The National Party (Ulusal Parti) protested today in Turkey following the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan apology over the Dersim massacre where thousands of Kurdish civilians were systematically killed. The nationalist party held up banners saying, ‘We are with Ataturk’s …
Posted in Discrimination, Kurdistan, Protests, Turkey | 1 CommentAs the Syrian revolution runs into its ninth month, protesters on the ground in Syria have yet to run out of ideas to creatively express their discontent with the regime and their demand for freedom. Kurds have been no exception …
Posted in Free speech, Protests, Syria | Comments Off on Busting Moves for the Revolution: Kurdish Songs Against AssadTurkey’s main Kurdish political party has threatened to withdraw from parliament due to arbitrary arrests of its MP’s in the past months. Pro-Kurdish peace and democracy party (BDP) secured 36 seats in the June 12 parliamentary election. BDP boycotted parliament …
Posted in BDP, Kurdistan, Protests, Turkey | 2 CommentsKhanaqin, Iraqi Kurdistan — On 11 October Khanaqin mayor Mohamed al-Mullah Hamed received a ruling on behalf Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri el Maliki ordering the Kurdish majority town to remove the Kurdish national flag from all government buildings. The order came …
Posted in Iraq, Kurdistan, Protests | Comments Off on Iraqi Kurdistan stands up for its flagQamişlo, Syria: Prominent Kurdish activist, founder of the Kurdish Future Part and member of the newly formed Syrian National Council Meshaal Tamo was assassinated by Syrian thugs in his own home on Friday. His son Marcel Tammo and another Kurdish …
Posted in Protests, Syria | Comments Off on We Are All Meshaal Tamo: Syrians furious after assassination of Kurdish leaderTurkey’s annual Peace Day is celebrated on September 1st rather than the UN’s international September 21st. But Turkey’s Peace Day did not grant anything of the sort to the 3,000 protesters who filled the streets of Istanbul in support of …
Posted in Kurdistan, Protests, Turkey | 3 CommentsWednesday marked a full week of the Turkish assault against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraqi Kurdistan. Up to seven civilians have died as a result of the continuous air strikes, and hundreds of people displaced. The Kurdish …
Posted in Activism, Kurdistan, Protests, Turkey | 2 CommentsIn the fight between Iran and Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) has killed two villagers two days ago; has killed tens of villagers in the last few months; and has forced more than 800 Iraqi Kurds to flee …
Posted in Displacements, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Protests, Reports | Comments Off on Iranian shelling kills civilians in Kurdistan