Who's to blame? AKP or us...



Friday, May 30, 2008 | Mehmet Ali Birand

One of the most frequently asked questions during recent times is “What's happened to our secular system?” 


  

Present at the Disintegration


December 11, 2005 - Op-Ed Contributor By KANAN MAKIYA - London

WASHINGTON and Baghdad will be tempted, with the adoption of a new Constitution and the election on Thursday for a four-year government, to declare victory in Iraq. In one sense, they are right to do so. The emerging Iraqi polity undoubtedly represents a radical break not only with the country's past but also with the whole Arab state system established by Britain and France after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.


  

Minister Kouchner opens French Embassy Office in Erbil



June 2, 2008

Erbil, Kurdistan – Iraq (KRG.org) - Dr Bernard Kouchner, France’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, today presided over the opening of the French Embassy Office in Erbil, capital of the Kurdistan Region.
France has had a diplomatic presence in the Erbil for some time, and the opening of the Embassy Office signals its dedication to developing closer ties with the Kurdistan Region.


  

Syria's stateless Kurds hope for new rights



13 May 2005 01:04:27 GMT Source: Reuters
By Lin Noueihed

DAMASCUS, May 13 (Reuters) - Ismael Hami is a foreigner in the country of his birth. He cannot vote, run for office or register property in his name. A pink card stamped "not for travel" is one of a few documents proving he even exists.

  

Kurdish control of Kirkuk creates a powder keg in Iraq



By Richard A. Oppel Jr

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

KIRKUK, Iraq - The phone rang, and it was answered by a Kurdish security commander, Hallo Najat, sitting in his office in this deeply divided city. On the line, he said, was a United Nations official wanting to know whether it was true that the Kurdish militia, the pesh merga, had left its bases in northern Iraq and was occupying Kirkuk.


  

The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq Selects Enterra Solutions



January 22, 2008

LLC, to Operate the Kurdistan Business Center

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Enterra Solutions, LLC, has signed a services contract with the Minister of Trade for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to provide a full service Business Center in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The contract marks a new era for business and economic development in the Kurdistan region and provides a viable model for similar centers in other emerging market countries. Under the multi-year service contract, Enterra Solutions will establish and operate the Kurdistan Business Center in Erbil, Iraq, with a branch in Washington, DC and a future location in Europe.


  

“Stop Turkish Invasion of Iraq” says Najmaldin Karim, President of the Washington Kurdish Institute



February 26, 2008 | WKI Press Release

Washington, D.C. – The President of Washington Kurdish Institute, Dr. Najmaldin Karim, urged the government of Turkey to withdraw its troops from Iraqi Kurdistan and immediately cease military attacks that infringe on the sovereignty of Iraq.


  

Kurdish youth hold key to power in Iraqi elections


The Guardian - Monday December 12, 2005
Pop star drafted in as voters threaten to stay away in protest at living conditions Michael Howard in Sulaimaniya


  

Iraq's new Kurd president sworn in


BAGHDAD (AFP-Thu Apr 7, 9:38 AM ET) - Former rebel leader Jalal Talabani took the oath of office as Iraq's first Kurdish president as the country's new government finally took shape more than two months after watershed elections.


  

Turkish Planes Strike Iraqi Kurdistan



February 5, 2008 | By ALISSA J. RUBIN and SABRINA TAVERNISE

BAGHDAD —" Turkish warplanes bombed villages in Iraqi Kurdistan on Monday as the Kurds came under pressure on several fronts. Representatives in Parliament discussed the Kurdish share of the budget, and the Turkmen, a minority group primarily in northern Iraq, declared that they would no longer support efforts to hold a referendum on whether the city of Kirkuk should join the Kurdistan region.