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, […]
‘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 […]
Where are the Kurds? They went up to the mountains. Where is the mountain? The state bombed…[1] One of the basic topics on the Twitter timeline on May 1st was this: “Where are the Kurds?” When some Turks who were on the streets on May 1st International Workers Day became subject to pepper gas and […]
The consensus view of village guards: “The state used us” *As published in BIANET on 10/11/2013 The village guard system has been a subject of discussion in Turkey since 1985, the year the system was first launched. The system came to agenda usually with respect to crimes committed by village guards. There is a lack […]
Kurdish Women: Resilience In The Face Of Double Discrimination (Interview with Handan Çağlayan and Nurcan Baysal) Share on twitterShare on facebookShare on favoritesShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing Services Source: AWID 12/04/2012 www.awid.org FRIDAY FILE: Kurds living in Turkey mainly inhabit the East and South-East of Turkey. They are the largest ethnic minority in the country […]
New York Times: Turkey’s Kurds Slowly Build Cultural Autonomy By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN Published: June 1, 2011, New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/arts/turkeys-kurds-slowly-build-cultural-autonomy.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 BALEFUL love song wafted from the Vizyon Muzik A Market. Not so long ago playing Kurdish music over a loudspeaker into the streets here might have provoked the Turkish police. Just speaking the names of certain Kurdish […]