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By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: ‘Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ Part II, Chapter 1: Khani’s theory of Kurdish nationalism Perhaps pseudo-Kurdologists, Euro-centrists and Orientalists, in Edward Said’s sense of the word, would be annoyed by just seeing this title let alone my argument for the fact that there is…
KT News: The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has delivered what is described as a ‘final’ letter to the Iraqi government of Nuri al Maliki, asking it to resolve the outstanding issues between Erbil and Baghdad. The KRG has set up in a special committee in Erbil, comprising members of the two ruling parties and a…
By Dr Jawad Mella: The situation in Syria is catastrophic and getting worse by the day: Especially for the refugees fleeing from Aleppo (Ashrafiya and Sheikh Maqsud) to the Efrin area and from the Qamishli area to the Domiz camp. The number of refugees fleeing the brutal conflict in Syria has passed a million and…
By Kamal Chomani: Although the date for the next Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) elections has not been set, given that the last elections were held on July 25, 2009, the next ones should be held by July 25, 2013. These might be completely different to previous elections held by the KRG. For the first time,…
By Michael Rubin: The Nowruz announcement of a truce between Turkish forces and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) brought optimism to Turkey. The liberal daily Taraf declared, “This is the Spring of Turkey.” Milliyet headlined “Farewell to arms,” and Hürriyet bannered, “The era of weapons is over.” The U.S. government also welcomed the ceasefire. “We…
By Dr Aland Mizell: The conflict in Southeastern Turkey between the government of the Republic of Turkey and the Kurdish rebel group (specifically the PKK) has been going on for more than three decades. The recent government and PKK peace process is welcomed; but it would not be the first time that the Turkish government…
By Dr M Koohzad: I have sent the following to Richard Allan ‘Rick’ Stengel, Managing Editor of ‘Time’ magazine. Naturally, he ignored me and my comment. 21 Feb 2013 Dear Mr. Stengel, Recently, you published several articles in your magazine regarding the Kurds/Kurdistan written by Ms. Jay Newton-Small. I have read the following two. Full references…
By Neamat Maadi: Rahmatolah Maadi, the father of a newborn baby, a hardworking and peaceful man, was arrested by Iranian intelligence (Etelaat) on November 4th 2012 and there has been no news from him since. Rahmatolah was born on 25th February, 1969 in Saqaz, Kurdistan, Iran and he was raised and studied in Sannandaj. He…
By Mufid Abdulla: For the last two weeks the Suli area of the Kurdistan Region has been suffering the effects of a major banking crisis. The banks cannot pay customers – both individuals and small businesses – what is due to them. The state banks have been unable to pay the wages of civil servants…
By Kurdish Human Rights Advocacy Group: Open Letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations H.E. Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General, United Nations First Avenue and East 44th Street, New York, New York, U.S.A. March 28, 2013 Mr. Secretary-General: The Kurdish Human Rights Advocacy Group expresses its grave concern and outrage at continued detentions and imprisonments of …
By Dr. M. Koohzad: Based on the western concept of ‘nation-state’ that is geographically challenged and politically confused: there is a Turkish Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iranian Kurdistan, and Syrian Kurdistan, but not a Kurdish Kurdistan! Nearly two decades ago, a Turkish fascist-nationalist, Mr. Altermur Kilic, with a few big official political titles in front of…
By Ahmet Abidin Ozbek: “I was kept in prison for exactly two years without knowing why I was arrested”. Political prisoner, Fusun Erdogan, January 2013, Gebze, Turkey One thing we can be sure of is that the people of Turkey are hungry for peace and democracy. Nobody wants to see the dead bodies of soldiers,…
Peace in Kurdistan Campaign Press Release: Just days after the much-celebrated announcement of a ceasefire by jailed leader of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, a long running mass trial of 46 lawyers is set continue this week with the fourth hearing in Istanbul. A delegation of five lawyers from the UK will travel to Istanbul to…
KT News: Human rights activists in north Kurdistan spoke out yesterday against the official parliamentary report into the Roboski massacre, arguing that it is a cover-up and that an honest accounting of the state’s killing of 34 unarmed, mostly teenage smugglers should be integral to the peace process. Bianet quotes Mazlumder (Organization of Human Rights…
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: ‘Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ Part II Ahmadi Khani’s Prologues Introduction Chapter 1: Khani’s theory of Kurdish nationalism Chapter 2: Khani on Mem û Zîn Introduction Mem û Zîn is a self-conscious work. Khani knows what he is doing, how he is writing…
