Kurds returning to Kobani, Syrian Kurdistan. Photo: AFP Ekurd Daily, March 29th, 2015 KOBANI, Syrian Kurdistan,— An estimated 40 people have been killed by mines and booby traps in Kobani in the two months since...
New paper on The Kurdish National Movement by Wadie Jwaideh
Foreword by Martin van Bruinessen Where should one locate the beginnings of Kurdish nationalism as a modern mass movement, with well-organized political parties, explicit programs, and the mobilization of mass support...
A Resistance Which Knows No Borders: Crossing To Kobane
The following report is the first part of a larger series compiled by Ömer Çelilk and Ferhat Arslan for ANF. It has been translated into English below. The Kobanê Autonomous Canton, which has won its freedom at heavy cost against a savage ideology left over from the...
Turkey’s Kurds protest ban on traditional clothes
VAN, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— A domestic security bill prepared by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) stirred a debate in the country because it bans a traditional Kurdish garment called sal u sepik. Many Kurdish citizens living in the southeast wear sal...
The Return of Hakan Fidan to MİT is the Sign of a Power Struggle
By M. K. Kaya (vol. 8, no. 5 of the Turkey Analyst) The row over Hakan Fidan, Turkey’s reinstated intelligence chief, is suggestive of shifting power realities and rivalries within the AKP regime. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu suffered a serious setback when he was...
CLRA passes resolution for Kobanê
The Bureau of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the European Council has issued a declaration demanding that all the means and needs be provided for the rebuilding of Kobanê, including a permanent corridor to be opened into the town. ...
Proposed US bill: recognize Iraq’s Kurds as ‘partners’ and arm them directly
By Yerevan Saeed WASHINGTON DC - A new bill introduced in the US Congress calls on the White House to directly arm and assist the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in its war with Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL). The...
