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Ahmed Askari is a member of the Kirkuk Council. He is Head of the Kirkuk security committee and a member of the projects and investment committee. He was interviewed by The Kurdistan Tribune. KT: What has been achieved so far by the Council in Kirkuk? Ahmed Askari: There has been the construction of two electricity…
By Dr. Aland Mizell: Introduction The conflict in Mindanao between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and Bangsamoro rebel groups has been going on more than three decades. The conflict has killed more than a hundred thousand people, displaced millions of natives, and prevented the development of the resource-rich southeastern part of the…
Interview with Fethi Karakecili by Ava Homa: Fethi Karakecili – an artistic director, dancer, choreographer, educator and scholar – was born in Urfa, Northern Kurdistan. He received his Bachelors degree in Folk Dance at the State Conservatory in Turkey and completed his Master’s in Dance at Istanbul Technical University – Social Science Institute. He taught for…
By KURDWATCH: Samir Nashar (b. 1945) is chairman of the Secretariat General and spokesman for ‘The Damascus Declaration for National Democratic Change’, which was founded in October 2005 in Damascus. Nashar is a merchant and lives in Aleppo. In a conversation with KURDWATCH, he sketches approaches to solving the Kurdish question in Syria. KurdWatch: Mr….
By Kurdwatch.org: Kurdish politican Mishʿal at-Tammu (b. 1957) was in conversation with KURDWATCH about the role of the Kurdish opposition in the Syrian revolution. At-Tammu is speaker for the Kurdish Future Movement in Syria. In May 2009 he was sentenced to a prison term of three and a half years for political reasons. In June 2011, he…
By KurdWatch: In an interview with KURDWATCH, 32-year-old Kurdish activist Jan Qmishloki* explains how the dissident demonstrations in the Kurdish regions of Syria are organized. KURDWATCH: Who organizes the dissident protests in the Kurdish regions? Jan Qamishloki: There are several Kurdish groups that organize the demonstrations together. Their members are between 20 and 40 years…
Interview with Dr Kamal Mudhir: The Kurdistan Tribune recently briefly interviewed the Kurdish historian Dr Kamal Mudhir on his return from an important conference in Washington. Tell us about this conference. Zhalmai Khalil Zad, the former American ambassador in Baghdad, invited us to the conference. He was born in Afghanistan and the conference considered the…
Interview with Mehmet Ali Birand by Kamal Chomani: ‘If Turkey can’t solve the Kurdish problem, she will always be a limping giant’, declared Mehmet Ali Birand, top Turkish journalist, writer and political analyst, in a special interview with Livin Magazine focusing on Turkey’s upcoming General Elections and the Kurdish question. This is an edited translation. Bookmark…
