Necat Ayaz Li gorî çîroka Exodus a pirtûka pîroz a cihûyan, îsraîlî bi riya yezdan Yehova ji koletiya ji bin destê Fîrawûn rizgar dibin. Yezdan Yehova soz dide ew ê erdê Kenan bide wan. Pêxember Mûsa, di dema Exodusa ji Misrê de ji gelê îsraîlê re rêberî dike û ew …
Bêtir »Professor Emeritus of International Politics Christodoulos Yiallourides: “Greeks and Kurds have similar existences regarding the preservation of their identities.”
The Turkish – Greek relations are extremely contentious in today’s world. In order to better understand this issue, Necat Ayaz interviewed Christodoulos Yiallourides, Professor Emeritus of International Politics and director of the Centre of Eastern Studies for Culture and Communication at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences . …
Bêtir »MRG calls on Turkey to end pressure on Kurdish institutions
MRG calls on Turkey government to end pressure on pro-Kurdish institutions and urges renewed dialogue with PKK for peaceful solution to current conflict Press Release Grave violations of the Kurdish community’s rights to political participation and freedom of expression are seriously undermining all hope for true democracy and lasting …
Bêtir »The Kurdish Trap and Division Among Kurds
By Memed Aksoy The Qamishli massacre perpetrated by the Islamic State today, in which at least 44 people have been killed and more than 150 injured, has once again brought to light the division among Kurds. Some quarters have immediately claimed that if the KDP-S (Kurdistan Democratic Party – …
Bêtir »What is missing in President Barzani’s rhetoric for a Kurdish state-building enterprise?
By Yoosef Abbaszadeh The question before Masoud Barzani is what to do in order to turn state-building rhetoric into a future Kurdish state. The employment and distribution of wealth relies considerably on the loyalty that individuals and clans show to a certain political party. The preponderant nepotism stemming from the …
Bêtir »The Hundredth years of Sykes-Picot and Kurds
Dr. Necat Keskin 15th of May is celebrated as ‘Kurdish Language Day’ among Kurdish people in Turkey (North Kurdistan) since 2006 and also in the ‘North-affiliated’ Rojava. The day refers to the publishing of the Hawar journal in the Latin alphabet by the Kurdish linguist Celadet Bedirkhan in 1932. While that …
Bêtir »Banga ji bo referandûma serxwebûna Papûaya Rojava
Parlamenter û hiqûqnasên ji her aliyê cîhanê û lîderên doza serxwebûna Papûaya Rojava bang li Neteweyên Yekbûyî (NY) kirin ku ji bo lidarxistina referandûma serxwebûna Papûaya Rojava ya ji aliyê Endonezyayê hatiye dagirkirin, tedbîrên pêwîst bigire. Beriya vê bangê hêzên Endonezyayê 1,700 xwepêşanderên papûayî girtin. Parlamenterên Navneteweyî yên ji bo …
Bêtir »Kampanyaya “Papûaya Rojava ya Azad” berfireh dibe
Li Papûaya Rojava ku herêmeke Endonezyayê ye, tevgera gel serxwebûnê dixwaze. Bi vê armancê, kampanyayeke medyaya sosyal hat destpêkirin. Beşdarên kampanyayê bi hashtaga #LetWestPapuaVote (Papûaya Rojava deng dide) li her aliyê cîhanê piştgiriya xwe ji bo serxwebûna herêmê tînin ziman. Di 3’yê Gulanê de Parlamenterên Navneteweyî yên ji bo Papûaya …
Bêtir »Bookchin: Living legacy of an American revolutionary
Interview by Federico Venturini low you will find an interview with Debbie Bookchin, daughter of the late Murray Bookchin, who passed away in 2006. Bookchin spent his life in revolutionary leftist circles, joining a communist youth organization at the age of nine and becoming a Trotskyist in his late …
Bêtir »Can the Kurdish question be settled by killing people in Sur?
