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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Di 60. salvegera damezrandina Herêma Xweser a Tirkîstana Rojhilat (Xinjiang) de Çîn pesnê xweseriya vê herêmê da. Çînê diyar kir ku li Tirkîstana Rojhilat di 60 salên dawî de pêşketineke berfireh derketiye holê. Kongreya Ûygûr a Cîhanê jî bi daxuyaniyekê daxwaza mafê self-determînasyonê kir. Bi …
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In Cizre district of Şırnak, which was sort of devastated by Turkish state forces during the nine-day curfew between 4-12 September, which left 21 civilians dead, people haven’t given up on the idea of self-rule, the declaration of which was responded by the state with brutal …
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Photo: PYD Congress Day by day, Turkey’s onslaught against the Kurds is intensifying. Just last month, Ankara launched over 500 air strikes against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), while targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) only 3 times. By now, even senior U.S. …
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The Iraqi Kurdistan dilemma: President Barzani’s term has ended, “Islamic State” jihadists are at the region’s doorstep; Turkey and the PKK are at war. Simple solutions are not in sight. If the number of migrants in the Autonomous Region Kurdistan in northern Iraq is any measure, …
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On his visit late last month to Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s Kurdistan province, President Hassan Rouhani made an important announcement. For the first time, Kurdish language studies will officially be offered to university students. With the opening of a Kurdish Language and Literature program at the University of Kurdistan, Article …
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