By Sharif Beruz: Kurdish leader Mustafa Hijri expresses his concern over a possible deal with Iran in a letter to President Obama and other world leaders. “Iranians struggling for freedom in their country, and especially the Kurdish people, are concerned that a deal over the nuclear program with the dictatorship in Tehran could be made…
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Yearly Archives: 2013
‘Turks ready to accept reforms for Kurds’: ICG report
KT News: Mainstream Turks are now willing to accept democratic reforms to satisfy Kurdish grievances, says a report issued last week by the International Crisis Group. The Turkish government should be less concerned about a Turkish nationalist backlash, it argues, than about the danger of a new cycle of violence erupting if the peace process…
Kurd leaders from Turkey visit family of Shervan Muslim, slain by al Qaeda
KT News: In a show of solidarity, the co-chairs of the DTK (Democratic Society Congress) and the BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) are travelling from Turkey to Kobane in Rojava/Syria to offer their condolences to the family of Shervan Muslim, son of PYD (Democratic Union Party) co-chair Salih Muslim Mohamed. Shervan was killed on Wednesday…
The Kurdish v. Jihadist battleground in Syria: ramifications in Iraqi Kurdistan
By Zana Khasraw Gul, Open Democracy: On September 29, a rare attack occurred in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), in which the headquarters of the Kurdistan security forces (Asayish) were targeted. The KRG has brought about rapid economic development in Iraqi Kurdistan, a region of Iraq that enjoys peace and security and is nothing…
Demirtaş to Erdoğan: ‘Who are you to give rights like charity?’
KT News: Selahattin Demirtaş, the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) co-chairperson, yesterday accused the AKP government of effectively halting the peace process between Kurds and the Turkish state. At a press conference in Amed, reported by bianet, he criticized as inadequate the ‘democratisation package’ announced recently by prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. “The package has nothing to…
The implications of mass trials in Turkey for the peace process with the Kurds
Panel Discussion (London): Anti-terror legislation and the obstruction of Justice Wednesday 9th October 2013, 6.30pm Venue: Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincolns Inn Fields, London WC2A (closest tube Holborn) Chair: Prof Bill Bowring School of Law, Birkbeck, University of London; President of the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH); International Secretary of…
On the Erbil attacks
By Amjed Rasheed: The Erbil attacks on September 29th were shocking. According to witnesses on the ground, the attacks consisted of five separate operations, carried out by six terrorist members. It has left six fatalities and more than 66 injured security personal and civilians. The Kurdistan region was safe from such acts for six years….
Why is the GTA game making 14 times more than Kurdistan’s oil?
By Ibrahim Anwar : The majority of Kurdistan’s income is from the sale of oil. The Kurdistan Region produces 750,000 barrels per day (bpd) and, deducting all operation costs and other indirect costs, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG’s) revenue will be 1,720,000,000 USD for October 2013. The KRG has anticipated 1,957,000,000 USD as its monthly revenue during the first six months of 2014, with this…
On Pragmatics
Interview with Mahmood Kadir, PhD Candidate: Interviewed by Aras Ahmed Mhamad AAM: How would you define pragmatics? What is the importance of this level of linguistics analysis? MK: Pragmatics is a subfield of linguistics developed in the late 1970s.Pragmatics studies how people comprehend and produce a communicative act or speech act in a concrete speech…
Iraqi Kurdistan´s election held under undemocratic circumstances
By Shakhawan Shorash: The uprising of the Kurdish people against Saddam Hussein’s regime in spring 1991, followed by the mass fleeing of Kurds, United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution 688, and the establishment of the safe enclave north of the 36 parallel pushed the Iraqi regime away from the main part of Iraqi Kurdistan. The…
Kurdistan Region needs checks and balances and separation of powers
Statement of the Kurdistan Forum Association: We, as members of Kurdistan Forum Association, which is a civil association of Kurds residing in Belgium with close contacts with other Kurdish civil associations abroad, are working to build a bridge between Iraqi Kurdistan and Europe, without being associated with any particular ideology or political affiliation. We follow…
Political anxiety and the fact-finding mission in Rojava (Western Kurdistan)
By Dr.Amir Sharifi: Some Reflections on the Unpublished Report ‘Rudaw’ on Sept 3 published the summary report of the nine member Fact Finding Mission assigned by president Barazani to delve into the accuracy of the media reports about the Jihadist massacre of Kurds in Western Kurdistan or Rojava. The purpose of the mission was to…
Christianity in Kurdistan Today
Press Release by Gulan: Event at the UK Royal Geographical Society (on 31st October – details below) sheds light on the culture, history and day to day life of this overlooked minority. Kurdistan is home to many ancient churches, including the Syrian Orthodox Church, the Church of the East, the Chaldean Catholic Church and the…
My philosophy of seeing
By Yasin Aziz: We often live, consciously or not, with the past. The past has a hand in our future. It is impossible to turn the page without the impact of the past: turning a page is always affected by the impact the past had on us, or may have in future. The past impacts…
London Kurdish Film Festival Screenplay Competition
By LKFF: Recognising the vital importance of well constructed and developed screenplays for the enrichment of Kurdish cinema, the London Kurdish Film Festival is organising a competition to select the best entry for a screenplay for a feature film on a Kurdish theme. The competition forms part of the 8th London Kurdish Film Festival that is…
