Kurdish diva Pervin Chakar delves into Mesopotamian heritage


Kurdish diva Pervin Chakar delves into Mesopotamian heritageFriday, 1 April, 2022 , 17:42

arabnews.com/ March 31, 2022 09:12

ANKARA: The award-winning Kurdish soprano Pervin Chakar may have made her name on international opera stages, but throughout her long and distinguished career she has also focused on the musical heritage of her homeland.


  

Afrin: Four Years of Darkness Under Turkish Occupation


Afrin: Four Years of Darkness Under Turkish OccupationWednesday, 9 Mars, 2022 , 15:48

  

Soaring Energy Bills Deepen Crisis for Turks, and Erdogan


Soaring Energy Bills Deepen Crisis for Turks, and ErdoganMonday, 21 February, 2022 , 17:37

nytimes.com | By Carlotta Gall | Feb. 19, 2022

Hit by spiraling inflation, electricity bills have doubled for households and businesses in only a month.

 


  

‘She’s Not Free’: Inside Roger Waters’ Quest to Release a Jailed Kurdish Musician


‘She’s Not Free’: Inside Roger Waters’ Quest to Release a Jailed Kurdish MusicianMonday, 21 February, 2022 , 17:30

www.rollingstone.com |

While Nûdem Durak sits in a Turkish prison, Pete Townshend, Robert Plant, Peter Gabriel, Brian May and more have rallied to get the singer-songwriter a new trial


  

Kids in ISIS Detention Camps Don’t Deserve This Fate


Kids in ISIS Detention Camps Don’t Deserve This FateTuesday, 8 February, 2022 , 15:58

Nytimes.com | Opinion | By Peter W. Galbraith

Mr. Galbraith is a former U.S. ambassador and assistant U.N. secretary general who has been working on issues of family reunification and repatriation in Northeast Syria.


  

Syria’s Kurds Wanted Autonomy. They Got an Endless War


Syria’s Kurds Wanted Autonomy. They Got an Endless WarMonday, 7 February, 2022 , 17:03

Nytimes.com | By Jane Arraf

The Kurds of northeastern Syria dreamed of establishing an autonomous, multiethnic and gender-equal utopia. Instead, their breakaway region has been engulfed in conflict since its creation.

QAMISHLI, Syria — Suad Shukri arrived early one morning last week to visit her son’s grave. An hour later, the small cemetery would be thronged by thousands of mourners burying 12 fighters from a Kurdish-led force who were killed battling the recent Islamic State attack on a prison in northeast Syria.

  

Urgent call: Action for Aysel Tuğluk and sick prisoners in Turkey


Urgent call: Action for Aysel Tuğluk and sick prisoners in TurkeyThursday, 27 January, 2022 , 18:49

HDP | Statement by our Foreign Affairs Co-spokespersons Feleknas Uca and Hişyar Özsoy:


  

Selahattin DEMİRTAŞ awarded the François MITTERRAND Prize


Selahattin DEMİRTAŞ awarded the François MITTERRAND Prize Thursday, 13 January, 2022 , 18:21

The François MITTERRAND Prize created on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the May 10, 1981 victory was awarded to Selahattin DEMİRTAŞ former deputy and co-chairman of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) imprisoned since 2016 in Turkey. 


  

US commissioner condemns ‘destabilizing’ Turkey in light of recent strikes in Kobane


US commissioner condemns ‘destabilizing’ Turkey in light of recent strikes in KobaneTuesday, 11 January, 2022 , 15:52
rudaw.net | 10/01/2022

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - On Sunday, the United States commissioner for religious freedom spoke out against Turkey’s recent strikes which targeted civilians in the Kurdish town of Kobane in northern Syria through a Twitter video-statement, accusing them of destabilizing the area, among other serious violations.


  

An Exhibit Meant to Showcase Kurdish Suffering Provoked a Furor Instead


An Exhibit Meant to Showcase Kurdish Suffering Provoked a Furor InsteadMonday, 3 January, 2022 , 16:48

nytimes.com | By Carlotta Gall | Jan. 1, 2022

A recent art show in a major Kurdish city in Turkey aimed to uplift a region crushed by years of conflict. It ended up serving as a reminder of how toxic the subject of Kurds remains in Turkey.