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The Climate In (South) Kurdistan: From An Autonomous State To Street Protests

The following article – اقلیم کردستان؛ از دولت مستقل تا اعتراضات خیابانی – was written by Kaveh Ghoreishi for BBC Persian. It has been translated into English below. On October … Continue reading

November 2, 2015 · Leave a comment

At Least 2 Dead As Security Forces Open Fire On Protesters In Qaladiza

At least two people are dead and seventeen have been wounded after peshmerga and local security forces affiliated with the KDP opened fire on protesters in the town of Qaladiza … Continue reading

October 9, 2015 · 3 Comments

From Til Abyad To Jarabulus

  The following article “Til Abyad’dan Cerablus’a“ was written by M. Ali Çelebi and carried in Özgür Gündem. It has been translated into English below. Following the Kobanê victory and … Continue reading

February 20, 2015 · 2 Comments

Multilateral Diplomacy From Salih Muslim

The following article “Muslim’den çoklu diplomasi” was written by M. Ali Çelebi and originally appeared in Özgür Gündem. It has been translated into English below. On one side Turkey is … Continue reading

December 12, 2014 · Leave a comment

TEV-DEM Rep: Kobanê Has Upset Their Plans

  In the following interview TEV-DEM Aldar Xelil speaks with journalist M. Ali Çelebi about the Duhok Agreement reached between TEV-DEM and ENKS last week, the substance of that agreement … Continue reading

October 25, 2014 · Leave a comment

Oil Companies are Polluting Kurdistan

(ANF) While the independent production and sale of oil remains a point of pride for South Kurdistan, oil companies are doing great harm to the environment without any form of … Continue reading

January 10, 2014 · Leave a comment

Rojava Is The Legacy Of The Children We Have Lost

(DİHA) Mothers of the PKK fighters killed in the past consider the Rojava Revolution their own revolution, saying “Rojava is the legacy of our children. We are obligated to grow … Continue reading

December 12, 2013 · Leave a comment

Erdoğan and Barzani Cooperating Against the Rojava Revolution

(The Article Below is a translation of “Rojava devrimine karşı Erdoğan-Barzani işbirliği” by Ferda Çetin, which originally appeared in Yeni Özgür Politika) Erdoğan, Barzani, Şivan Perwer and İbrahim Tatlises kicked … Continue reading

November 18, 2013 · 1 Comment

Rojava Is Our Common Revolution

A committee from the Democratic Free Women’s Movement (DÖKH) is waiting in the town of Hewlêr (Erbil) for permission to enter Rojava, says Saturday’s Özgür Gündem. The Democratic Peoples’ Congress … Continue reading

October 7, 2013 · Leave a comment

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