By Nurcan Baysal “Allow us, let us take these people out alive. The state will lose nothing if a civilian group is involved.” Part of Diyarbakir’s old city walls. Wikicommons/ Bertil Videt. Some rights reserved.We are in Surici district with Lale Mansur, Zeynep Tanbay, Ferhat Tunc, Aysegul Devecioglu, Bahri Belen …
Bêtir »Blockade in Kurdish region in worse than Gaza
by Ergun Babahan This article was originally published in Turkish on Özgür Düşünce with the title ‘Basement of shame’ and was translated to English by Kurdish Question. For many days now, 26 people, covered in blood and in need of water, have been awaiting an ambulance in a basement in the Kurdish …
Bêtir »Behind Turkey’s war on the Kurds
By Tony Iltis Turkey is rapidly descending into civil war as the government deepens its offensive against the Kurdish population. Turkey is rapidly descending into civil war as the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan deepens its offensive against the Kurdish population, left-wing opposition parties, journalists and academics. The …
Bêtir »Sur: urban renewal in the Southeast Anatolian war zone
Defne Kadıoğlu Polat While the Turkish government claims that all original residents will be able to return to Sur, it is likely that, similar to what happened in New Orleans, many of those who have fled will not come back. The Turkish military operation against the PKK in Southeast Anatolia …
Bêtir »Kurds resist state-imposed curfews in Turkey
By Joris Leverink Since August, 52 curfews have been declared by the Turkish state in Kurdish towns and neighborhoods. Despite the repression, the resistance is thriving. The scenes of destruction in the Kurdish towns and neighborhoods placed under curfew by the Turkish authorities do not just resemble a war …
Bêtir »Gola Urmiyê ziwa bûye
Rojhilata Navîn ji ber sedemên avê zêdetir ji 4000 salan e bûye qada şer. Dagirkerên Kurdistanê yên ku hemû serçaviyên Kurdistanê weke “malê bêxwedî” dihesîbînin û wan serçaviyan ji bo xwe bikar tînîn niha jî dest bi talana wan serçaviyan kirine. Her wiha li Rojhilatê Kurdistanê serçavî …
Bêtir »Sahraya Rojava 40 sal in li benda self-determînasyonê ye
Koloniya kevn a Îspanyayê hîn jî di bin dagirkeriya Fasê de ye û vê dewletê heta niha nehiştiye referandûma self-determînasyonê bê lidarxistin. Peymana Sêalî ya Madrîdê ku di 14’ê Mijdara 1976’an hatibû îmzekirin, îsal 40 salan li dûv xwe dihêle. Bi vê peymanê, Îspanya ji Sahraya Rojava vekişiya …
Bêtir »Turkey threatens ‘whatever necessary’ to combat Kurdish autonomy ‘mindset’ in Syria
Alarmed by Kurdish territorial gains, Turkey fears that the latest creation of autonomous Tel Abyad canton could stir separatism among its own Kurdish minority. Threatening continued assaults on the Kurdish militia in Syria, the Turkish president has warned he will not request anyone’s permission to do whatever is necessary to …
Bêtir »Brîtanya ji Jamayikayê lêborîna ji bo koletiyê naxwaze
Serokwezîrê kevn ê Jamayîkayê PJ Patterson nivîsand ku Serokwezîrê Brîtanyayê Cameron gotiye “dema koletiyê êdî zû de derbasbûye” lê ev ne rast e. Li gorî Patterson koletî îro jî li ser piya ye û dom dike. Serokwezîrê kevn ê Jamayîkayê li ser axaftina David Cameron a di 30’yê …
Bêtir »Artêşa Endonezyayê lêborînê ji Papûayê xwest
Fermandarekî payebilind ê artêşa Endonezyayê yê li Papûaya Rojava ji ber îhlalkirina mafên mirov ji gelê Papûaya Rojava lêborînê xwest. Papûaya Rojava nêzîkî 60 sal in ji aliyê Endonezyayê hatiye dagirkirin. Fermandarê Herêma Cenderawasih General Hinsa Siburian di merasîma ku bi minasebeta 70. damezrandina artêşa Endonezyayê ya di …
Bêtir »The Kurdish Storytellers
Photo: In the Dengbêj House of Diyarbakir (by D. Bettoni) Dimitri Bettoni The Dengbêj represent the collective memory of the Kurdish people, having resisted the Turkish government attempts to assimilate them. A tradition that goes back many centuries, words that reverberate against the mountain walls and …
Bêtir »Ne welatê wan heye û ne jî mafên wan hene
Li Komara Domînîkê welatiyên ji dêbavên ji Haîtiyê hatine bi problemên giran ên welatîbûnê re rû bi rû mane. Bi deh hezaran welatiyên bi vî rengî çend salên dawîyê ji mafên welatîbûnê bêpar in. Di Rezbera 2013’an de Dadgeha Bingehîn a Domînîkê bi biryarekê mafên welatîbûnê ji …
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