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By Ramyar Hassani: As Kurds were segregated into four countries in the 1920s, a part of Kurdistan went under the control of the Iranian government up until now and Kurds in this part have suffered a lot because of being a minority and whenever they have demanded their basic rights they have faced repression and…
By Dr Aland Mizell: A wise man is someone who knows and sees differences between good and evil, just and unjust, right and wrong, ethical and unethical, moral and immoral. This individual has the ability to deal properly with emotions that create the capability for poise and prudence enabling him to make right judgments and…
By Dr. Daniel P.: Democracy means freedom of the people in a nation to choose. The people have the power over the entire nation. It is up to the majority what the fate of the country will be. The exact opposite of this is the authoritarian and totalitarian types of governance. These have only one person…
KT News and Comment: Journalists and human rights activists in Kurdistan and around the world are remembering Sardasht Osman who was murdered three years ago today. A group of writers and journalists are meeting in the Culture Cafe in Suli to launch a book that has been published to remember Sardasht’s life and his writing….
By Mufid Abdulla: This is an edited version of an article that first appeared on 11 May 2010, shortly after the brutal murder of Sardasht Osman. Three years on, journalists continue to be victimised in the south of Kurdistan and Sardasht’s killers still walk free. This is the shocking story of the young journalist, Sardasht…
By Dr FR Hilmi: I have heard many political analysts describing the west’s wars on Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria as failures. The reason for coming to this conclusion, in my opinion, is the use of the wrong yardstick in the assessment of the outcome of those wars. Generally, the exit from Iraq, intended exit…
By Mohammed Hussein: BARLOOT—Sitting on a plastic crate in his small wooden shop behind his vegetable stand of watermelons and tomatoes, Mohammed Osman Mamali lets out a deep sigh. Though he comes from five generations of farmers, none of the vegetables in his shop are his. They all come from Iran. Mamali was the last…
KT News and Comment: Women activists in the district of Garmyan have set up a local committee to campaign against violence against woman. Garmyan belongs to the town of Chamchamal and there are plans to set up more committees in other areas such as Kalar, Kfri and Khanakin. Alongside the women activists, members of political parties…
KT News: Kurdish Peshmerga forces have been sent to the outskirts of Kirkuk to protect local citizens from sectarian violence. The threat of terrorist attack has increased with the deepening dispute between Iraq’s Sunni population and the Maliki government. Last week dozens were killed and injured in Kirkuk in yet another bombing. According to the…
By WKC2013: SCIENCE AND CULTURE FOR PROGRESS IN KURDISTAN 11-13 OCTOBER 2013 • Stockholm, Sweden Dear Friends & Colleagues 3rd World Kurdish Congress (WKC2013) invites all Kurdish scholars with a minimum degree of Master of Science or Arts (M.Sc. or MA) or Ph.D. from various disciplines to submit extended abstracts. Following acceptance of your abstract,…
KT News and Comment: Ismail Beshkchi, the Turkish writer who has spent many years in Turkish jails, was honoured at a cultural evening in Erbil last night. “I am pleased to see the flag of Kurdistan and Peshmarga foces in free Kurdistan”, he told reporters. The renowned writer and sociology professor was given a medal…
By Kamal Chomani: Almost all Kurdish political parties in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq are really in need of a change in their leadership: some because of their leaders’ health; but most because they have been leading their parties for ages, preventing other political figures from emerging. The main leaders are still the ones we…
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: ‘Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ Part III, Chapter 3: Khani’s Mem û Zîn as a unique genre of tragedy In the light of the Aristotelian theory of tragedy I will try in this chapter to explore and analyse the defining dramatic nature of Mem…
By EUTCC: It is with great appreciation that the EUTCC (EU Turkey Civic Commission) received the message from Kurdish Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council President Murat Karayilan that the PKK withdraws its forces gradually from Turkey starting 8 May, 2013. The withdrawal is a result of the ongoing peace talks between the PKK’s leader Mr….
KT News: Kurdish Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council President Murat Karayılan held a press conference today in the Kandil valley to announce details of the planned withdrawal of Kurdish PKK guerrillas from Turkey. Karayılan stated that the withdrawal will start on 8 May, noting that the PKK will respond if necessary to any offensive action by…
