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By Ahmet Abidin Özbek: His ego is so big and there is no costume to fit him. He has continued to destroy democracy in the country, just like the others before him. After ten years of tyranny, he has become one of the richest officials in the history of Turkey since the Ottoman era. Actually,…
KT Exclusive Interview with Lorraine Holloway-White: Lorraine Holloway-White is the author of Jeffrey Archer: The Kurds, ‘The Simple Truth’, telling the story of her role in setting up British Aid For The Kurds (BAFK) which raised millions in support of Kurd refugees at the end of the First Gulf War in 1991. Her book also…
Dr Sadar Aziz was interviewed by Aras Ahmed Mhamad: 1. Kurds are the largest nation without having an independent national territory. How does that make you feel as a Kurd? It makes me feel nude: I mean I have no layer which protects me from the danger of the outside. If the state is a…
By Rahi Rahber: Yet again, history is repeating itself. Two lifelong friends are once more split apart by politics. Back in 1800, Thomas Jefferson challenged John Adams for the presidential seat. That campaign is labelled as one of the dirtiest presidential campaigns ever. Jefferson, being the former vice-president, used convincing media tactics that led him…
By Mohammed Hussein: Recent meetings between Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri Al- Maliki, and president of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, have posed many questions about these leaders’ simultaneous hostility and friendship. What unites them, and what makes them stand against each other are topics that have been discussed in some Iraqi and international media. But…
By Solin Hacador: One of the most difficult types of death to cope with is an assassination. We Kurds have thousands of assassinated people in our history. It is quite difficult for us to have such an enormous list of assassination anniversaries. But it is our reality and we have no choice but to accept…
KT News and Comment: Peshtwan Sadeq, a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) politburo, has told the pro-KDP Rudaw news agency that Masud Barzani did not know in advance about the proposal to extend his presidency. Last month MPs from the ruling KDP and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) voted to extend his term…
By Kazhal Ebrahim Khidre: Translated and introduced by Yasin Aziz: “Two years ago, in March, I was in Halabja and I came across this poem in Klil Kurdish Magazine. I found it so powerful. It seems to tell the whole story of what happened to South Kurdistan in our recent history. “I don’t know this…
By Arsalan M.Y.: As a resident of Hewler, and after months of intensive searching, I was able to obtain a copy of an illuminating yet forbidden book by Mr. Ayoub Barzani. The book is titled “The Kurdish Liberation Movement and the Rivalry of Region and International Powers 1958-1975” and it covers the era of Mala…
KT News and Comment: Over the last two days, Gorran leader Nawshirwan Mustafa has published new documents on the history of the early days of negotiations leading to the establishment of a Presidency for Kurdistan. These memoirs go back to early 2004, after the collapse of the Iraqi government. The papers reveal the extent of…
By Aras Ahmed Mhamad: Abstract This article is an opening phase to introduce the study of morphology and difficulties in finding the exact definition that fully explains the term. It further investigates the importance of morphemes as a major component of words with reference to the differences between derivational and inflectional affixes. Bookmark on Delicious…
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: The academic problematic which the removal of President Morsi of Egypt presents for the political science is this question: was it a coup? On the surface the answer is clear. Of course it was a coup: a military power dumping a democratically-elected president and ending his four-year democratic mandate after only…
By Amjed Rasheed: This article discusses the fragility of the management system in Kurdistan. It is reductionist, focusing only on the poor transportation system and the centralized management system in the region. Despite the fact that the airport in Dohuk governorate is not finished, I find it ironic to have three airports in a small…
By Adib Abdulmajid: Amid the ongoing destructive war between the Syrian rebel forces and the regime, the circle of violence is apparently expanding to include the north-eastern area of the country, where the Kurds form a majority of the population. However, unlike other clashes seen in the rest of the country, the Kurdish area is…
