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Kurds: We are Ready for Both War and Peace!

Kurds: We are Ready for Both War and Peace! Research Turkey Author: Nurcan Baysal, Diyarbakır Institute of Political and Social Studies Date: Dec 02, 2014  Kurds: We are Ready for Both War and Peace! No one knew yet that the incidents which started with ISIS’s attacks to the Yazidis’ holy city Sinjar on August 3 would […]

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From the Book THAT DAY: The “Wise People” come to Kavar

From the Book THAT DAY: The “Wise People” come to Kavar  Today is the fifteenth of May 2013.  I set out from Tavan to Çorsin just before noon.  Today we have important guests.  I get to Çorsin just after the Wise People Committee is about to arrive at the villages.  Clearly the Wise People are not […]

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Yazidis: “Kurds have protected us; if we are going to die, we will die together”

Yazidis: “Kurds have protected us; if we are going to die, we will die together” “We are waiting for our fate” We wake up to a hot day. Fall has not arrived to Silopi as of yet. With its unpaved roads and non-working trucks left on the sides of the roads, Silopi seems to me […]

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Yazidis are killed by saying “La İlahe İllallah”

Yazidis are killed by saying“La İlahe İllallah”[1] Most of the Yazidis who came to Diyarbakır are staying as guests on property belonging to the Yenişehir Municipality, which is on the way to Mardin. The site is 10-15 kilometers away from the city center, and known among locals as the picnic site. A smaller group of […]

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Yazidis: 74th Firman

Yazidis: 74thFirman[1] “We were killed not only by ISIS, but also by our neighbors” This is the first time I am going to Iraqi Kurdistan by car. We get to the border very easily; there is no traffic. My friend coming with me says before the attacks of ISIS, there were long queues of trucks, […]

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‘We are in need of a handful of water; if you cannot do anything else, at least send us a handful of water’

‘We are in need of a handful of water; if you cannot do anything else, at least send us a handful of water’ After Diyarbakır’s burning hot days, I am on a long-awaited vacation with my children. Though, my plan was to pass these days without my phone and computer, our holiday soured as ISIS […]